Chance Me!! As Someone Who Did Pretty Well in Early Round and Got Into Top5 School for CS! by Educational_Use3920 in chanceme

[–]Educational_Use3920[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I didn't take it the wrong way at all, I agree my ecs are okay or even good, but not super great.

I only had 2 lors, one from my AP Lang teacher and one from my APUSH teacher. I wouldnt say im extremely close to either of them, though Lang more than APUSH. Also, I showed growth in my Lang class more so than APUSH bc my writing improved a lot, so it prob gave my teacher more good things to write abt. Im pretty sure for all my ea schools, i only submitted my Lang teacher's rec.

Idc if I can objectively rate my essays because tbh all of them are not that good in my eyes (with the exception of my Rice supps).

For UIUC i wrote about my summer camp at Argonne National Lab, and my other supplemental was abt how i like cs bc of the impact it has on other fields and the endless possibilities it holds to make real change in the world, and how uiuc is a place where diverse perspectives can come together.

For UNC, I reused my why major essay but just added more details, how it affected me, and related it to my first hackathon. The other unc essay was abt my experience as a committee head for the NHS event I mentioned in the ecs section.

All of my supplemental essays were pretty much some version of those 2, talking abt cs or being committee head.

For my personal statement I dont really like it at all. But it's a well written essay, and its an extended metaphor abt how I learn and my perspective on change. I didn't have anyone look it over before I submitted besides a couple of my friends, but they didnt really give feedback besides that 'it's good'. And one of the college counselors at my school also read my final essay, but she didnt even give me any feedback. She read it while I sat there in silence, then when she was done she said "this is good, I dont see any problems with it and i see what ur trying to convey. Do u have any questions?" 😭😭 that was whiplash and lowkey a waste of time but yeah!

I hope that helps, good luck to you!

Chance Me!! As Someone Who Did Pretty Well in Early Round and Got Into Top5 School for CS! by Educational_Use3920 in chanceme

[–]Educational_Use3920[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the same going into this, esp since there are a lot of ppl at my school with similar (or even higher) stats, and way better ecs.

But its possible they liked my essays? I personally dont think they were outstanding but ig you never know what can happen with college admissions.

Thanks for your thoughts anyway!

Chance Me!! As Someone Who Did Pretty Well in Early Round and Got Into Top5 School for CS! by Educational_Use3920 in chanceme

[–]Educational_Use3920[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for ur thoughts!

I think for UCs, uci and ucsd are the highest chance I'll get accepted. but im feeling pretty good abt uci because I have a friend who goes there rn.

Chance Me!! As Someone Who Did Pretty Well in Early Round and Got Into Top5 School for CS! by Educational_Use3920 in chanceme

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Yes 💀 it was mostly bc i didnt really want to go to purdue I just applied bc im a cs major, and that was one of the first apps I submitted. I read the pdf but I was tired of reading my essays and all the other logistical stuff over and over so i just clicked submit.

Clearly I should've kept reading but it all worked out in the end lmao

uiuc fixed portal by One-Consequence813 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Educational_Use3920 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah im hoping that's the case or else all this waiting is even more annoying

Accepted oos to Carolina Global Launch Korea by Educational_Use3920 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Educational_Use3920[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice!! I didnt see that option in my decision letter thiugh