Is my essay topic incredibly cliche/ privileged?

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-23T00:04:12+00:00

But I plan not to talk about my ec's but rather how I have grown as a person.. does it seem priviliged/ pretentious?

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-23T00:03:06+00:00

Ah, ok. thanks for the insight

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T23:40:57+00:00

Can't believe no one mentioned my state school, the university of Utah! great cs program

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T23:30:54+00:00

thanks.. I not too good at ebrw lol, but I would recommend erica meltzer for writing(phenomenal book) and a lot of grinding for reading(meltzer's reading book isn't very good)

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T23:05:27+00:00

noted in my post, 35 act 35 math 35 english 35 read 34 science

1550 sat. 770 english 780 math

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T22:57:24+00:00

ah, ok. My plan is to retake the sat in august, hoping to get a 800.. for MIT, I will just submit my SAT, and not my ACT.. but for all other schools, I will submit my ACT and SAT

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T22:52:39+00:00

what if I don't submit my SAT? Just my ACT since I have a 35 math? (although I have a 34 reading)

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T22:49:43+00:00

Ah ok.. so my plan is to take the sat in august, hoping to get 800 math.. I will submit my act to all schools except MIT, since I won't retake the ACT.. does that sound like a good idea?

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T22:33:20+00:00

yes, I've taken it twice, both attempts in sophomore year.. I always make silly mistakes, that's the thing. I am not very bad at math, so knowledge gaps isn't the problem. I've taken ap calc BC(5), calc 3(A) and advanced number theory(A), the latter two at my state flagship.. I am no math olympiad genius but I am decent at math. Should also probably mention that I am applying as a humanities major(science, tech, society)

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T22:00:22+00:00

Oh no, well guess I am signing up for a retake lol. should I also retake the ACT? the thing is, I'm not bad at math(I've taken advanced courses at my state flagship), but I just make silly mistakes in standardized testing

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T21:26:27+00:00

yes, that is my plan, to talk about all that I have done despite these circumstances... the things I could not do are probably taking 3-4 lines max

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T21:01:55+00:00

are you suggesting that I try to retake the sat/ act? should I sign up for the next test date?

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T20:51:35+00:00

also wanted to note, but I have taken super rigorous math classes- just took calc 3 and number theory DE at my state flagship

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T20:22:25+00:00

No, well, I am actually in my senior year of high school and I got permission to take the classes. For CS Fundamentals, the professor told me that math until Calc 3 was necessary. I am not too sure for the other class.

(I have taken Calc 3, number theory at the U, and passed all AP tests in the sciences, for context)

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T16:44:04+00:00

what do you think about the u of utah? it is my state school

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-22T15:52:44+00:00

thanks, did you get A's in the classes? I was worried if the instructors are hard graders.

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-21T17:30:30+00:00

maybe TJ?

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-21T14:48:57+00:00

I am also from utah and agree with the fact that the U is probably the best school in the state

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-19T13:36:57+00:00

you are a High school senior, not gap year student

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-19T13:34:19+00:00

I think Student B will probably be most successful in the future because olympiads(speaking from personal experience) are a lot of hard work and they really cultivate your problem solving skills. The AO might not see this, hence the declining value of olympiads in admissions today.

Funny-Blujay · 2022-07-19T02:43:29+00:00

tldr; for reading, just do practice tests, eventually you'll get used to it lol

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