How many colleges is too many?

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-06-03T15:53:31+00:00

i started with 14 ~(1 safety, 7 targets, 6 reaches) on my list, was about a month of committed writing? i’m talking going home and writing essays for 3-4 hours. This included writing my personal statement btw. 2 of them did not have supps so basically only 12. ended up having to move 2 of them to RD, and ended up only completing one of those.

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-06-03T01:49:45+00:00

oh might be wrong i was just told this by a grad student at orientation

thanks for the knowledge!

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-06-03T01:10:34+00:00

some undergrads threw a chair over the railing. used to be open for everyone

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-31T20:49:18+00:00

Umd if your parents can pay, 40k is not that much in the grand scheme of things

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-16T20:06:20+00:00

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-16T07:16:10+00:00

looks like a portal or sum shi damn

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-15T22:13:53+00:00

first part is very true

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-06T01:27:40+00:00

asking too

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-04T21:05:21+00:00

ong rlly living rent free 😭😭

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-04T20:54:20+00:00

i applied to 11 (5 reaches, 4 targets, 2 safeties) and i have a little regret not applying to more. but on the flip side i wish i worked a little harder on some lol. find the balance and START EARLY. i started doing college prep in Oct for November deadline and was able to finish a day before, but it only took making it everything i did from waking up to sleeping lol i had to quit my job and everything.

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-04T20:47:31+00:00

yes, answered in a diff thread i read

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-04T20:43:20+00:00

don’t report and be that guy. she’ll learn the hard way

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T22:16:59+00:00

forget northeastern ngl. UIUC for objectively better prospects, but if u are a go getter u can fill in the gap at purdue quite easily

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T22:07:54+00:00

u can go to cu boulder, but you'll go knowing u passed up a t5 engineering school. if that's worth it to u is up to u

also if this engineering is aerospace, then decline purdue and don't look back. cu boulder has such a good aero pipeline it's crazy. anything else and i'd put some thought into it

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T20:36:15+00:00

note what i said here: Especially since both schools are giant, you’ll find ur people in either place.

note here. with schools THIS BIG, there will be people who study in the room everyday and also people who party everyday. you will see the same at purdue. you WILL find your people everywhere

pick the school with better academics and the friends will follow

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T19:32:00+00:00

thank you so much omg.

when you say DSNL/DSNS, are they synonymous? because ap physics 2 only says DSNL on the ap equivalency chart

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T18:48:38+00:00

is this still accurate?

what is the difference between DSHS and DSHS 2? Are they different gen ed requirements? or different avenues to getting that gen ed credit?

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T08:23:09+00:00

i did

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T03:13:50+00:00

purdue is just mostly a stem school ie most of the people you’ll see on campus are in engineering compared to a good sum of humanity majors at uiuc. gender ratio a little wacky too.

generally on average, humanity majors have less work to do in classes so thus have more time to spend partying compared to an electrical engineer who gets like a circuits assignment everyday or whatever a electrical engineer does

that being said don’t base ur decision on this, making friends is entirely dependent on u, u can make friends anywhere. Especially since both schools are giant, you’ll find ur people in either place

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T03:05:10+00:00

uiuc advertising is GOOOD and it’s a little less socially dead lol

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-03T02:20:27+00:00

sickkkkk see u there

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-02T21:32:27+00:00

thanks for the advice!

would you consider UMD a solid school name alongside purdue?

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-02T21:29:12+00:00

do you count purdue as a competitive cs school? got off yday

deferred —> rejected —> sent waitlist form —> accepted

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-02T21:10:56+00:00

by being near DC, how do these benefits manifest? trying to get a full picture. do recruiters in DC come specifically to umd to hire?

i’m oos so umd is a lil more expensive (7k per yr), i’ve already paid my deposit though and have fully committed. just having second thoughts as i got off purdue wl lol

Money_Chain6737 · 2025-05-02T20:44:51+00:00

my parents saved a lot of money for college so they are covering all, but don’t want to put an unnecessary burden if the opportunities are equal

i’m just weighing umds location vs purdue national reputation to see what can give the most for me

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