<p>I think the essays are really good, but I have been freaking out about a small error I may have made. A friend of mine gave me some advice when he peer reviewed one of my essays and wrote down some margin comments in track changes. I forgot to delete them and instead switched from “final showing markup” to just “final,” so they were hidden the whole time I was putting the finishing touches on the essay before I submitted it. The problem is that when you open a word document, it automatically takes you to “final showing markup” instead of “final.” However, I emailed it to myself, and when you click “view” it doesn’t show the comments. So now I’ve been freaking out about 1. whether the reviewers will see the comments or not and 2. whether it will be a dealbreaker if the “final showing markup” version with the comments comes up when they look at the essay. I think I’m going crazy cuz it’s all said and done and there’s nothing I can do but I can’t help but worry.</p>
<p>The thing is, probably no one could give you sure answer. Ive read TERRIBLE essays by those who were accepted and to be honest, as long as you have grammer down and just answer the question, they are all considered “good” essays. I would only guess that essays are nothing so critical, unless you had cancer, and therefore could be viewed as just general base/filter. I would guess academics 70 and extracurricular 30.</p>
<p>I consider myself a pretty good writer (never got below an A on a paper in Eng 125) with good grammar. They’re pretty straight forward with no really big hook, but they answer the question pretty well. I’m just banking on my 4.0 to get me through. If not, at least my GPA won’t reset.</p>
<p>you’re gonna be fine man. Don’t worry about it. I also disagree with people saying that listing a fraternity is a bad thing. A solid percentage of Ross students are greek, and it says more about you than you just like to party.</p>
<p>Listing fraternities is fine as long as you list more obviously intellectual pursuits such as MLC.</p>
<p>What does everyone think about the courses that go along with the learning communities? Will Ross adcom view them as not as challenging as more mainstream courses?</p>
<p>I couldn’t imagine that the Ross admissions would view being in learning community and the required classes associated with them as negatives. There’s nothing wrong with being in a learning community especially if you have an interest in the focus of the learning community. I would even consider it worthwhile as a means of getting housing on central campus. However, the OP thought being in the MCSP should be a reason for getting into Ross when he previously acknowledged he did it for central campus housing and he didn’t do much work in it. Unless you assume some leadership role in the learning community, there just isn’t much more to it than there is if you have a room in Bursley and do other activities.</p>
<p>Great, thank you for your reply. The only concern i have is that the required courses for mcsp are 3 credits which may be viewed as less impressive than standard 4 credit courses. Also they are not honors courses… Does it seem like kids applying to ross have taken honors courses, and do honors courses seem to boost an application?</p>
<p>I wonder if rossbound made it into Ross?</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing.</p>