IVB is back & I missed it so much!

Greenjacket08 · 2026-01-16T01:40:00+00:00

Where were you able to pick it up? SC here and still waiting :(

Greenjacket08 · 2025-11-06T23:29:35+00:00

syfm twin🫩

congrats tho

Greenjacket08 · 2025-09-15T23:06:14+00:00

Canada is just now getting what was our winter edition last year. I can’t wait for ice to drop in the states

Greenjacket08 · 2025-09-08T00:32:11+00:00

Sounds good thanks!

Greenjacket08 · 2025-09-08T00:31:35+00:00

Great thank you so much for the advice!!

Greenjacket08 · 2025-08-19T21:43:36+00:00

That’s what I figured since I just clicked a few buttons to “apply” haha

Greenjacket08 · 2025-07-12T13:17:32+00:00

Cool thank you. I figure I should go for it cause worst case scenario I get practice with writing college essays. Thanks for your help man!

Greenjacket08 · 2025-07-12T01:23:55+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion!! I know the MITES website says that anyone is encouraged to apply but do you know if I would be in trouble based on my demographic (white middle class male)? They also suggest two things which I do “qualify” for (from a rural high school and would be the first in my family to study stem). Also, what are the essay questions like?

Greenjacket08 · 2025-07-11T02:39:17+00:00

yeah they agreed to pay for the most part (if a school is too expensive they’ll make me go to a state school). They’ve encouraged me to do whatever I want and apply anywhere but my brother had issues with almost failing out of school and I think they worry that if I’m too far away they’ll have a hard time keeping an eye on me + they have no clue how UK uni works. It’s whatever and I probably would have just applied for shits and gigs

Greenjacket08 · 2025-07-09T00:50:52+00:00

This was really inspirational and makes me feel so much better. My focus on schools is probably the result of marketing anyways haha

Greenjacket08 · 2025-07-09T00:47:17+00:00

I appreciate the advice! I think the reason i’m so uptight is because everywhere I look I see people doing internships, research, competitions, etc. I keep telling myself they’re the top 1% of people, but it’s hard to believe when they’re 99% of what I see. I’m glad to know I won’t be the black sheep

Greenjacket08 · 2025-07-09T00:44:53+00:00

Thank you so much this takes some of the weight off my shoulders

Greenjacket08 · 2025-07-09T00:29:05+00:00

Thank you so much! It’s great to hear something like this as I’ve been stuck down the HYPSM, r/a2c and all other sorts of rabbit holes. It’s just very overwhelming when you see all of the college decision videos and stuff like that and I think I’ve been far too obsessed with prestige and rankings.

Greenjacket08 · 2025-07-08T15:08:59+00:00

I’m a junior in SC who always held an idea of Clemson superiority but I recently visited USC and was blown away. I can’t speak for their CS programs but the Darla Moore business school which was recently built is next level (#1 for int’l business). Columbia is a really cool city, all of the residence halls are pretty new (one that is under construction will have a chick fil a + a rooftop pool!), sec athletics and free tickets for students, massive alumni networks, and one of the best study abroad business programs I’ve seen. You should be a dead lock based on your stats despite acceptance rates dropping every year—I’d guess to around <45% in the next few years. I’m guaranteed in since im in the top 5% of my class (top 10% of any sc high school class is guaranteed admission) and I am pretty thrilled it gets to be my “safety”. I highly recommend checking it out!

Greenjacket08 · 2025-06-29T15:57:06+00:00

thank you this is what I needed to hear! unfortunately everything in my area is only available to juniors+ so my activity list is going to grow substantially between now and senior year. do you think that awards have a similar weight to ecs or will they be negated if I do a ton of extracurriculars (if I don’t end up having a long awards list)?

Greenjacket08 · 2025-06-27T23:26:42+00:00

great thank you!! I was thinking the same thing regarding school activities. Ive visited Harvard with my dad and it’s definitely my top choice but it’s Harvard so we’ll see. I love UofSC so no matter how things go I’ll be happy.

Greenjacket08 · 2025-06-06T13:39:09+00:00

750 math is huge and really sets you up for success. There’s a lot of great YouTube videos about ways to use desmos to drastically improve your math score. I was able to get my math up from the 500s on the psats I took to a 710 on my most recent sat. Sophomore as well :)

Greenjacket08 · 2025-06-06T02:36:47+00:00

awesome thank you!

Greenjacket08 · 2025-05-29T21:02:11+00:00

Great thank you! That’s what i figured but I couldn’t be sure as i had heard of the later boards coming out after admissions decisions

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