<p>stilldormant–Even though you have indicated on your supplements that you won’t be applying for financial aid, it can’t hurt to send a brief email to all of your colleges that explains that you inadvertently omitted the international student agreement. Here, you can’t say that you don’t plan to apply for financial aid during your college career and that you understand that, if admitted as a “no-need” student, you will not be able to seek aid later on. (Your target colleges probably require a form that asks your family to show how they expect to provide for your education. If you have additional sources of funds, such as a grandparent or family friend, you can include that information in your email.)</p>
<p>In the same email you can also point out that your GPA is NOT weighted. If you didn’t understand the concept of a “weighted” GPA when you initially filled out our application, it’s a good idea to say so. Some admission folks don’t seem to get that many students outside the US aren’t clear about what an unweighted GPA actually is. From the way you describe your GPA, it sounds like it’s UNweighted. Giving extra credits for an AP class is not the same as weighting a GPA.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply. I am wondering if my transcript, which indicates the GPA scale of my school, will adequately explain the weighting system in my school? On my transcript, my school only lists: A+ = 4 A = 4 A- = 3.7 etc. while some schools that weight GPA will also state that A in an advanced class is equivalent to 5.0 GPA. It is very hard for me to contact the schools I’m applying to unless I ask my counselor to inform the schools about the mistake on my behalf by mentioning it on my mid-year report. However, my counselor said that he is sure that the school weights GPA so he would not change that… Still, I do agree with you- I think my GPA is supposed to be considered “unweighted.” Do you think the universities will automatically recognize the error and find the correct information on my transcript? Or should I continue to ask him to help me? I am just afraid because 3.9 on a weighted scale seems significantly low and misrepresents my actual performance in school…</p>
<p>Is Math 2 vs 2c an error? For some reason I had Math Level 2 on my Harvard EA application (I got in) but changed it to Math Level 2c on my other common application schools (there was another small error that I was fixing; I didn’t create a new version just for that). Since they will see my score report, is this irrelevant?</p>
<p>Thank you so much! Whew! My other parent is listed with degree so I’m not going to stress about it; I talked to one admissions’ office - they said I could e-mail a correction but this wasn’t “something they’d put under a microscope…”</p>
<p>From what you’ve told me, your GPA sounds like it IS unweighted. And, yes, the college staff SHOULD be able to figure that out when they see the grading scale that doesn’t go beyond 4.0. BUT they could be confused if BOTH you and the counselor have indicated on the application and School Report that the GPA is WEIGHTED. Why is it so hard for you to contact the colleges yourself directly? You seem to have Internet access, and so you can send an email to each admission office. If you think you won’t get support from your counselor on this, just send the emails individually to each admission office.</p>
<p>On my application for UT that I submitted in October, I expressed my interest in psychology as a major, saying that I feel like UT would properly equip me everything I need as a prospective psychology major, but at the end of last semester (in December), I changed my major to Fashion merchandising and put psychology as my second choice major.</p>
<p>Seeing how I can’t change my essay (since it’s already being looked over), do you think the fact that I wrote about pursuing one major but declared another will affect my chances of getting in? </p>
<p>On my application I stupidly assumed that in the activities section when it asked “do you intend to continue with this activity in college?” that for sports it meant on the actual school team, and so I clicked “no.” I now realize that it could be for intramural sports as well, which I would want to continue. Should I send a revision?</p>
<p>So I was a big idiot and accidentally wrote “and that is why I want to become a part of the PLME program here at Harvard” in my Harvard additional essay. (PLME is Brown U’s program) </p>
<p>I do believe I have a pretty good shot but this error is really worrying me. What should I do? Should I email them an apology and a correction?</p>
<p>EmoryJeon-This snafu may cry out for a humorous response … perhaps something more along the lines of a cartoon than a groveling apology letter. But it would be helpful to have more context. </p>
<p>This sort of error isn’t exactly rare. Plenty of students write their “Why this college?” essays as if they’re doing a Mad Lib, simply changing a few key words (including the school’s name) and then sending otherwise identical essays to multiple admission offices. So it’s not hard to forget to plug in a new college name before hitting the “Submit” button.</p>
<p>But it’s a little tougher to imagine how you managed to mention PLME in a Harvard optional essay. Were you just tweaking something you’d already done for Brown?</p>
<p>Sally_Rubenstone - thank you for replying to my question. I applied to Harvard SCEA and got deferred. So when I wrote a great essay for Brown’s PLME, I decided to tweak it and send it to Harvard since I was planning to major in health/biology field. I changed all the specifics (school name, school location, info about the school’s biology dept. etc) but forgot to change four letters, PLME. :(</p>
<p>So I already sent all of my colleges an update on an award I received in late December. Shortly after, I decided to change my second semester English elective to a computer class. Do I have to inform all my colleges?</p>
<p>becksadoodles–This change should be sent to colleges by your school counselor. Presumably s/he has sent your schools a mid-year report (or is about to) that has your new class on it. Colleges typically care about such switches when a student has moved from a rigorous class to one that is much less demanding. For instance, if you went from 17th Century English Literature to Keyboarding, then your switch may fall into that category. But, in most cases, an English elective and a computer class are probably comparable in terms of their level of rigor, and thus the colleges won’t care about the change (though they should still see it).</p>
<p>After multiple log in failures, my account was suspended. Technically, it says that it was “temporarily suspended”. Will it be accessible after a period of time or do I have to reactivate it myself? I’ve tried contacting the support team but so far they haven’t responded. Is it possible of the account to reactivate itself? I know the correct password, just couldn’t remember it at the time.</p>
<p>After multiple log in failures, my account was suspended. Technically, it says that it was “temporarily suspended”. Will it be accessible after a period of time or do I have to reactivate it myself? I’ve tried contacting the support team but so far they haven’t responded. Is it possible of the account to reactivate itself? I know the correct password, just couldn’t remember it at the time.</p>
<p>How should I construct an e-mail telling the admissions committee that one of the contact numbers for my reference has changed because he no longer has an office?</p>
<p>My S forgot to indicate the AP tests that he will be taking in May (6), only the scores on the AP tests he already took. Also, he is now a US Presidential Scholar nominee and a National Merit Finalist. Should he send an update to the (ivy) schools? He was deferred EA by Harvard.</p>