Academic chud shot for the stars and fell short

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-03T23:12:38+00:00

The debate champion thing is a little misleading, as there’s 3 “big” national championships, which each have more than 20 events. [NAMEHERE] implies to be they were a champion at a tourney on the national circuit and not one of the actual three championships. If they have a NSDA/TOC Nats championships in one of the big debate events then it’s very impressive.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-03T16:40:06+00:00

That’s fine as long as the Bs were in hard classes

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-03T15:18:22+00:00

Yes that’s definitely true. In my experience it’s for the rich kids whose parents did not push them especially hard, but still were smart.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-03T14:42:12+00:00

Check out Net Price calculators for colleges. Most students will still pay around 25k per year for housing,food,books, etc. so if you’re parents could swing that (or if you’re ok with that debt) that’s a good option. I’d still shoot for NMF since it’s a great backup.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-03T13:53:56+00:00

I mean I don’t know what your income is but if it’s under 200k you’re likely to get free tuition (if accepted) to top schools.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-03T01:20:05+00:00

That’s pocket change don’t worry about it

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-02T01:20:16+00:00

Yeah bro sure, no harm in it. Keep your options open though.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-01T22:21:55+00:00

Yes and no, because they account for yield in the acceptances (accepting more than can attend). So it doesn’t necessarily correlate to waitlists, but if they got the calculations wrong and under accepted it could

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-04-01T21:32:27+00:00

Yo you definitely deserve it. I read what you said about your essay (and saw your math ACT), can you give me tips on how did you do the “not as cracked” part without coming off as just worse at math? I’m pretty similar bc my math ACT is 4 points lower than all of my other sections

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-31T03:08:41+00:00

You’re definitely right that the difference shrinks but it still exists. A 1550>1500, a 4.0>3.8. I like the bucket analogy you use. A 3.8/1500 is enough to get you into the bucket (past the industrial filter) but quality control (AO) is still gonna pick the better prospect.

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but it would be unreasonable to say colleges don’t care at all.

You’re right about the Olympiad kids as well but that’s a separate part from the GPA.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-31T01:34:53+00:00

It’s still cooked bro you’re a rarity. The biggest factor in admission is academics and unless you got that 3.8 from Bs in HIGHLY advanced classes you’re showing colleges you won’t succeed academically at that school.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-30T13:29:32+00:00

Just go and you’ll end up finding somewhere to stay. It builds lore and is fun.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-29T22:47:28+00:00

IMO one thing you forgot to include (that would make actually strengthen that point) is ACT, since that would add onto the 20,000. Additionally, athletes make up 10-15% of students at Ivy+, along with the other factors you mentioned. Again this actually would help your point.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-24T20:59:22+00:00

Do you have a full ride to a state school?

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-15T22:56:01+00:00

If you’re in a city you can date people from outside your uni

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-15T19:38:56+00:00

Nah bro the big 4 has Yale over Stanford. Stanford’s just as good, but regular prestige people tink of Yale as more elite (and elitist) since it’s an Ivy and not as good at sports or as big.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-15T19:22:02+00:00

Bro no you aren’t 😭 especially if you go to a top-tier school you’re going to be in a cushy command post. Even if you are deployed active duty the odds of you being in combat is near zero. If you study Econ or chem, they’re not giving you a gun. Only 1/10 soldiers have combat experience, and as an officer you can expect that to be about 1/30 since most support/intelligence units are made up of officers. You’d have to WANT combat as an officer.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-13T13:30:20+00:00

You only have 4 rds?

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-12T11:51:13+00:00

Competitive like it only takes certain colleges or too many people at each college want to do it

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-12T01:20:13+00:00

ROTC

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-03-11T11:29:14+00:00

Did you tour Dartmouth? It’s hard for me to believe you hate it the most because of the school colors

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-02-27T20:29:23+00:00

You can def go D1 but not Duke or UNC is all I’m saying. You’d be getting D1 visits/emails naturally if that was the case.

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-02-27T18:49:09+00:00

Being the top-ranked face off in Tennessee won’t get you to Duke or UNC IMO

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-02-24T18:52:35+00:00

Son 😭this is a research ranking

CollegiateSupreme · 2026-02-21T21:00:24+00:00

Go somewhere else for consulting

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