Superscore: CMU, WashU, UNC, Purdue
Score of 30: GT, Umich, Auburn, MIT
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Auburn told me that they donât have my score of 33 and that I will have to send the new superscore. Apparently you need to resend it.
They say not if you apply TO l. But say and do, who knows. Iâd hope they are honest to their word. Iâd assume so.
If you take again, donât send. Free May or may not be with penalty. Better to see, than send. But that ship has sailed.
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Email your admission rep at all 3 Alabama universities to know whether they accept your test scores if theyâre on your transcript. (Check with your GC that scores can be included in your transcript if you donât know for sure). You want to make sure your safeties are sorted first.
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If I added Northeastern to my list would it be a target or a reach?
ED target most likely. Anything else reach.
You potentially could get Iâm not ED but get offered an alternative campus to Boston.
Given we all know you have budget issues, I just donât understand your logic as to changes you continue to make. Frankly, makes little sense.
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Northeasternâs acceptance rate is below 20%. In my book that makes it a reach.
If you are interested in Northeastern, which has a mandatory co-op, take a look at U of Cincinnati for a more likely admit.
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I honestly donât see a reason to add it to your list. They are very yield conscious so you will be unlikely to be admitted EA or RD to the Boston campus. And why apply ED given your uncertain finances, and especially when you have so many better choices? Why NEU?
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Sending your scores free â meaning you sent them before you actually knew your score â does NOT mean you have sent your superscore.
It just means you sent that one score from that one sitting.
Please be sure youâre sending/have sent the right scores to the right schools.
And remember, Bama doesnât accept superscores, so send your best composite there.
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It has not supplements so I though why not just put it into the list.
Thatâs not a very good reason to apply. Without supplements, and unless you apply ED, youâre unlikely to be able to demonstrate sufficient interest in the school, which cares a great deal about yield.
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That is exactly what they want - students like you to put in an app, so they can defer/reject/waitlist you because you didnât apply ED. Thatâs how they keep their acceptance rate super low (along with heavy marketing). Donât take the bait - if you genuinely see something about NEU that you like that you wonât get elsewhere, then fine. Otherwise itâs a waste.
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That is not a reason to apply to a school.
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And ED in general does not seem like the best plan with uncertain finances.
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I understand, thank you.
At this point you need to apply and see how things pan out.
You will show your parents the final costs and they will give you their answer.
There are 22 schools on your list. It is time to start working on your essays, or at least time to begin thinking about them and jotting down ideas.
My daughter applied to 15 schools and she spent all of July and August working on essays, probably 5 hours a day and she is an excellent writer. Some of her schools required 4-5. Once school begins you wonât have as much time.
I am sorry about all of this stress. I would remove Wisconsin unless your parents can pay full cost without loans and without impacting their retirement. I do not believe there is merit.
I would not add Northeastern.
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Why not add 50 more ? I can give you without essays.
You need to learn about these schools. Are they right fit you potentially or not ?
And this is where your common app limit will help you. Choose to apply NEU, then one comes off !!
Itâs a different model. Co op.
Btw great school. Improving rank and itâs just my opinion so I hope those out there donât hate but I donât see it perceived as a great name. I just donât. Not by the world. Just by prospective students and their big name seeking parents who read US News.
Itâs just another name you read thatâs got a low acceptance rate so you see value. But you canât afford. Someone mentioned Cincinnati. Itâs similar and you might be able to afford.
You are setting yourself up to go to an in state public and then youâll say - I put in all that work in school and in the apps - I deserve better.
But hereâs the thing. You didnât plan for better !!! You continue to move in the wrong direction.
Good luck.
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Seconding U Cincinnati if you like the co-op system. Theyâre highly respected for that. Excellent urban campus. Apply to the Cincinatus scholarship program, apply to honors. Youâll likely get into engineering with a scholarship and can start getting paid coops sophomore year. Itâs very different from Bama - weather, environment, career focus - so having Bama v. UCincinnati as choices would be real choices.
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Just a heads up to make a spreadsheet of all the supplemental essays and topics that your schools will require. You will find that many are similar and that you can reuse some of your essays, usually after some editing to conform to different word counts.
Just make sure to triple-check that if you reuse essays that you reference the correct college name if you refer to them in the essay!
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Sure thing.