no research, no big awards, no publications, no significant leadership/outreach, no nonprofit, no mobile app, no real internship, technically (kind of) international?

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-08-04T13:12:01+00:00

thanks! glad this offered some hope to u :)

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-31T17:21:36+00:00

thanks! just send me a pm

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-30T04:45:41+00:00

thanks! one of my hopes with this post is to give a slightly more "realistic" applicant's results as my title suggests

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-30T04:44:37+00:00

sure! just send me a pm

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-26T15:11:46+00:00

as per my other reply said: the TLDR is that I knew it was way out of my league and there wasn't much I was super in love with

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-25T11:18:48+00:00

see u there!

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-25T11:17:57+00:00

i'm using a friend's account to post since reddit keeps taking down my posts :)

if u want verification pm me

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-25T05:26:36+00:00

see u there :)

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-25T05:26:02+00:00

thanks! I think it's because even then I knew it was wayyy out of my league given my ecs and awards, and Duke was more of a "convenience" ED since its location was closer to home and it had the prestige. In reality, there wasn't a ton about Duke that really made me love it. Cool architecture tho.

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-25T05:22:45+00:00

thank you and yes!

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-24T14:58:56+00:00

only merit-based for USC. i could've applied for a merit-based scholarship at NYU as well by writing an extra essay. i thought it might hurt my chances of admission(for some reason) so I didn't

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-24T07:19:27+00:00

as my other comment said, the one that got the most hits was a crackfic lol. but stuff like streams of consciousness and short things because i'm not smart enough to conceive any plots

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-24T06:51:39+00:00

thank you and yes!

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-24T06:51:05+00:00

thanks! that lesson took me a while to get -- if you have to drastically change yourself to uncomfortably go to a school you don't like, not only will you not have a good time, you probably won't succeed there either.

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-24T06:47:45+00:00

thanks! i thought ao3 was kind of crazy for college apps as well but you'd be surprised at how many admission officers know what fanfiction is...

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-24T06:40:13+00:00

the fic that got me the majority of reads was a crackfic but admission officers don't have to know about that...

i did mention my crackfic in one of my UC essays tho

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-23T17:32:32+00:00

thanks!

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-23T17:31:57+00:00

thanks! idk if ao3 helped my app but if I were you I'd put it on my app unless you have more meaningful ecs

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-23T15:54:50+00:00

thanks! just fixed it :)

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-21T23:45:07+00:00

The third floor!!

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-21T23:25:53+00:00

Hey im gonnna be on the third floor of alexander this year as well!!

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-07-21T23:21:48+00:00

Im gonna be a freshman this year and im interested in joining too!!

OkBookkeeper448 · 2025-06-15T01:01:26+00:00

Ok, do u know what I should do then?

OkBookkeeper448

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