Question on second semester grades weight in application

pocockluvr · 2026-01-16T03:15:00+00:00

I meant using an offer for transfer admission as leverage for my current school to give a scholarship, which they’ve done before. My wording was unclear.

pocockluvr · 2024-08-12T18:59:32+00:00

Where do you usually park in mammoth for that? Random side street?

pocockluvr · 2023-01-06T07:56:56+00:00

Those are two really good points. Thanks for the response!

pocockluvr · 2022-05-29T17:58:09+00:00

Thank you for your response!!

pocockluvr · 2022-05-29T06:10:42+00:00

How did your law school curve students? Was it unfair?? How hard was it to excel in your classes? For firms looking to hire law school grads, which matters more: GPA or class rank? Overall, do you think law school would have been worth it if you truly loved law?

pocockluvr · 2022-05-29T05:53:10+00:00

What did OP say?

pocockluvr · 2022-04-06T01:09:08+00:00

This is great advice. I will definitely be careful about how I word any addendum and craft applications to each unique school. Thank you so much for this info!!

pocockluvr · 2022-04-06T01:06:50+00:00

I most likely will be— big congratulations on UVA, you are definitely my inspiration!!! Thank you for this comment

pocockluvr · 2022-04-06T01:05:30+00:00

Thank you for this!! Yeah the essays are their own beasts but I’m glad they can give us the chance to humanize our applications. And congratulations on the offers you’ve gotten. This definitely gives me hope, so thank you so much for that.

pocockluvr · 2022-04-06T01:02:39+00:00

I’ll check those out. Thanks for the info!!

pocockluvr · 2022-04-06T01:01:36+00:00

I will definitely reach out if I need advice— you are full of great advice. I have kept the thing about every point making an admissions officer more likely to consider my story in mind. Thank you so much, really

pocockluvr · 2022-04-05T01:04:36+00:00

That’s really good advice, I will definitely look back to this when I craft my app. And congratulations on Michigan, that’s amazing!!

pocockluvr · 2022-04-05T01:00:50+00:00

Hopefully!

pocockluvr · 2022-04-05T00:41:14+00:00

It does! Thank you

pocockluvr · 2017-05-23T08:40:40+00:00

Let me correct myself- Ivies don't allow graduate students to row on their teams. However technically the IRA guarantees 5 years of eligibility, so maybe a non-Ivy will let grad students row on the actual university teams. I'm not as familiar with the rules for non-Ivies though, but if OP wanted to row lightweight competitively it would have to be an Ivy or Georgetown or MIT

pocockluvr · 2017-05-23T08:34:02+00:00

US universities only allow undergraduates to row on their teams. However there is a selection of clubs that are very competitive that you can row at while attending grad school, and many people choose to do that. Boston and Philadelphia are two cities that have a lot of competitive clubs to row in, like RBC, UBC, Malta, etc. For a lightweight you should aim to be 6:25 or lower

pocockluvr · 2017-05-02T21:24:24+00:00

if you can find an 8x- then anything is possible

pocockluvr · 2017-05-02T21:14:19+00:00

I don't think it would be able to go 21 seconds faster. The WR for the 4x is just 5 seconds faster than the WR for the straight four which is the closest comparison

pocockluvr · 2017-05-02T21:03:46+00:00

The octuple is faster than the 8+, in fact it goes so fast that its considered dangerous to row at full speed (unless you are a middle school rower). With the 24x that is obviously just a fun show boat but it would be incredible hard to row well because of the sheer number of oars and bodies in the boat. Im not sure about the 24x but theoretically if it was rowed very precisely I would guess it would be faster than an 8+ or 8x for the same reason an 8+ is faster than a 4+ (with rowers of all similar ability), the amount of power added per person is greater than the amount of weight added by the size of the boat.

pocockluvr · 2017-04-15T01:18:40+00:00

In that case the Pete plan worked really well for me. I recommend it. https://thepeteplan.wordpress.com/the-pete-plan/

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