<p>false</p>
<p>colleges that require or ask for photographs of their applicants prefer those who are physically attractive for admittance</p>
<p>False, well at least colleges say they're need-blind. They might do it, but it would be a horrible practice if they did.</p>
<p>National Merit Finalist standing doesnt mean anything at high end schools.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>false. It doesn't mean as much, but it still holds something to its name</p>
<p>it's harder for someone from new york city to get accepted than it is for someone from a small rural town in oregon</p>
<p>true</p>
<p>if you're bi=racial and you show both sides of your culture thru the application, you have a better chance of being accepted</p>
<p>false. </p>
<p>you should be very aggresive to adcoms if you've been waitlisted</p>
<p>false, they'll think you have a problem or something and wouldn't want someone that psychotic going to their college</p>
<p>letters of recommendations from professionals in your intended major help you.</p>
<p>True, only if they know you well and write in light of your interests.</p>
<p>Alaskans live in igloos.</p>
<p>true, if you personally know these people and not random people you pulled off street corners</p>
<p>Dating an adcom increases your chances of acceptance</p>
<p>false, only if your relationsihp is going well and he/she is the one reading your app (and he's not over professional)</p>
<p>1+1=2</p>
<p>false...people these are about the colleg admissions process</p>
<p>applying online gives you a better chance than on paper</p>
<p>False.</p>
<p>Colleges will reject you if you have crappy handwriting (on the written application).</p>
<p>True.</p>
<p>If you're overqualified for a college, the college will reject you.</p>
<p>Or offer you lots and lots of aid :).</p>
<p>Colleges spend too much money and waste too many trees on advertising (cough<em>WASHU</em>cough).</p>
<p>so true... they could use that for finaid instead :)</p>
<p>if you don't visit the college, you have a disadvantage over those who did</p>
<p>haha true washu sends me a letter every 2-4 weeks!.. all the way to new zealand.. the postage must be expensive</p>
<p>sometimes adcoms will reject/waitlist you if they see one imperfection because they are tired and hungry or something and they cant be bothred reading the whole damn thing</p>
<p>Wow, I REALLY hope that's not true.</p>
<p>If you're Asian American, colleges right and left will be begging for you to attend because of the diversity you will add to campus life.</p>
<p>Hey now. I'm asian. Let's not make this a racial issue. We all know the answer though.</p>
<p>If you have an SAT (M/V) score of under 1500, you can't get into HYPSM (non-athlete)</p>
<p>mostly true, the SAT this year are mostly out of 2400</p>
<p>my love for anime is a better essay topic than summary of my life events</p>
<p>TRUE</p>
<p>Many of the stats posted here are greatly exaggerated</p>
<p>Mostly false, I think.</p>
<p>Ivies share info so each knows where their applicants applied.</p>