<p>True</p>
<p>You should have asked your teacher(s) for recs by early October.</p>
<p>true for the most part :) but it depends on your school ;)</p>
<p>always use optional supplemental essays</p>
<p>True... it sets you apart from people who closely resemble you... i personally just use the same generic essay that i wrote over the summer</p>
<p>It helps a lot to be recommended by a alumni/professor of a college.</p>
<p>depends. not always :)</p>
<p>a safety is a school where you are in the upper 25%</p>
<p>false
higher than the upper 25%</p>
<p>clips r better than staplers on paper apps. i know lol</p>
<p>true. they're prettier! :D</p>
<p>paper applications will become increasingly obsolete :)</p>
<p>true</p>
<p>colleges are prone to lose parts of your application</p>
<p>false. i mean they do sometimes, but i wouldn't say prone :o</p>
<p>the saying of "the odds are good but the goods are odd" is usually true at tech schools</p>
<p>true. (i think)</p>
<p>when the app form says "optional", what they really mean is "if you want an edge".</p>
<p>of course optional at a selective school is almost a required</p>
<p>sending in ur applications early is good(like subtly good)</p>
<p>true :) I'm a fan of all those little subtle things :D</p>
<p>using the domestic application when you're an international (if there's two) is harmful to your chances</p>
<p>not if you are canadian and they ask canadians to use the same form (Upenn does) :D but otherwise yes</p>
<p>sending in applications a couple days late is OK</p>
<p>i honestly don't know, but deadline seems to imply dead line. :)</p>
<p>list your ECs from most to least important</p>
<p>True</p>
<p>Asking for fee waivers is bad.</p>
<p>false :)</p>
<p>adcoms are people too</p>
<p>false. </p>
<p>there're enough money in colleges' financial aid pots of gold to feed South Africa.</p>
<p>true- greedy little nuggets!</p>
<p>colleges like to laugh at lame applicants (like me!:D)</p>
<p>oh yeah how absolutely true! :D</p>
<p>at selective colleges, packing an applicant is a process of dart-throwing.</p>
<p>of course! this is my only hope to get into notre dame, jhu, or upenn! haha :)</p>
<p>adcoms pick canidates while masturbating</p>
<p>FALSE!!</p>
<p>an adcoms committee of a top college might decide to protest (assume they have been unfairly treated or sth) by selecting the worst of applicants! [has it ever happened?]</p>