<p>I’m i freaking out just as much/if not more as all of you!
Like seriously my friends are about to kill me. hah
My SATs were CR: 740 M: 690 W: 800 Total: 1430/2230
SAT IIs: History: 710 Lit: 660
My commonapp essay was about a my mom and a paranoid schizophrenic man she helped out and that relationship’s impact on me and my passion for social justice
My why Swat was mostly about how Swat felt like a second family to me and i related in back to my family.
I toured, i info sessioned, and interviewed with Tanya Aydelott. She was really great and I felt like I was about to get across my passion for social justice.
I did an overnight too which made me love it even more.
I am so obsessed I even HAND DELIVERED my writing supplement and ED agreement … I was so paranoid about mailing it haha
did anyone else submit a writing supplement? is anyone being recruited for sports? (which really helps… i would be running but i was diagnosed with a heart condition ■■■ hah)
and i heard girls especially nonminority girls (aka me lol) have a much lesser chance of acceptance??
AHHHHHHH haha yeah i’m bugging out
glad too have a support group :)</p>
<p>oh i meant to not too woops
and anyone else thinks its crazy we could all be going to school together next year??!?!?!?!?
<em>knocks on wood</em></p>
<p>I submitted an academic supplement. It was a paper I had written for my AP US History class on Jack Rakove’s book “Original Meanings” about what the framers of the Constitution had in mind for the document.</p>
<p>KaitHags, from everything I have heard non-minority females are at a disadvantage because for every ten students applying 6 are girls and 4 are boys… Also, the majority of the applicants are white. I’m a multiracial applicant, so I’m not sure how much that helps me; I’m Native American and European. I always hear such conflicting things about race and applying to college so, I’m not sure what to believe.</p>
<p>I submitted a music supplement and a dvd of a presentation I gave at the National Council of Teachers of English National Conference this past fall. As well as a letter briefly describing the book on constructivism I am co-authoring with a grad student at Penn.</p>
<p>wow… I haven’t submitted any suplements. is that bad…? I thought of it, but I thought it was kind of unnecessary. but now that I see everyone’s done it I feel like my chances are low…ahh this is killing me. do you guys think the results are gonna be out this week??</p>
<p>I gave great thought to submitting a supplement, and then when I thought about it I realized that the two papers I was deciding between both dealt with government/politics and since I want to be a political science major, I thought it would be the best thing to do. Since it is an optional thing, I think it just adds to your application, it doesn’t detract.</p>
<p>I’m hoping that it will be this week…I don’t know how much longer I can wait!</p>
<p>I’m going to guess we will hear this week. I’m expecting the letter on Thursday, but then again you never know.</p>
<p>tieeris, you don’t need to submit a supplement; I chose to because my application couldn’t show my clarinet ability. In my opinion a supplement is just filling in the blanks that your application might not necessarily show about you. They aren’t super important though and shouldn’t hurt your chances.</p>
<p>Another question: what are your backup schools? Hopefully, none of us will need them! I’m just curious.</p>
<p>I applied to Swarthmore ED as well. And I am soo nervous!
I wish I had submitted my academic supplement 
I was going to, but decided against it for some reason that makes no sense to me now…</p>
<p>my second choice is bowdoin. if i get rejected from swat(hopefully i dont:(( ) im thinking of ED2 for bowdoin. my other choices include haverford, vassar, Wellesley, etc. btw if I get deferred, how much chance do I have in getting in? how about waitlists?</p>
<p>I’m applying to Vassar and if I get rejected or deferred from Swarthmore I will probably apply ED 2 at Vassar. I’m also applying to Wesleyan, Grinnell, Muhlenberg, Denison, Dickinson, Ursinus and possibly Bryn Mawr. Hopefully, Swarthmore will accept me though.</p>
<p>In terms of being wait listed, one of my friends who goes to Swarthmore now was wait listed. He really wanted to go to Swarthmore so he sent in a bunch of things and showed a lot of interest. He ended up being accepted in May, so if you are wait listed don’t give up! I know a lot of kids who just sat waiting to hear once they were wait listed and ended up being rejected.</p>
<p>I’m planning on applying to American University, University of Richmond, George Washington University and Ferrum if I don’t get in. I’m not planning on applying ED 2 anywhere if I get rejected or deferred.</p>
<p>Hello everyone I have applied Early Decision as well. I was one of the applicants who submitted my application on the last day (Nov. 15) just because I wanted it to be the best I could make it. I was going to send in an academic supplement but the paper I wanted to send in was an analysis of an obscure Supreme Court decision called Younstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer; it was longer than 5 pages so I didn’t send it.</p>
<p>I really want to find out. I received a letter from the financial aid office about something additional that they wanted to see, so I wonder if that means anything? Would they look that detailed into financial aid before I was accepted? </p>
<p>Well good luck everyone and hopefully we will find out before the end of this week!</p>
<p>I can definitely understand wanting to make sure your application was perfect…I took away and added things to make sure that my application was perfect. Did any of you guys have letters of support from any people?</p>
<p>The closest thing I had to a letter of support was an additional teacher recommendation that didn’t include the Common App rec letter form. I didn’t send a supplement, though; I briefly considered one for viola, but realized that I didn’t have enough time to properly prepare a piece for recording. I kind of wish I had sent one, but I think I said enough about it in my app to establish my time commitment, if nothing else. I never thought about doing an academic one - I wonder if I should have?</p>
<p>If I don’t get in, I don’t have a clear second choice, so I won’t do ED 2. I really like Rice and Wesleyan, but I don’t feel strongly enough about either to do ED.</p>
<p>haha yeah its better to not do ED2 unless you feel strongly about another college. bowdoin is my strong second choice; if i dont get into swat, it will most definitely be my ED2. i kinda wish i could attend both bowdoin AND swatthmore at the same time(haha) because im in love with both schools. but swarthmore has had a much deeper impact on me,so it was definitely my first choice. agh im getting more anxious by every minute. why is getting into college soo hard? :(</p>
<p>yea, I just don’t feel as strongly about another school as I feel about Swarthmore…I feel really good during the day (for the most part) but when I get to 4th period (my last class) I get super nervous! haha</p>
<p>haha oh god same here. what happens with me is that im okay when im taking notes during class, but once the bell rings and i walk out from class i start going “oh god swarthmore” and i get soo nervouss haha</p>
<p>Same here! I’m fine during the school day until 12, when I know the mail comes. The past few weeks my teachers haven’t been giving many assignments so I don’t even have school work to take my mind off of Swarthmore! I feel like its taken over my life haha.</p>
<p>hahaha…I wish my teachers weren’t assigning much work, they have definitely started assigning more! We’re about half way through the last 6 weeks of the first semester, so we’re wrapping up all the material to get ready for exams! So I have plenty of work to keep my mind off of Swat…that doesn’t mean that it happens. haha</p>