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	14099	March 5, 2023
This is NOT a Chances Forum	1	3112	March 2, 2021
Tips on the College Admission Process	155	16666	October 23, 2009
How to ask for recommendations?	956	14136	January 5, 2023
The Thread for College Interviews	1171	15579	December 3, 2020
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars	1090	30656	February 5, 2021
How to get scholar ship	2	121	December 4, 2023
Rejected from 16 colleges life update transfer	10	3306	October 30, 2023
Rejected by 12/13 colleges, 1550, 4.0, & 20 college classes [including college junior level math]	359	29678	October 19, 2023
Article on Nursing School Rejections	28	2049	October 13, 2023
Did rankings influence your college applications?	150	8449	October 5, 2023
A look back at D22’s choice one year later and what makes a school the “best”	29	6531	October 3, 2023
No SATs? No problem! community-colleges , transfer , cal-poly-slo	1	493	September 20, 2023
Reflecting back on an admissions process where everything was "undecided" transfer , northeastern	24	2429	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	2799	July 28, 2023
Ivy league schools with 3.7 GPA	13	3005	July 25, 2023
LACs vs R1 for international students undergraduates international-student	71	3570	July 2, 2023
USC Admittees that were convinced you weren’t getting in. Experiences and advice for future Trojan hopefuls transfer , usc	0	726	June 22, 2023
Only Accepted to 2/19 Colleges.. why? admission-results , college-confidential-cafe	141	13484	May 13, 2023
Will I get rescinded from Rice?	4	1232	April 24, 2023
A word about second thoughts from a parent of a high school junior	3	926	April 23, 2023
Requesting financial aid document = not rejected?	3	715	March 1, 2023
Why avoiding highly competitive schools is a winning applications strategy class-2025 , class-2026	73	36982	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	4771	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	34659	August 11, 2023
Fell For The Fit Trap \| HYPSM is a real thing I guess admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	114	8008	June 9, 2022
How do I break the prestige mindset?	52	27465	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	3071	April 16, 2022
Is there any downside to sending AP scores to intended college? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	9	1743	April 13, 2022
And that's a wrap for one midwestern kid admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	9	3393	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…