<p>For me, I wish I visted more schools and got to know them better before applying. I applied to 12 schools and now to the some of the ones I was accepted to I can't even imagine attending. </p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>
<p>I would’ve avoided partying junior year and buckled down on my schoolwork. I feel like a 3.8 GPA would’ve gotten me in most everywhere I wanted to go.</p>
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<li>I would have NOT FALLEN IN LOVE with a college. I didnt get in and was heartbroken. A part of me will never recover.</li>
<li>That said, I would have applied to more reaches. I didn’t appreciate how random the process can be, and might have underestimated myself.</li>
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<p>I second you Drought: not partying, but just slacking off and not doing schoolwork…
And to sushmita, sorry to hear that but I still bet you’re going to a GREAT school.</p>
<p>I would have started my essays sooner. I guess at the time I didn’t realize how important of a factor they were…I was overconfident that my grades/courseload/ECs alone would get me into the top schools.</p>
<p>I would have applied to less safeties, and more reach/match schools. I was accepted by all four of my safeties, but three gapped me financially (I didn’t bother sending Purchase my documents, as Mount Holyoke had already given me an awesome package). If I applied to more matches/reaches, I would have more choices financially, given that I was accepted obviously.</p>
<p>During Holiday Break, I was considering a bunch of LACs, but I only decided to apply to Mount Holyoke because it was my Smith backup. I was too lazy to do the supplements for the other schools (Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Haverford, Bowdoin), so I did not apply. If you are considering schools, apply! I am seriously regretting not applying to these schools, as I really have little choice in choosing a college due to fail financial packages.</p>
<p>yeah i should’ve considered the schools i applied to more carefully as well. UMich was one i regret not applying to…</p>
<p>There’s honestly not a lot I would have changed. Maybe I would have not screwed up my freshman year, maybe I would have pulled an A in Chem E–but how much of a difference would that have made? Maybe I would have tried to do more in ECs, to look better for HYP and the like–but I was never that kid, the leader, the self-starter, the world-saver. The way I was through most of high school, I wasn’t capable of being that kid. Now things are a little different. I suppose if I could relive those years as I am now, I would have gotten more involved, but not for colleges. For my own sake.</p>
<p>I’m pretty happy with my admissions results (understatement of the year, ha), but I wonder if I couldn’t have been happier. Should I have applied to more schools? I think so. I had a perfectly balanced, meticulously crafted list–seriously, it was downright beautiful–but that all flew out the window in the wake of post-acceptance bliss. If I could go back and do it again, I would be more clear-headed and throw in apps to Yale (just for kicks), Cornell, Rice, Swarthmore, and Grinnell(/Reed/Vassar). Aiming more towards the top of my original list, at schools I didn’t necessarily like more than Chicago at the time, but which I might ultimately have chosen over Chicago for a variety of reasons.</p>
<p>You can tell I think way too much about this, huh.</p>
<p>Nah, you think just enough. A lot of that post applies to me too. I’m going to be apping soon, but I discovered my motivation a bit too late.</p>
<p>Am almost done my first year of college. But I wish I would have applyed to more schools. Even reach schools. For the most part I was accepted to 5 schools (1 being a CC) and rejected by 3. But in the end I end up at the CC. (long story)</p>
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<p>Ha, I’m sure you’ll be fine. You may not get into your “dream school,” but you’ll be fine, more than you know.</p>
<p>The admissions process is a little rough on people who take more time to grow into themselves, but life is a marathon, not a sprint.</p>
<p>I would not have applied to 27 schools. I didn’t think that I would get into half of them and I wanted to make sure I wasn’t “missing opportunities.” I got into 20 of them and now I’m freaking out because I have too many options. IT SUCKS.</p>
<p>Superconfused, It is tough to choose between 20 different schools, but you might as well be happy about it. Plus i saw the schools you are choosing between and they are all awesome!</p>
<p>Your poor counselor, you made her send in a lot of information to 27 schools…</p>
<p>haha actually it was the registrar who hated me but i got her an AMAZING christmas present, same with my counselor, so it was all good! :)</p>
<p>“I would not have applied to 27 schools.”</p>
<p>wow, how much did you spend in total with apps, sat scores, and whatever else??</p>
<p>"Your poor counselor, you made her send in a lot of information to 27 schools… "</p>
<p>hahaha</p>
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<p>$15 gift card to Starbucks = not good enough</p>
<p>Wow, how could you/your parents justify all those application fees. If they were only $50 each that is $1350.</p>
<p>still curious about other mistakes, others??</p>
<p>I should have I applied ED. RD was a nightmare. (Though, I am still more than satisfied with the outcome)</p>