<p>ps: I have a lot of extracurricular activities i can use to my benefit
-FBLA(Future business leaders of America) 11-12
-House crew Manager all 4 years
-Yearbook photographer 11
-Yearbook Editor 12
-French Club 9-10
-Junior Class Council 11
-Senior Class Council 12
-Girls League 11-12
-Nhshss</p>
<p>Journalism/ Mass Communication
Public Relations are areas of my interests</p>
<p>We all fear being rejected…now college accpetances r becoming more random and luck is needed. Apply u never kno wat could happen. I’m applyin to columbia as my HIGH reach and all I have is faith. You honestly think tht ppl in top schools knew they were going to get in???</p>
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<p>As someone who was invited to NSHSS…I’m sorry to tell you it’s kinda a scam.</p>
<p>@kay I agree I got invited twice and nvr replied…its a jokee in virginia</p>
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<p>Certainly there are schools that are reaches for everyone. If you’re not a viable candidate whatsoever, I would recommend saving the time/money and not applying. I assume you’re speaking of the tippy top schools? </p>
<p>I recruit for one of them. In info sessions, I tell students/families that to be a viable candidate, they should be one of the handful of tippy top scholars in their high school – known widely by staff and the principal. By implication, if they aren’t one of these, I would consider them unrealistic applicants. For instance, a 3.5 GPA student, ranked in the 20th percentile of the class should not be expecting anything from an HYPMS application.</p>
<p>One of the toughest things to do is assemble a good target list of colleges. Perhaps speak with your guidance counselor who, based on your academic record, can tell you what similar students have done in the past or their lists of applied to schools. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Simple answer is to have a solid plan B. Apply to schools that are not “reaches” as well. Apply to a school you like that has rolling admissions, and you will hear from early. It will take the stress off “needing” a school. You may still have some anxiety, but you have an option.
Make sure that finances are not going to be a problem for the schools you apply to. If you can only afford in state flagship, with FA, then applying to $50,000 +/ year schools does not usually make sense. Merit aid is almost non-existent at top tieir, and some of the FA is stingy too. Don’t set yourself up for disappointment if you can’t afford it and do not want to have to feel the disappointment. Example: I would love to own the new Bugatti sports car. I would never go to test drive it, I would be bummed about not being able to afford it. My husband would go and drive it multiple times, and feel the joy of the test drive, without the loss of not being able to afford it. You have to know what kind of person you are. Would you enjoy the attempt at entrance, and being able to say I got into “Top Tier School”, but chose “State Flagship” instead and be OK with that?
The other thing is to make sure that your reach school does not depend on a miracle. In other words, you should be a viable candidate for the schools, but realize that no one is an automatic admit for some of the top tier schools. So give it a chance, maybe they are looking for someone just like you for their incoming class, you don’t know!</p>
<p>Sorry T26E4, did not mean to repeat some of what you said, I think I cross posted with you!</p>
<p>Is there a reason why you posted your EC’s and not your GPA or test scores???</p>
<p>^i know, those would be helpful…ps where do you plan to apply?</p>
<p>Fearing failure may be a problem in your life. It’s something you might want to work on. But it doesn’t have to be a big problem in the college process.</p>
<p>The “conventional wisdom” says you should apply to a mix of reach schools, match schools and safety schools. The conventional wisdom is actually wrong. </p>
<p>Or, at least, it’s incomplete. It should be that you should apply to reach schools if you want to, matches and safeties. There’s no reason why you must reach if you can identify a variety of colleges or universities that meet the following requirements:</p>
<p>–you like them;
–you think you could be successful there;
–you can probably be admitted to them;
–you and your family can afford them.</p>
<p>You should try to find a few of those, just in case something unexpected happens with either admissions or finances, but if you can do that without reaching, you don’t have to reach.</p>
<p>Reaching really is inviting disappointment. (So is having a first choice. I kept pressing my daughter to identify a first choice until she finally asked, “Dad, can’t I just like them all and see what happens?” Smart girl.)</p>
<p>well, um.
sucks to be you then :/</p>
<p>I don’t fear I will be rejected, because I know I will be. Out of the slight chance I might not be, well then I am going to a great school. Apply to Reaches, Matches, and Safeties.</p>
<p>That’s fine, Kathy, if that’s how you choose to do your college search.</p>
<p>But the OP is not the first poster I’ve met on CC who’s had trouble with his or her reaches. I’ve seen numerous posters ask, “Help me find reaches.” My position is, you don’t have to find reaches unless you *want *to. And if you really like your matches and safeties, and you think you can do well at them, and you know you can afford them, it’s OK if you don’t want to reach.</p>
<p>Sikorsky - I like your attitude. My DD is currently not planning on applying to any reaches. She really likes 5 schools that would probably be considered safeties or at least matches for her stats. But she feels comfortable at each, loves the campuses and can see herself there for 4 years. And as a parent, I like the fact that she’s in the top of their admit stats - might even get a better financial package!!</p>
<p>it’s fine if you don’t want to look for reaches. but if you know a few schools that you would like to go to and they happen to be reaches apply anyways. being rejected is no where near as bad as not trying.
like Einstein said, “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried something new.” or something along those lines.</p>