<p>I STILL haven't completed my Common App supplement.</p>
<p>THey sent me a letter saying that. being an EDII applicant, I needed to send it in by January 31. January 31 came and went.</p>
<p>It's not for lack of trying... but my grades aren't the best, so I'm really trying to impress them with my essays, but so far, THAT isn't happening. EVery time I sit down to write, the block sets in.
I just don't know what to do! I WANT to write as I normally do, but I keep thinking it won't be good enough...</p>
<p>Of course, I'm going to call the admissions office and BEG, sob story and all, but that's only when the essays are comlpleted, which may never happen...</p>
<p>that's helpful... I'm asking if anyone still thinks I have a chance with Vandy. (or rather, if there's hope for anything in this world...)
and of course I have other apps; I just don't really want to go to those schools, because I applied Early Decision for a reason.</p>
<p>Why should Vanderbilt hold its deadline for you? My guess is that they have considered your application incomplete and won't consider it.</p>
<p>However, that's only a guess - you need to call them and ask. And you need to do that NOW. If they say no, you don't have to worry about completing them. If they say yes, then get on the stick. A lousy essay is better than no essay. </p>
<p>But I'm not asking them to hold the deadline... I'm just wondering if they'll take it at this time. Plus, I hadn't thought about the fact that they may still take it because the letter was addressed to only Early Decision applicants who hadn't completed their stuff. </p>
<p>Also I can't call until I get home, which may be AFTER the office closes... the stars are so against me...</p>
<p>lol...just this week my counselor (who used to work in the admissions office) was telling me how she can arrange to have my application read if I still wanted to apply to Vandy (yes, even after the deadline)...i guess it's not what you know it's who you know. I decided not to but it was still a "whoa she has connections" kinda moment.</p>
<p>I have been in touch with the admissions officer in my area (CT). I asked her about how it says BY february 15th and she said well we will be sending them out the 13th.. so yeah i'm pretty sure.</p>
<p>Honestly, the college admissions process is a serious thing. What makes you think that you should get in now over someone who was able to respect the deadline?</p>
<p>Sorry, dear. It has NOTHING to do with stars. Take some responsibility and just get it done. Or, accept the consequences of your procrastination.</p>
<p>I'm very sorry for your situation, but there's really nothing we can do for you here except advise you to at least try and contact the Admissions office with the slight hope they may some compassion for whatever it is that prevented you from completing your application on time.</p>
<p><em>loses mind</em> Who's your counselor? What's her name? Is she open to making new, really nice, neurotic friends of faraway students, students whose lives she could save? <em>head spins, explodes</em> [/desperation]</p>
<p>I'm convincing one of my friends to help me with my essay. She's in AP Eng, I'm not. Wish me luck...</p>
<p>Just write the essay! At this point, waiting another day may be worse than just turning in a crappy one and being done with it. I guess I'm trying to be sympathetic, but everyone else knew the deadline and managed to get their apps in on time. Just take a deep breath, calm down, and write it. Skip the friend. They're looking for YOUR insight, not a perfect essay. Finish it! Call them ASAP, tell them it's finished and see what they say. At this point, freaking out isn't going to do anything but make it HARDER to write.
Mal :)</p>
<p>writing! I guess I'll call on Monday... i don't think they'd work on Sundays, I mean, this is the South. maybe I'll pour on my deep-voiced sexiness if it's a woman who answers. :D
It's tempting to really exaggerate my problems ("well, I've been having family problems, and my parents put me in the psych ward because I said I was a vampire and tried to bite them. They thought it was the best thing they could do...") but I'm sure they'd see through lies.</p>
<p>seriously, after this and all the other stress I've had in the past two months (family, relationship, and academic crises, one after another) I'm going to skip school for at least one day. I SO need it. there's a good impetus for hurrying with this essay.</p>
<p>If you were applying ED then you really should have taken it more seriously. A good late essay isn't going to make up for poor grades. An excellent essay that met the deadline might have! Frankly, why should they accept you ED with all of the candidates who met the deadline, had the same grades and completed all parts of the application on time?</p>
<p>Ok, that's it. I took it pretty seriously. However, I had a lot of STRESS in my life that demanded my immediate attention so that it wouldn't DESTROY my sanity... and this is just more stress. I didn't come here to be lectured. I can get lectured by my parents, teachers, and/or counselors. I know QUITE WELL that they probably won't accept me; I don't need you to tell me OVER AND OVER again. The reason I'm in this predicament is because I apparently took it TOO seriously in the first place. I'm hoping at this point that maybe, just possibly, I can get into the school of my dreams despite all the crap I've been through and all the crap I'm putting that admissions office through. It would be easier to maintain hope if I didn't have random people dumping on me constantly.</p>
<p>and if I seem mad, or mood swingy, or whatever else, I'm sorry, but I am at the VERY END of my nerves right now, and negativity has no place with me at the current moment.</p>
<p>Listen, if the stress is too much, maybe you ought to think about taking a gap year, pulling stuff together, and applying for real next year. If it's your dream school, and you can prove that some time off was used purposefully, some colleges really like that..brings them a more mature, grounded student. There is no use getting yourself physically ill or mentally stressed out over this...you have the rest of your life ahead of you, take it easy on yourself.</p>
<p><em>a little better</em> I really would like to, but the trouble is my parents won't let me... their financial info is needed on the app, so they do have some leverage, and they literally said to me, "Don't even think about taking a 'year off'; you're not white." -_-
Plus I'm gonna have a lot of friends going to Vandy, and part of the dream experience is being in the same year with them. (Not the most ethical or academic aspect of wanting to go there, but it's only a small one... it's also close to Memphis, my hometown, but these are only some of the more insignificant reasons.) I guess I'll try to write an essay now... it won't be the best, but what can I do now?</p>