<p>why don’t you go to Stanford? Unless they don’t give you enough money like me</p>
<p>^ Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t have used the words “any at all”, but thanks anyway.</p>
<p>I reckon he wanted the chance to mention himself and Stanford, that’s all.</p>
<p>have you been working on those essays? you should be brainstorming; really, you should’ve started already because writing personal statements is a much more daunting, grueling task than you may think. at least for me it was overwhelming to sort thru all my ideas, but part of that was cause I was on a time crunch from starting so late (September). then when I started writing, I went through countless drafts, edits, versions until I was gonna go insane if I didn’t get out of the house STAT. It was a pretty awful time in my life, which is not to dramatize or scare you. but truthfully, everyone suffered to varying degrees during that time. Those words are just so hard to get right when you have that pressure and anxiety. Hardest 500-word compositions I’ve ever had to write</p>
<p>still, it depends. how much do you want to gain? how much are you willing to suffer? if you’re settled on UCSD, then the essay will mean little to you, honestly. but if you aim higher (which I strongly advise for an applicant with your stats), then you absolutely need to be putting in the thought and hours to writing those statements.</p>
<p>Hello again 92faim,</p>
<p>Like I’ve stated in my original post, I have two completed rough drafts (one for each prompt). Right now I’m just editing, putting in new ideas and perhaps I might rewrite the rough draft I had for the first prompt. I had a little emotional realization this summer and the rough draft I wrote for the first prompt doesn’t really reflect how I see the world now.</p>
<p>Really now boboman? Really now? -_-</p>
<p>When I look at your history of posts, a lot of them (most of them in my opinion) have some annoying factor in them. This is not the first time I’ve complained about the things you write in CC, but seriously man. That Stanford post you made really not necessary. Please step back, and reread the posts you have made here in CC. Hopefully, you will eventually realize how immature, annoying, obnoxious, and arrogant most of them are. Sigh, I could go on with this rant…but I guess I’ll just stop here. I can’t force you to start acting more mature, but it’s just a suggestion.</p>
<p>Maybe I need to be more reserved about what I feel about these things like the veterans here. </p>
<p>@carloethix, Goodluck on your apps! I’m glad that you’ve started working on your essays already. You’ll be happy that you did, trust me. I learned that the hard way.</p>
<p>You remind me of me! 
I screwed up sophomore year. Majorly.
Like you, I also got 4.0s sophomore year. Couple 800’s on SAT 2s and an ACT equivalent to about ~2200 and I got accepted to UCSD.
I spent a lot of time on my personal statements and I have REALLY GOOD extracurricular activities (about 3 leadership positions)</p>
<p>I think you will get in- don’t worry! I spent a ridiculous amount of time worrying if I was going to end up in a good college and I ended up okay (going to UCSD in the fall).</p>
<p>Just relax, okay? I have friends who have very low GPAs and much less superior stats compared to you who got in (1900 on SAT, <700 on both SAT IIs, 3.6GPAs). It’s all relative.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>Thanks for the encouragement and empathy there Clairafornia. You probably did better during sophomore year than I did though :)</p>
<p>At first glance I thought your name was a play on “Carly Fiorina” before I read a little closer and realized that it was actually a play on “California”. But they’re two fairly related terms anyway haha.</p>
<p>Opps, I meant that I got 4.0s junior year to make up for my terrible sophomore year grades. Haha thanks Yeah just don’t worry about it and good luck on your apps. Maybe I’ll see you in the fall next year</p>