Admission Stories

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Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combinati…	27	14089	March 5, 2023
This is NOT a Chances Forum	1	3104	March 2, 2021
Tips on the College Admission Process	155	16655	October 23, 2009
How to ask for recommendations?	956	14105	January 5, 2023
The Thread for College Interviews	1171	15511	December 3, 2020
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars	1090	30616	February 5, 2021
How to get scholar ship	2	103	December 4, 2023
Rejected from 16 colleges life update transfer	10	3290	October 30, 2023
Rejected by 12/13 colleges, 1550, 4.0, & 20 college classes [including college junior level math]	359	29602	October 19, 2023
Article on Nursing School Rejections	28	2034	October 13, 2023
Did rankings influence your college applications?	150	8402	October 5, 2023
A look back at D22’s choice one year later and what makes a school the “best”	29	6511	October 3, 2023
No SATs? No problem! community-colleges , transfer , cal-poly-slo	1	486	September 20, 2023
Reflecting back on an admissions process where everything was "undecided" transfer , northeastern	24	2422	September 1, 2023
College Confidential told me this t20 was a reach. I just finished my first year with a 3.8! admission-results , ucla	18	2777	July 28, 2023
Ivy league schools with 3.7 GPA	13	2959	July 25, 2023
LACs vs R1 for international students undergraduates international-student	71	3546	July 2, 2023
USC Admittees that were convinced you weren’t getting in. Experiences and advice for future Trojan hopefuls transfer , usc	0	720	June 22, 2023
Only Accepted to 2/19 Colleges.. why? admission-results , college-confidential-cafe	141	13439	May 13, 2023
Will I get rescinded from Rice?	4	1225	April 24, 2023
A word about second thoughts from a parent of a high school junior	3	916	April 23, 2023
Requesting financial aid document = not rejected?	3	710	March 1, 2023
Why avoiding highly competitive schools is a winning applications strategy class-2025 , class-2026	73	36956	January 14, 2023
How an Asian Male got into Ivy League with a 1370 SAT [Admission Hindsight] admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned , ucla , cornell-university , dartmouth-college	16	4756	September 25, 2022
What are your top takeaways learned from the most recent admissions cycle for rising seniors about to apply? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	193	34617	August 11, 2023
Fell For The Fit Trap \| HYPSM is a real thing I guess admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	114	7990	June 9, 2022
How do I break the prestige mindset?	52	27426	November 26, 2022
"Taking a mulligan": What are some things you/your student would do over for college admissions? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	10	3057	April 16, 2022
Is there any downside to sending AP scores to intended college? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	9	1733	April 13, 2022
And that's a wrap for one midwestern kid admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	9	3385	April 7, 2022

Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides

Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combinati…