<p>ECs, should’ve started earlier =/</p>
<p>ECs, should’ve started planning earlier =/</p>
<p>DEFINITELY GPA. And study habits. I really procrastinate…</p>
<h2>Arxos wrote “DEFINITELY GPA. And study habits. I really procrastinate…”</h2>
<p>Me too. 3.36 on 4.5 scale is definitely not going to cut it.</p>
<p>ECs for me. I should’ve taken them more seriously freshman and sophomore years.</p>
<p>heh I would change my ethnicity, but its not on there</p>
<p>My grades for the first two years of high school.</p>
<p>What about eliminating my class rank?</p>
<p>By virtue of being on this forum, the essays, interview, and letters of recommendation are thrown out.</p>
<p>I chose ECs, but probably because that’s where I am weak. I feel like GPA/SAT just gets your application in the door but ECs shows who you are and gets you accepted. I have no ECs (so I’m a nobody at anywhere but a public school)</p>
<p>Well this sounds like a really good place to vent, where nobody reads these and if they do, they’re feeling the pain somewhat.
First, I said I’d like to change my ACT/SAT scores - SAT was terrible, I got in the 500’s for one of the sections I think, honestly, and a 31 on the ACT (*<strong><em>ing TWICE) will not cut it. It’s the biggest thing holding me back, but it’s not what frustrates me the most. What I regret the most is not taking more IB/AP classes, and not doing the tests for the ones I did BEFORE my senior year (dumb</em></strong>dumb<strong><em>dumb</em></strong> to take all HL). Also, I would love to change my GPA, but mostly my rank… one freaking C in CHOIR because our exam was to make THANK YOU LETTERS (she gave me a C because I didn’t make 2 cards ***) and I’m bumped down to the top 20% for life. Oh, and EC’s, WHY did I spend so much effing time on ONE ballet exam? My whole sophomore year, I quit so much to study for it, and what do I have to say for it? I was on TV and I have an accreditation now? Nothing. I don’t even think dance majors care. So thats bull. I had so many ideas, so many things I wanted to do, and if I do them now, colleges will assuming I’m padding. I also regret being in such a small town, where almost nobody does research and internships and the stuff that impresses colleges, no, the biggest hook I have is a mission trip to Africa.
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Mostly I just hate this process. I feel dejected and rejected from schools already. I’m so stressed out. I just want to go to a community college and worry about this later.</p>
<p>Grades for sure - I was a 4.0 student all throughout elementary and middle school, but just as I entered high school, I got several unnecessary B’s from teachers who were simply irresponsible and didn’t care for their students’ learning. My UW GPA from grades 9-12 is now at 3.83, but I know it could’ve been higher if I had the right teachers. Not only that, but I would have gleaned far more knowledge and appreciation of the subjects taught. I know I’m not a B student myself, because my test scores have all been consistently high. I got 2120 on the May 2009 SAT as a sophomore (690 CR, 700 M, 730 W), the day right after returning home from the hospital, recovering from a 105 F fever. </p>
<p>I’ve now transferred to a different school, where I hope the learning environment will be much better, and where teachers don’t try to impede students from trying their best and enjoying a subject. Wish me luck… junior year’s about to begin!</p>
<p>applying to less colleges because it was a very long and annoying process</p>
<p>I wouldn’t change a thing. I was challenged, mostly with extracurricular rather than academic obligations, and I learned about myself in the process–a lot about myself. I’m not going to lie, it was a bumpy ride. But the bumps (two significant ones, one freshman year and one junior year) shaped the person I am.</p>
<p>SAT scores.</p>
<p>Oops, made a mistake: I had a 3.83 UW grades 9-10, not 9-12.</p>
<p>I’m actually happy with what I have at the moment, hopefully it will propel me into Johns Hopkins =).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t change a thing. If I get in, I get in. If I don’t, I don’t. I’ll apply to some good bets, a safety, and a reach. No Ivy League for me and my 3.29 GPA, but I don’t care! All I want is an unforgettable experience at a small liberal arts school or women’s college—Who needs Yale when you have Hendrix? :)</p>
<p>I wish I didn’t procrastinate after I moved. My grades tanked.</p>
<p>I wish I had developed better time management in high school. I was an unbelievably amazing student in middle school, but in high school I began to sleep less and less and let my grades slip. My high school is in Plano, one of the most competitive regions in the US (or so I like to believe), and 0.001 in GPA can raise you up twenty ranks. In ninth grade, I didn’t max out five out of fifteen (we had an extra world history h class for humanities) courses, and it made a whole world of difference on my weighted GPA, not to mention while considering the mandatory regular credits (comm aps, health, pe foundations, pe).</p>
<p>I would change everything. If only that was possible. . .</p>