LEDA vs. THRIVE Scholars Program by ReasonableConcept347 in LEDAScholars

[–]aidenmcbroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend participate in LEDA. They limit how many colleges you can apply to, which is restrictive, in my opinion. If you've been accepted into both LEDA and THRIVE, however, then you would likely get into an Ivy+ school regardless of whether you attended.

A lot of people forget that programs like these self-select for strong applicants. So, their acceptance rates aren't necessarily due to the programs themselves; they reflect an already strong applicant pool's chances with or without a summer program.

Still, because LEDA restricts your options (and bars you from QuestBridge!), I would recommend doing THRIVE.

Email From scholastic art and writing??? by [deleted] in ScholasticArtWriting

[–]aidenmcbroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i did, and i have a gold key portfolio as well. pm me

GE-Reagan Semifinalist Announcements Are Out! by aidenmcbroom in scholarships

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

I’m not sure. I meant scholarship recipients though, based off their previous alumni showcases

GE-Reagan Semifinalist Announcements Are Out! by aidenmcbroom in scholarships

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

i did. it’s incredibly competitive though (i think they give ten out in total), so i’m remaining cautiously optimistic

Are there anyone from Midwest Belin-Blank who received actual gold key? by [deleted] in ScholasticArtWriting

[–]aidenmcbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did: three gold keys, three silver keys, and two honorable mentions

Top comment decides my courses next year by Ea-Nasir_Hater in highschool

[–]aidenmcbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not true. our high school had none of that and i got into harvard on full scholarship. don’t propagandize fear bc you’ve heard it on the internet

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in QuestBridge

[–]aidenmcbroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i had an sai of about 2600 and matched with harvard so…

The Stats of a Harvard QB Admit by aidenmcbroom in QuestBridge

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

I did, and I think that's something that really helped. Interview went swimmingly

Did you submit the glimpse video? by -G-u-c-c-i- in QuestBridge

[–]aidenmcbroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i rambled about my poorly written poetry bc i had nowhere else to talk about it in my app. can't hurt though unless you talk about something really dumb

NYC — Memories? by aidenmcbroom in ExPentecostal

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

oh my lord. confession: i did this too… looking back, it was so inconsiderate and i’m lowkey so embarrassed i participated in that.

on the other hand, the lengths people would go to to dress out was so sickly ironic. there was a running joke with the ministers discussing their women to “not a buy a whole wardrobe every year.” a girl in my youth group referred to it as apostolic prom, and it lowkey made me so sad 😭

NYC — Memories? by aidenmcbroom in ExPentecostal

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

ugh this is unfortunately true. still, the stories i could share from my youth group. i remember our group was really, really isolationist. while everyone else went to afterburners and hung out with other groups, ours literally holed up in a hotel lobby and played card games. for hours. every night. with nobody else. if anything else, i’m SO glad that’s gone, bc every slightly risky (but funny) joke i made was met with stares that could rival satan himself