<p>yea my sat is out of 1600 and @pkm i go to malvern prep</p>
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<p>A 1470 is good, but are you trying to hide your writing section?</p>
<p>Malvern?.. hopefully you’re not like the Malvern kids I know. Do kids from your school have much success applying to Yale? If it’s anything like PC (I go to PC, btw), there’ll be like 15 going to Penn but only like 1 or 2 to each of the other ivies.</p>
<p>But anyway, you look like you have as good a chance as any for Yale.</p>
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<p>Waiting until the last second to complete one’s applications is neither rare (procrastination abounds in our society) nor particularly difficult, given the brevity of college essays.</p>
<p>I waited until the last day to do the supplement and supplement essay</p>
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<p>Obviously overconfidence abounds in our society as well. No matter how well one writes, revision, editing and second opinions are an integral part of the process, and you are neglecting this by waiting until the last minute to compose your essays, all the while flaunting it on the internet.</p>
<p>I must agree with noob - it does seem entirely odd for someone with enough time and interest in college to write over 10k posts on the subhect would leave the bulk of his college application until the last day.</p>
<p>@silverturtle, as a long time lurker, first day poster I have to agree, stop messing with these people’s minds. You don’t have to elevate yourself any higher than you already are. Would YOU believe what you’ve represented about the timing of your essay writing if you were an impartial observer to your own activity on this site? You can’t blame these guys for being incredulous.</p>
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<p>My actions, as well as everything that I have written in this thread, have nothing to do with confidence.</p>
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<p>Indeed, they are helpful. I did have my main Common App essay read by someone before I submitted it.</p>
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<p>I disagree with your use of the word “flaunting.” And the seemingly accusatory tone that you’re using in noting that my approach was not, in theory, ideal is puzzling.</p>
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<p>I have a tendency to procrastinateit’s that simple.</p>
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<p>Welcome. :)</p>
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<p>I don’t know what you’re referring to.</p>
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<p>I am too far removed from that perspective to say, though I don’t see the relevance. I don’t assess the plausibility of the harmless truths that I post before I post them. </p>
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<p>I have no intention of doing so.</p>
<p>@jgraider me as well. i wrote why yale earlier but i did my supplement the last day.</p>
<p>What’s with all the hate? Lol.
silverturtle’s just another CC poster… he’s here for the same reasons everyone else is (it appears some are implying he has a hidden agenda?).</p>
<p>Anyway, back to the thread’s purpose. Shall we?</p>
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<p>Oh. Um. I feel dumb now…
Haha, after that, we’re lookin’ at like 100% reject?</p>
<p>I thought that was like the percent of ppl getting deferred out of all applicants. : O</p>
<p>Silverturtle should be a lawyer.</p>
<p>^^agree mickjagger 
I definitely don’t have the constitution or time for this kind of exhaustive and specific back and forth (plus I can’t figure out how to make quote boxes, I’m too stupid :D) <em>waves white flag of surrender and creeps back into the dark cave from which he was lurking</em>, but thanks for the welcome ST and I resolve to be nicer in my posts, when I dare make them…</p>
<p>haha kinda funny how my smiley got cut off in post 172.</p>
<p>@nowletmeexplain, [ quote ] blah blah blah [/ quote]
only w/out the spaces</p>
<p>@ pkm hahaha yeah I don’t know any pc kids so I have no reply to that…but there have been very few kids from Malvern going to Yale in the past few years. We have one committed for baseball this year and a few others applying besides myself. Penn is probably the highest for us, even though I doubt we will be close to 15 kids going there.</p>
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<p>thanks quomodo!!</p>
<p>leave silverturtle alone… so he was procrastinating a bit woopty doo… maybe he was just having a tough time coming up with an idea… </p>
<p>In our society today, everyone is constantly trying to make themselves seem smarter than they really. After taking a test pulling of a 100 and saying “oh yeah no biggie only studied for like 10 mins last night” and everyone knows they are full of ****. I guess that is why people are skeptical when it is actually true. But in silverturtle’s case I don’t doubt that he is being deceitful for the purpose of making himself seem superior. He has no reason to lie, he already has sound credibility from his thousands of posts. And quite frankly I appreciate his honesty. I too, procrastinated on my essay, not because I am smart or anything, just because I had a very tough time thinking of an idea. And saving your essay to the last day isn’t that extreme. People do it all the time. Great work doesn’t necessarily need hours and hours of revision. Sometimes while your in procrastination mode your mind works faster, you become more diligent and efficient in your work. Although this isn’t the case for me :/.</p>
<p>And this is certainly no way to treat someone who spends sooo much time helping others. 10k posts, he didn’t do it for himself. Imagine all the people who have benefited from his invaluable guidance. Don’t give people who help other people so often as him, a reason to stop. Also notice how most people that are opposing him, are just new posters, like myself but I will say I’ve been reading CC more than I have posted. I’ve probably read thousands of posts… but I’m just not good at spreading info since I don’t know much.</p>
<p>Silverturtle, why are you applying to Yale (and even Harvard maybe, later)?
There should be some place better to occupy that brain of yours.
I’m sure its freaking LOL.</p>
<p>I think…maybe 30% acceptance, 50% defferal, 20% rejection?</p>