I'm way too self confident =)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>HAHA yea. unfortunately that happens.</p>

<p>Sorry but I have to say you missed the point of what I was trying to say with CH's chess essay. Although it was good at the end, it was rather dull in the beginning... I didn't even read it except the first 3 lines and the last 3 lines. Based on those 6 lines, I thought it was pretty good. HAHA :p</p>

<p>And yea, the article, I thought it was an interesting read. :] Sometimes people need to be scared so they don't get as cocky as.. ahem.. some.. =P</p>

<p>Do you mind chancing me on my post? You're a critic, and I love that. TY in advance. :)</p>

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<p>"I hate to go against the flow yet, again, but I thought this essay was worse than the one about freedom. "</p>

<p>dude, no. that chess essay was dank. It captured my attention, i wanted to know what he was talking about, then it had a sick twist at the end. Very well written. and i do think the admissions officer would be intrigued enough to read it through and then would find themselves quite entertained.</p>

<p>3.0 is kinda low for cornell though.
good luck man</p>

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<p>You're chess essay is very innovative. You should send it to Cornell as a supplemental essay.</p>

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<p>I should stop making promises.</p>

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dude, no. that chess essay was dank.

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You're chess essay is very innovative. You should send it to Cornell as a supplemental essay.

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<p>OMFG. We're evaluating this essay using completely different criteria here. Fine, it's entertaining, it's creative, it's innovative, it's unique. SO WHAT?</p>

<p>Sure, an application essay needs to be interesting, but if admissions officers analyzed app essays purely based on their entertainment value, then everyone would be submitting short, humorous, fiction stories.</p>

<p>What does an admissions officer gain from reading this essay except that he's a creative writer, he sucks at chess, and his brain has tunnel vision? Are you people in elementary school or something? You don't even understand the point of writing an admissions essay?!?!?! Yeah, it's a great essay, FOR HIS BOOK OR FOR A CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST!!!!!! Not for a college application!!!!! Easier colleges might allow it, but not the Ivy League. </p>

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My queen was alive; there was no way they would ever take her. But in my obsession with her safety, my king was not.</p>

<p>Perhaps overanalyzing a situation isn’t as helpful as you’d think.

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<p>JACKPOT! Did you actually imagine this stuff when you were playing the chess game?? NO! Pieces attack queen, queen runs. What the **** did you analyze. If anything, it shows that you did not analyze enough. </p>

<p>If you had been planning a humongous offensive on the kingside, starting with a bishop sacrifice, seeing 8 moves in advance, going to through dozens of variations in your head, and not seeing that you were about to be checkmated, THAT is analyzing too much. </p>

<p>However, that is not what happened. You didn’t have a plan. You saw zero moves in advance. You went through zero variations. You didn’t know what the **** you were doing!!!! There was absolutely no analysis involved there.</p>

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question: does truth suffer from too much analysis?

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<p>The truth suffers from too much BS.</p>

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<p>Just to clear things up, the chess thing was for the Honors program at GWU, where they specifically wanted creativity and such. It was just another essay i've written where I didn't try too hard like i did with the whole freedom thing.</p>

<p>Anyway, to be honest, i really don't particularly care about Cornell. I mean, so many schools have great programs and it really doesn't matter where you end up nearly as much as so many kids think. It's all name recognition. And to be honest, I applied to Cornell just for the heck of it. That's all. I don't even have the mandatory two subject tests, so they may not even look at my application at all.</p>

<p>Lesson learned with the essays though. Reading back on the first two, I really dunno what I was trying to do. They had good ideas, but I guess I tried way too hard to make it "stand out", and in the end never really said that much, other than I wasn't going to use conventional essay styles. I used these essays for a bunch of schools, so I may regret that.</p>

<p>But again, if I don't end up in the top schools, then I'm fine with that. </p>

<p>And thanks butterbattle; twas a lesson learned with the essays.</p>

<p>^^bet you didn't see that coming.</p>

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<p>i actually think you will get in. You seem to be very unique.</p>

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i actually think you will get in. You seem to be very unique.

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ehhh, no. :)</p>

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<p>Sorry, I don't mean to be snappy, but </p>

<p>"But again, if I don't end up in the top schools, then I'm fine with that."</p>

<p>Then... Why bother even making this thread and going "I'm way too confident"? Seems like a waste of time, don't you think?</p>

<p>But I must say, you changed like your entire perspective to thinking "I have a chance" to "I have no chances". You let other people do that to you with criticism. WHYY? Keep your stance. Okay, you may say that it's because you lack a subject test, but that's just an excuse. A few of Cornell's undergrad colleges don't even need subject tests... You ARE aware of that, right?</p>

<p>Keep up your self-esteem but don't overblow it like you seemed to have done earlier. That's all I have to say. :]</p>

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<p>Oh btw, I don't think you have seen the post "I can dream, right?".</p>

<p>My thread's title was directed at THAT because that person's profile resembled yours so much. Sorry if there was a confusion; I really didn't mean to have it directed at you.</p>

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<p>Nothing's changed in my mind at all. </p>

<p>"I'm way too self confident" -> Ha. I have a 3.1 and i'm applying to top schools thinking i have a shot, while finding it amusing that in reality I probably don't.</p>

<p>Thats all this thread is. I made another one for carnegie and some other schools just for the heck of it. I don't get what else people are getting from the title.</p>

<p>I mean, of course i've got a shot. Everyone's got a shot. But did I ever really think i'd get admitted to any top schools? Not really, i still dont. Of course i still applied and think i could get in, but it probably isn't very likely.</p>

<p>We really need to put this thread to rest. I think 90 replies is enough.</p>

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<p>Hey communisthunter, what schools have you been accepted to? You can put an end to it after that, just curious. Tell me you got into GWU with that chess essay, right?</p>

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<p>I've only gotten 3 replies so far; all were acceptances. Of course they are nothing special: Temple, UMBC (in state), Towson (in state). They're my backups. </p>

<p>I'll find out about everything else by April.</p>

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<p>cool man. Good luck</p>

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<p>it's your GPA.
good luck, i applied to a bunch of reach schools too.</p>