I HATE THEMMM some prompts are fun atleast

Recently, I joined the 67 cult. I have devoted the entire senior year to worshipping the holy god 67 and singing its praises. I believe that with the purification of my god, I can attend any college I want.

The problem is these unenlightened peasants called AOs may still believe in their pagan nonsense gods. How do I enlighten them with the truth and guarantee my acceptance?

Sumbitted my first EA application today! YAY! Super nervous and proud at the same time! ☺️🫶

hi! im a senior applying to schools rn.

shes SO last minute, but my college counselor just told me literally today she thinks id be a really strong candidate for ed to upenn. but im so worried about affordability! she said its possible to opt out if u cant afford it, but i wanted to see if anyone here was like truly sure about that lol.

im genuinely not opposed to eding, id love to attend. but finances are the only thing thats stopping me from eding. does anyone have a friend or experience with an ed somewhere they reversed due to financial circumstances? should i reach out to admissions ab this? its all so last minute tho??

lol help!

I'm fried.
I genuinely don't think I'm a horrible applicant (avg tbh in terms of extracurriculars), but I think that I genuinely sold on my supplementals. Like they feel so generic :( I like my personal statement though
Alright bro it's like $500 down the drain :( I hope you guys locked in tho

I swear 90% of the questions here are just people trying to cope. No a 1550 SAT isn’t going to magically make up for your 3.2 GPA. So many people come here knowing they have glaring weaknesses in their applications, yet still seek external validation just to feel better about their chances. Deep down they already know the answer to their questions. They just want someone to tell them otherwise.

So I’m applying uchicago ED1.

I recently moved, and my new hs is so much bigger and in a diff state. In my old school, there were sub 300 kids and I don’t think anyone was applying to uchi. Here I’ve heard of at least 2 other people applying ED.

My stats are so mid that I genuinely feel like it’s a waste of time, but bc of the uchicago promise I can’t help but apply. I mean, I’d qualify for free tuition 100%. I just feel so hopeless now.
I guess I don’t really mind not going. It’s not really my dream school, but, idk. I feel like my grades have been pretty good but they grade stuff did here so my gpa has taken a slight dip too.

I’m also not even submitting my 30 ACT.

ugh I just wanna get rejected already and get this over with

Got 2 C's every year, some B's, and A's otherwise. I procrastinate until it's too late every time. All of my classes were honors or aps though except freshman year when I had some normal classes. My weighted gpa was right around 4 and I'm wondering if I'll even be able to get into schools with a 50% acceptance rate like UCI. I got 4 or 5 on every AP though, and a 1520 SAT. I was always good in tests, I just couldn't keep up with my work.

when colleges w/ test optional policies say they do holistic review of their applications, ik a lot of ppl say it's not really that "holistic" b/c they judge harsher on other aspects of your application--how true is this?

what can make up for going test optional? like would a lot of good AP exam scores make up for it? how much can going test optional hurt you? Is submitting a score a little lower than the median strongly unrecommended?

i'm less of referring to ivy leagues/top 20s but smaller, less known LACs or colleges w/ lower acceptance rates in general

I thought the CSS profile was the same as FAFSA so I put in all my colleges and submitted it early. Then, I was told that colleges want the CSS profile submitted only after I actually submit my admissions application there. (I also wasted a bunch of money which stings a lot)

What does it actually mean for me to send it all in early? How much does this actually affect anything?

I'm not sure if it said somewhere on the CSS application not to put colleges until after actually applying to them. I was a bit misled by the fact that selecting colleges is one of the first few sections on the CSS profile.

so glad its over, lets hope we become a beaver this december

Hello from Brunswick, Maine! Consider this our version of the Bowdoin Hello.

We’ll be live on this thread this Sunday, Nov. 1 from 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. EST. Bring your questions about Bowdoin and the admissions process: applications, financial aid, being test-optional (since 1969), life on campus, or anything else on your mind.

Answering your questions will be:

• Claudia Marroquin ‘06, senior vice president and dean of admissions and student aid
• Emily Almas, assistant vice president and director of admissions
• Maadhavan ‘29, a sophomore double majoring in economics and in government and legal studies, ready to answer questions about student life
• Franceska ‘27, a senior double majoring in English and in government and legal studies

Can’t make it live? Leave your questions now, and we’ll answer as many as we can once we log on.

See you Sunday,
The Office of Admissions
Bowdoin College

Literally everyone I know is submitting apps by Nov 1 (early application) and I am doing regular for all my schools. The more people talk about it the more I get worried that my chances will be lower and im making the wrong decision. Is anyone else doing all regular? Im kinda scared now since i dont know anyone who is doing regular this year.

i didn't know application could make someone cry. imma kms

Hi,
I currently have a 31 composite (29 math, 31 English, 35 reading) and I'm wondering if I should be submitting or going t/o for UMich Ross. I have a couple strong ec's including a business I've been running for 5+ years with 100k+ rev and multiple internships but my essays are solid, not amazing. I'm also applying EA. Any advice is amazing! Thanks

context: definitely qualified but on the lower end of everything. one parent went there and is super involved in the brown community and that’s it

hi guys i had multiple bands throughout high school and we wrote music but never published anything. is this worth mentioning? i feel like it's important to me but idk

My school college counselor and I just don’t have a good relationship, she seems to dislike me and is never that excited or supportive whenever I accomplish something. It’s just very awkward and I don’t find her comments on my essays helpful either. I just want to make sure — have others succeeded and gotten into good schools without using their college counselors/having one? Thanks.

Anyone submitting an optional glimpse video to their school? If so, what are you guys talking about and where are you submitting it?

GENUINE question not a shitpost wallah

been getting straight A's up to now except one B+ freshman year but im getting straight teeth rn in one of my senior courses

how bad is this like ik my previous grades might be a good blanket but its hella downward trend and im genuinely losing so much sleep thinking about how thats gonna effect admissions

Hi! I'm applying to Barnard college ED and needed some help for the supplementals. First of all, how abstract are you guys going for the trailblazing women prompt? I'm choosing a fairly controversial figure in social media rather than a historical one. Although I believe I have a good stance on the topic, I was unsure of the standard for this prompt. As for the questions one, I do not understand how to format this at all!! We only get 50 words---do i list one question and give a brief explanation?? Do i list a few and opt out of the explanation? Either way, the space is limited and there isn't any previous example to look at that appeals to this word count!!

Additionally, if anyone has ANY advice for applying, please feel free to share. Barnard is my dream college and I would love to have any piece of advice that could benefit me!

Any checklists or final tips?

I’ve been writing essays forever all I can remember is essay essay essay essay essay I miss chemistry so much I miss calculations and I miss understanding the whole system… Where are my fellow stem ppl at ✊

Hey, I made a grammatical error that slightly obscures the meaning one of my supplementals to my ED school that I alr submitted. Should I let it be or e-mail the admissions rep and let them know about the mistake with a revised version of the essay sent.