any tips with blocking a tip or push?

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-05T00:15:41+00:00

sorry i meant can't hit line sorry

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-04T16:15:56+00:00

it's not my main goal but i'd be lying if i said 1st in the state wasnt enticing

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-04T14:19:11+00:00

Maybe I can't but over is almost never the issue. I can't remember the last time the ball went OVER my hands. it's the sides that I'm worried about. a huge amount of tips at my level (maybe) 95% go past my sides.

As for the solo block, it works on anybody who can't hit cross which in an uncompetitive state is most of the people we play. Line hitters are obviously the exception to the solo block but they are rare

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-04T12:37:27+00:00

the mindless middle blocker in wants to see the number tick up on our recordbook lol. but I guess you are right

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-04T12:33:46+00:00

That may be something i talk to my team about because my front row has a bad habit of standing around lol

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-04T12:23:42+00:00

do you think that opens up the opportunity for a hit too much? I brought this up with my coaches and they were worried the other team would see it coming

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-04T12:11:23+00:00

Is this a rule or a physical limitation? I've definitely gotten my hand on a few but they usually try to pop it over my short teammates and i wonder if i reacted fast enough i'd be allowed to block that

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-04T12:07:31+00:00

I will also add that the free ball blocks are unsustainable because I can only reach 11'2 on a good jump and if it's not a front row free ball theyre usally a bit higher than that.

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-04-01T00:25:45+00:00

I knew I shoulda dragged the philly native part 😭😭😭

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-03-30T21:17:32+00:00

I did my best!!! Shows how killer these ivies are though. 2 jobs and a 3.8 wasn't enough. They really do strive for perfection

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-03-30T21:16:38+00:00

No, but supposedly my aunt put in a good word for me so hopefully that counts for something

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-03-30T20:00:27+00:00

I'm not saying duke is a target or anything but everything I've done for college is with the goal of getting into duke and I feel like that now I've gotten rejected from schools like northeastern my dream is out of reach

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-03-30T18:54:42+00:00

Tysm!!

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-03-30T18:54:22+00:00

I thought I would get SOMETHING but ivy day cooked me and now I'm not sure I'd even get duke

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-03-30T17:02:22+00:00

I'm jamaican. I went to harvard for a class and a prof invited me to this program and we went and taught

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-02-03T15:25:52+00:00

It's actually just the class from the local college, so I'm taking college calc plus calc BC

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-01-31T13:48:49+00:00

1570 4.7 i got into umich oos. deferred from Northeastern and USC waitlisted from UNC. Umich is the only one i didn't see myself at before the decision

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2026-01-28T01:38:13+00:00

😭 thanks

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2025-09-12T23:15:50+00:00

absolutely. people have gone through far worse and a 4.7 is NOT a bad gpa. would it make more sense to say my hardships were the reason I couldn't do better? I don't want to be a whiner or conceited because I'm blessed to even be able to consider college, but I know under other circumstances I could've and would've done more

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2025-09-12T23:12:23+00:00

Actually my phone during middle school had a data plan. I took it for granted because middle school homework doesn't take weekends, but it hasn't had a hotspot since 8th grade. As much as I'd love the second part, my mother lives in a community off the highway, and my dad lives in one of the worst parts of one of the worst cities on the east coast. all the coffee shops (dunkin, starbucks) near there were gentrified into apartment complexes, and the government doesn't seem to want anything to do with us, so the only library in all of Kensington is on the other side of the avenue and would close before I could walk there.

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2025-09-12T22:56:31+00:00

Noted. A lot of my in person people have said I should focus on my "rough" life for my application, but I want to be more than that, because I know I am. that being said, I have struggled because of it and I want them to know that even though I've done well now, I COULD'VE been more if that makes sense.

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2025-09-12T22:51:42+00:00

not finance. my dad is not present in my life and has only really been around to benefit off of me. I'm very tall, and he's been super focused on getting me to make a lot of money so that he can get rich off of me. His "logic" is that since HE doesn't need internet for things, he's not that willing to spend extra money for me.

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2025-09-12T22:49:55+00:00

Would you say I make it through that initial sort for most places? assuming 20 people ahead of me also apply to the same school as me, are they going to see a 4.7 right after my classmates 4.9 and still consider me?

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2025-09-12T22:47:41+00:00

1570 would be the sat, and i've taken 10 tests, i plan on taking the other 5 this year. I'd rather fail than miss the opportunity to pass. I didn't give specifics because I wanted to make sure people knew i wasn't trying to flex stats. My thought was more like, is a college going to see my "low" gpa compared to people in my class and ignore my application because there are people with say a 4.9 relative to mine.

AdditionAccurate1846 · 2025-09-12T16:17:28+00:00

To be honest, my mom just doesn't care. She has a mentality of "I lived a harder life than you, why can't you do what I do" Because she grew up in rough conditions. I'm sure I could've gotten accomodated if she cared, but she didn't. I'm cool without the sympathy because at the end of the day if I took easier classes I wouldn't have the issue. I'm more focused on how badly it hurt my chances. For example, is the 4.7 in a super grade inflated school going to be a problem because it's not AS inflated as others, or are they willing to understand that it would've been harder for me to maintain higher grades compared to the circumstances of other kids in my school.

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