<p>“adrivit:It doesn’t really matter what u major in jacobe. U can be a nerdy engineer from birth but end up doing history … and all marks count, for colleges like MIT maybe science is more important, but all grades matter!! And u don’t need to have comp sci for doing that major coz i intend on taking com sci major but i don’t have comp sci for the past 2 yrs! So no worries!!”</p>
<p>i was asking if they specifically look at science grades…like…the sciences are more intentionally looked at or something..? i mean, im really good at comp sci and have the grades to back it up, but im not very good at sciences. and when it comes to engineering, i know engineering schools take sciences more into account than other subjects.</p>
<p>so basically, if you apply for comp sci major, do they look at comp sci more than the other subjects? and do they also look at sciences mroe than the other subjects also?</p>
<p>Tho I’ll someone else shed some light on your question, afaik they look at everything with more leaning on your science grades for engg univs. But for LACs they look at everything. dchow, maybe you can say something …</p>
<p>jacobe - as i said to winston, post this in the College Admissions forum … you’ll find more experienced personnel there. We are just this year or past year college applicants mainly …</p>
<p>So in the place where they ask you to fill in the “hours per week” for activities… what if XC season is only for 7 weeks or so but I train over the summer a lot? And what if the amount of hours also vary? Like during the summer it’d only be 6 hours or so per week but during the season its 2hrs/day… <– this also applies to my other activities… all of their time contributions vary depending on the week it is.</p>
<p>Put the average. Is the majority of this work during the school year? If so, go with the 2 hrs. But, if you’re listing it as a summer gig, list the 6. Also, specify that this is a strictly summer thing. Be as close as you can.</p>
<p>I am looking at the common app right now and something is seriously confusing me…</p>
<p>I am considering applying to schools like Stanford, Harvard, Brown, and etc and they all obviously have different unique majors such as “Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,” “Chemical bio,” etc. </p>
<p>My question is how we’re supposed to state our majors on the Common App? I know there is a section in the “future plans” part of the common app which lets us state our academic interests, but the CommonApp only contains generic names like “biology”, “chemistry”, or “biological and biomedical sciences.” </p>
<p>The “Possible Career” plans list is a possible place, but I plan to be a doctor of medicine, not a “Biochemist” when I grow up.</p>
<p>And also, this is in the case that the supplement (like Stanford’s) does not have a list of majors specific to its college to let you choose from. I don’t know what to do. Any one like to help?</p>
<p>I created a thread on this, but I find this thread to be more appropriate for my question. Here’s a copy and paste version of it:</p>
<p>I am looking at the common app right now and something is seriously confusing me…</p>
<p>I am considering applying to schools like Stanford, Harvard, Brown, and etc and they all obviously have different unique majors such as “Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,” “Chemical bio,” etc. </p>
<p>My question is how we’re supposed to state our majors on the Common App? I know there is a section in the “future plans” part of the common app which lets us state our academic interests, but the CommonApp only contains generic names like “biology”, “chemistry”, or “biological and biomedical sciences.” </p>
<p>The “Possible Career” plans list is a possible place, but I plan to be a doctor of medicine, not a “Biochemist” when I grow up.</p>
<p>And also, this is in the case that the supplement (like Stanford’s) does not have a list of majors specific to its college to let you choose from. I don’t know what to do. Any one like to help?</p>
<p>Oh just put whatever you like, whichever from the list fits you best. By the time you get to college, it won’t really matter. I guess they just wanna know your interest as of now, but they know its gonna change. No worry!</p>
<p>Find your #1 choice college’s #1 Major, Use other and describe it.</p>
<p>Take your #2 choice college Major and put it down in #2 etc.</p>
<p>The top colleges do not use the Major based information. There are a few
exceptions to this but the collegs in this case make you apply separately
to the college/intended major explicitly.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I’m so glad I stumbled on this thread.
I’m really confused about a lot of things about the common app. and I’d appreciate if you could explain them.</p>
<p>1) How does the online thing work? I registered on the site, and it told me to get a headstart by adding my colleges and then working on the online <em>form</em>. This is exactly what I’ve been doing for the past couple of nights. It’s the same form for all the colleges, so when I fill it out once, the major part of all the applications is done, correct? And I just have to do the supplements for each separate college then?</p>
<p>2) If I’m applying ED to one of the colleges, it says I need to go to the institute’s site and fill out an ED agreement form before I can submit my common app…? Can anyone guide me on that? </p>
<p>3) The supplements aren’t working for me. It says they’re not available yet. WHEN exactly will they be available?</p>
<p>4) For the counselor, and teacher recommendation forms, it says you need to PRINT them out… and let the person fill each one out respectively. I don’t see how that’s going to work because if half of my application is going to be online and half is going to be MAILED (how can the counselors and teachers mail EACH of my college? Copies?) wouldn’t that cause a lot of confusion?</p>
<p>5) If I’m taking a SAT in October, and (since I’m applying ED, my common app should be submitted by November)… I don’t think I’ll have the SAT results by then… but I’ll report that to the colleges later. So on my common app should I mention that I’m going to take another SAT (but I wouldn’t know the scores yet). Plus, I’m taking 3 subject tests in December, so for the regular admissions, should I mention that I’m <em>going to take</em> them but wouldn’t know the scores until later?</p>
<p>Thanks, for now!
I’ll be back with more questions. :)</p>
<p>At least we’re all in this together.
P.S. - Thanks to commonapp guy… I was reading this whole thread last night and your posts really helped me a lot.</p>
<p>1) Correct. Once you fill out the Common App once, the major part of your application to schools that accept it is done.</p>
<p>2) The ED agreement is either on the Common App site or it’s on the school’s site.</p>
<p>3) Probably around September, but it varies from year to year.</p>
<p>4) No, colleges don’t get confused. They receive your application electronically and the teacher/counselor recs, transcripts, and school reports by mail. No problem, as long as you have your name, address, DOB, high school name on all of the correspondence.</p>
<p>Yes, your teachers can send copies of their recs to each of your schools. It doesn’t need to be a separate letter for each.</p>
<p>5) You can list the tests you’re going to take, if it will let you. There’s been some rumor that it will not permit you to add tests (like APs) without putting in the scores. After all, something may happen and you may not take them, right? But no harm - your official SAT score report will trump any self-reporting on the application.</p>
<p>Hey, I was looking at the “elaborate on one of your activities (extracurricular, personal activities, or work experience etc.” question and was wondering…</p>
<p>If I really love art, should I talk about it here or would the art supplement be enough?
Should I put my experience interning or volunteering here instead?</p>