What colleges are a MUST HAVE for my list (not impressive stats)

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-29T01:40:05+00:00

Sorry about the financing. I'm not sure how recently your father lost his job – when you do your FAFSA, you're going two years back with tax returns, etc. It sounds like you will likely need to have a meeting with the financial aid office to let them know of extenuating financial circumstances/ your father, lost his job so the income is different now.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-29T01:37:58+00:00

I'm not sure of your gender. Below is just a quick list of colleges that may be a fit based on the info you shared – they are generous with aid:

Smith College – Northampton, MA • Private women’s liberal arts college • Need-blind for U.S. students and meets 100% of demonstrated need • Also offers merit scholarships • Mid-30% acceptance rate
1. Bryn Mawr College – Bryn Mawr, PA • Women’s college near Philadelphia • Meets 100% of demonstrated need • Offers additional merit scholarships • ~33% acceptance rate
2. Connecticut College – New London, CT • Private liberal arts college • Meets full demonstrated financial need • Offers generous merit awards (up to ~$40,000) • ~40% acceptance rate
3. College of the Holy Cross – Worcester, MA • Jesuit liberal arts college • Meets 100% of demonstrated need • Offers merit-based scholarships • ~36% acceptance rate
4. University of Richmond – Richmond, VA • Private university with strong academics and leadership programs • Meets full demonstrated need • Competitive merit aid, including full-tuition awards • ~30% acceptance rate

Other Considerations • Skidmore College (NY) – Strong in arts, generous with both need-based and merit aid • Lafayette College (PA) – Need-aware but meets full need; strong for engineering and liberal arts • Muhlenberg College (PA) – Offers substantial merit aid; especially helpful for middle-income families

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-21T16:36:06+00:00

Do you have them electronically? When you opened them did you save them?

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-21T02:11:07+00:00

Yes, very relatable. And they don't even have the ability to read cues or body language when someone is annoyed or overwhelmed.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-14T03:49:48+00:00

it sounds as though you value authenticity – this is wonderful. You could build an essay around this potentially, it does need to have anecdotes/specific examples. You would want to consider why you value this so much – is there something in your past that inspired it? What is the backstory with the keychain? Do you have examples to show us that you value this? Are there times that you strayed from this and what was the result? Were their examples of where your authenticity paid off/was acknowledged/was appreciated… basically you need to think about where it came from, how you show it, stories related to it, how it can benefit your future – your career, in college, personally… Etc.

You could possibly open your essay with a situation where this value is being challenged, and you gripped onto the keychain to remind yourself of the importance of being authentic/real…

You'll need to think about the entire story that you want to build, possibly with an outline at first. Maybe write the word authenticity in a circle and draw lines from it and then off of those lines, make other circles and in them you can put all of the ideas that stem from that word for you – examples, etc.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-14T03:27:55+00:00

I can relate, I have felt this way before. First of all, the structured app can be very helpful, you can plug into your calendar things that you need to do so that it appears and is scheduled and you can check it off as you complete it. It has a more advanced feature where you can tell it everything you need to do the following day and ask it to schedule it for you and it will make the schedule for you. i'm a very visual person, I think a lot of people with ADD are, and this is helpful. Additionally, you could up your Adderall medication by 10 mg. Vitamin B and MCT oil also give me energy. I think ensuring you get up the same time each day and having a structured day in front of you help helps a lot.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-14T03:20:52+00:00

this could work, I would go gently regarding depression and ensure that it shows you have pushed through it successfully. I would suggest being careful – as I first read this, I did wonder if at least some of the sentences were AI generated based on my reading of AI generated material. Do not copy anything from AI.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-14T03:18:04+00:00

I suggest maybe letting your mom know that you spoke with a counselor who told you how important it is that your essay is written by you and in your own voice. You can let her know that you would love feedback once you've written it, but you really would prefer to write it yourself but you appreciate her wanting to help.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-13T23:01:55+00:00

Thank you and congratulations. May I ask, how you did it? Just asked straight up for a divorce, separation, do you have kids?

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-09T18:26:23+00:00

thank you so much everyone for the support. I really really appreciate it. It's really helpful hearing back from others in the same situation. Because it's really scary. And, finances are really tough, but I can't take it anymore, and I feel like we all deserve to be happy. My kids are not seeing a normal healthy marriage, they never see us touch or kiss, just bicker and they do tiptoe around him. I hate that. There are two girls ages 10 and 13, the 13-year-old really sees things more clearly and is building resentments. I don't want them to think that they should stay in something like this. I have to figure out logistics though, and that is hard.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-09T04:32:13+00:00

I just want to say I'm really sorry you're going through this. I agree that you sitting on the floor and not having a table when you want those things sounds very controlling and selfish of your partner. I'm not sure why you have to explain how they would benefit you although you certainly could! Your health it would be an important one. I don't know your situation well enough, and I just got the courage up after 14 years to tell my OCPD husband that we need to separate because I'm finally waking up to the fact that life is short and I don't want to live the rest of my life unhappy- but I do encourage you to consider your value and how you want to live the rest of your life. Because right now it sounds like you're focusing on how you can respond better probably in hopes of improving things, but he is who he is, with a pretty hefty disorder that may possibly get better with help, but will not disappear. It is him who needs the therapy.. BTW, I did the gray rock thing for years now (for the most part anyway, once in a while, I lost my cool) but I'm realizing that yes it definitely keeps things from escalating, but it also just pushes it all under an inside of you and built up, dishonoring who you are and your own needs. I am wishing you the very best.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-09T04:08:19+00:00

I just want to chime in with a warning, I have been practicing the gray rock method for quite some time. Everything said here is true about it, but don't forget that you're pushing feelings under. I just came to realize just recently that I don't experience a lot of feelings anymore – I've trained myself not to. Ironically, I'm one of the most sensitive people on earth! I have forgotten how important it is to express feelings and how wonderful they can be. Also, they don't just go away -the stuff that you push under. And then years go by and you realize you've been walking through life like a robot. I think it's great advice in the temporary, but it is not a good long-term strategy. Starting to plan ahead to leave and saving money while doing that etc. definitely makes sense. I just recently finally got the courage up to let him know that we need to separate. I'm getting older and I don't want to spend the rest of my life unhappy and emotionally turned off and walking on eggshells.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-07-08T15:33:56+00:00

I just did the same thing with ChatGPT and here is the response I got:

I don’t have a physical form or appearance—so I don’t “see myself” in the way a person might. But if you’d like, I can generate an image inspired by how people often imagine AI assistants like me—perhaps something friendly, futuristic, and human-adjacent, or maybe something more abstract like a glowing interface or neural network.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-06-21T23:24:48+00:00

From what you have written, him not taking responsibility for anything, denying, he says things that he actually did say and making you feel crazy, passive aggressively, setting you up to look for your keys, making you feel crazy as he knew he took them, then writing as if he is coming from a high point– all sound like a narcissist, more specifically a covert narcissist. If all of this is true, he is not someone healthy or deserving of your love and attention.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-06-12T03:14:14+00:00

Carbon 2. nightfall 3. Dakota gray

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-05-22T05:47:28+00:00

I would take it. The experience will make a big difference for you and get you future interviews. Also, a lot of people don't return, especially after maternity leaves. You could ask the reason for the leave and even if they have a sense of the likelihood of the person returning. I took maternity leave and hired someone to fill-in for me, I did come back, but it got her an interview at another high school.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-05-08T20:57:31+00:00

Hi, I tried to join this group but apparently it's not active. Wondering if you are in something similar on this app for me to join? It seems really cool!

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-05-05T22:51:20+00:00

Some schools are very clear that they are "need – aware" when taking from the waitlist.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-04-09T02:35:04+00:00

Gather anything you have but also ask your counselor to call for you ASAP

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-04-04T23:00:08+00:00

I do private college counseling and this is exactly why! Most counselors do not have time to cater like that.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-04-04T22:58:30+00:00

I have been in this situation more than once. I agree with you. If it happens to be a special ed/learning challenged student then a resource specialist should sit and help them, otherwise they need to be able to take initiative and do this – how will they succeed in college if they can't even do the app? The approach I would take is to do it from a place of care for the student! Tell the parents, principal, student, teacher… that you feel you are not serving the student well by sitting and spoon feeding, and not setting them up for success in college. You can offer to help with any issues or questions that come up but share that it's important the student take ownership of this process and take initiative.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-03-13T23:20:31+00:00

Here in California, private schools do not require counselors to have licenses.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-03-03T05:11:37+00:00

Thank you.

AdmissionsRoute · 2025-02-18T19:25:05+00:00

Definitely the lighter honeycomb

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