<p>ko ko kaha kaha gaira ho?</p>
<p>ahtsisab, are you fro from Colgate? How did you write on the essay "Why Colgate?"</p>
<p>And congratulations to all for making a century in the post.</p>
<p>nice reply blackandblue! wah !!!</p>
<p>ani ma ta Mount Holyoke jana la'ko ho</p>
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<li>Yes I am.</li>
<li>There was no such question when I applied.</li>
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<p>are u looking at Colgate?</p>
<p>what college r u in now, buddhaforever? I noticed u are in the Colgate forum as well..</p>
<p>Yes. Colagte was my first choice. So I applied ED but was rejected. I'll apply transfer now. Any suggestions ahtsisab??</p>
<p>what college r u in now... lemme know if there is anything i can do...</p>
<p>i was also hoping to enter colgate as transfer, would it be possible to apply for spring? how would be my chances for spring?, i am entering us as a fall student this year.</p>
<p>i know some ppl (not internationals) who transferred in the spring of their first year... so I dont know about the financial aid situation... start of the sophomore year i'm sure they give aid to transfers...</p>
<p>hey basistha! great to see you and the other people back here.</p>
<p>anyway, hey all. </p>
<p>For the essays, definately go to USEF and read up some samples. They are even great books avalaible there with lots of tips. And, write ten drafts, show it to everyone and anyone (depeding on how personal it is). The more constrcutive criticism, the better. </p>
<p>Your SAT i think depends all on how much you practise and what you practise. Practise actual past papers (USEF has a great variety of books and the study environment is not bad either) I doubt any professional course is necessary if you're disciplined in practise.</p>
<p>Who is applying where for ED?</p>
<p>hey hagar thanx for all those suggestions. i'm thinkin of applyin to one of those women's college as mt. holyoke or smith or brynmawr for ed.
any suggestions?
ani why so few posts from the ppl applyin this year??</p>
<p>all this essay talk...wow!
write with passion. dont make grammatical errors. dont repeat your scorecard. show integrity. reach out. dont worry too much. brainstorm. edit your work. dont worry too much. open up. simple english. the same things. now start writing. good luck. dont worry too much.</p>
<p>hey hagar7... I'm sorry I dont think I know you.. I am guessing you go to Washington and Lee Uni...</p>
<p>who are you?</p>
<p>Hey basistha and chochu; I used to come around as himalayandreams.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm heading to W&L this fall. How'd you find out?</p>
<p>oh ok.......</p>
<p>Are ECs dat much imps 4 nepali applicants ?? like we don have many opportunities here and ppl here too focus less on them.</p>
<p>colleges definitely dont overlook the ECs... sound ECs always help.. but if you have a strong academic record and ordinary ECs, u shud be fine... but u shud have a quite few ECs from high skl..</p>
<p>ESSAY ! pain!!
heha, anyways, all mine essays were kinda not well planned ones!
all the common app short essys were written offhand while filling up the form on the last night... on the deadline... and teh main essay was "being written for a month" but never actually moved around the theme or looked like my actual essay... the real essay was written in about 2 days... </p>
<p>for creative stuffs, i believe, one shoould not push oneself, rather let them flow on their own.. and when your creative section accepts that " you r not getting YOUR college without the best essay" it'll bring out the best from you... so chill! have fun whicle you can and work when you have to :)</p>
<p>I read it somewhere so this might just help :)</p>
<p>"Most important thing is to read a few college application essays. This may sound cheesy and seem like a waste of time, but it's certainly a big help. A personal essay has a different tone than an analytical one. Look at the tone of successful essays and poor ones. What's the difference? What about the essay turned you off? Go with your gut feeling on this one, don't worry about structure or rules just yet. Basically, what makes you feel "this guy is an jerk" or "this guy is just showing off"? Make a note of it and don't do the same thing in your own essay.</p>
<p>Ex. "Upon returning from my evening jaunt, I settle down for an exultant and fulfilling night caring for my aged grandmother."</p>
<p>("Jaunt"? "Exultant"? What's the point of big words besides to show off? Plus, unless you really come across as a wholly kind and caring individual, no one is going to believe you spend all day with your old grandmother. Minus two points.)</p>
<p>Second, make sure you have a direction to your paper. This doesn't necessarily mean you need a topic before you even start writing; in fact, the actual subject of the paper means relatively little. Don't go out of your way to write about how you spent your summer helping blind children; you're just trying to plug that fact and it shows. It helps to sit down and pick what it is you want to show about yourself, then just write about that. Find the subject that reveals the most about you. The topic can come later; I've read a good essay about eating Oreo cookies, although the writer did try to show off a bit too much ("perspicacious"? You're talking about your DOG, buddy).</p>
<p>Then just start writing the paper. Consult with your English teacher or someone like that if you need help. A few things to watch, though:</p>
<p>1) It's a personal essay, NOT a resume. If they want to know what you do after school, they'll read your application. It's listed in bulleted points on there. Make your essay about YOU, not your accomplishments.</p>
<p>2) Watch your grammar. Stupid things like dangling participles ("While going to the store, a dog bit me") and spelling mistakes ("They're essays were well-written") will make you look careless at best.</p>
<p>3) Do you get to the point? Admissions staff have thousands of applications to read. If they can't figure out what it is you're trying to say, don't expect them to lose sleep over it; they'll toss it in a big pile and get back to it later IF you're lucky.</p>
<p>4) Length, length, length. No one wants to read a thousand-word essay, especially when it says right on the application that they only want five hundred words. If that paragraph about your cat isn't relevant, take it out.</p>
<p>Finally, get people to proofread it. No one likes to be criticized, but remember that the more someone hates about your paper, the more there is to improve. Get a teacher or a friend to objectively read your paper and tell you what they think. Then get another teacher, then maybe a parent or another friend. The more opinions the better. No one will blame you for wanting a good college essay.</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way, congratulations on deciding to write your essay early. I tell all the upcoming seniors in my school to do that, but none of them do. Then they panic the week before the deadline when they have to write an essay for each of the eight colleges they applied to."</p>
<p>I disagree with " one shoould not push oneself, rather let them flow on their own..". Well, atleast it dint work for me, and I know this for a lot of people that you have to force a first draft out initially. The first draft is the toughest, and writing an essay a couple of nights before the applications isn't a very smart thing to do. Most of us are not born writers who can cough out an essay in a couple of days, and even if we can it needs to be proofread by self and then given to other people to edit and comment on.</p>