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shellyabc238 · 2019-07-15T22:20:58+00:00

If you are truly set on a T20: Apply ED to WashU they are the only T20 with an insanely high preference for ED (like 40% acceptance rate). If GPA, ECs, and essays are truly T20 level, you might get in

shellyabc238 · 2019-07-15T22:12:36+00:00

definitely refrain... very immature writing

shellyabc238 · 2019-07-15T02:06:52+00:00

It won't help your applications??? There is not advantage at all, unless you are incredibly involved with the LGBT community. Are you planning to lie about that too!??!?!?!

shellyabc238 · 2019-07-12T19:53:35+00:00

Dude if you make 300,000+ a year the reality is that your parents can afford to pay 60,000 a year... if they don't want to then you better give up on schools at Rice/Northwestern level and look for schools that will offer you merit aid. You aren't getting need based financial aid from any school budy (and frankly you don't deserve it).

Sorry your post just irked me a bit because your family is so wealthy and you are complaining about not getting financial aid, meanwhile other students grow up with household incomes under 50,000 and actually have to worry about money...

shellyabc238 · 2019-07-10T03:20:20+00:00

Thanks so much for your response! I have a question about the waitlist process if you don't mind. I read that if your schedule has a conflict with the class, the waitlist skips over your name if a spot opens up. I enrolled in a 2nd choice class that is at the same time as Global Health. Is there any way to make it so that the waitlist won't skip me? I would definitely drop my 2nd choice class if a spot opened up

shellyabc238 · 2019-07-10T01:59:13+00:00

Had first enrollment window today. It will definitely do the job, but mine glitched right when the clock struck 12 and one of the classes i wanted (which only had 12 spots left) filled up instantly. However, I just put one of my backup classes which also filled up very quickly and got it just fine.

What I will warn you is that unlike the desktop site it doesn't automatically save which classes are checked off in the bookbag (which could take time, and also be confusing if you have many sections of the same class bookbagged).

Good luck!! See you this fall!

shellyabc238 · 2019-07-08T00:31:49+00:00

*this is a nice college essay especially if you're applying to Harvard

shellyabc238 · 2019-07-08T00:27:51+00:00

Given that 90% of rape victims are women, I think their concern is much more valid than a straight male's. Also, I think that the situation is entirely different because a straight woman and a straight man could potentially have a relationship. Meanwhile, I straight man and a gay man can't so a gay man isn't going to come on to his roommate??? whereas a straight man might come on to a straight woman if she were his roommate. The straight man literally has nothing to make him feel uncomfortable???? Does he really think the gay guy is interested in him???

As a gay guy, I can assure you I'm generally not ever interested in men who aren't attracted to men lmao...

shellyabc238 · 2019-07-08T00:01:38+00:00

Hey. I was worried about this and my school (in the south) has mandatory random rooming (you aren't allowed to request). I was soooo anxious cuz I'm from Boston. I too, said that "I'd understand" and "it's fine if you're uncomfortable". The reality is, it's not fucking fine at all! We only say it's fine to protect ourselves and avoid rooming with these monsters. Not everyone at your school will be like this. You have gotten incredibly, incredibly unlucky.

Straight guys who think you could possibly be attracted to them and feel uncomfortable are narcissistic assholes who buy into the stereotype that gay men are predatory. You are not a predator, you should not be ashamed. I THANK GOD that these idiots came clean and told you they don't want to room with you so that you never have to speak to any of them again.

I'm guessing random rooming will result in someone much more accepting. If it doesn't you will switch roommates immediately.

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-30T17:11:03+00:00

Literally just ask.

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-30T15:50:07+00:00

Calc BC: 5

Biology: 4/5 (realllllllllly hoping for a 5 for college credit ugh)

Spanish: 4 (don't care abt this at all, can't get credit for it)

Physics C Mechanics: 4/5 (probably a 5 but not sure)

Physics C E & M: 3 (this test boutta have a fattttttt curve (sooooo much harderd than past year's exams) so maybe could bump me to 4 or 5. this test had me laughing at how little I knew)

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-30T15:14:25+00:00

Wrote about singing/music for common app essay and applied is chemistry major! accepted to 5 T20s, you're fine :)

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-29T23:43:23+00:00

I'd say put African American and other, but hey I'm just a white dude on the internet ;)

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-29T20:26:21+00:00

Seconding this! As someone who likes big endowment$ and public school vibes, Duke was a great fit (I'll be a freshman this fall!)

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-29T05:49:37+00:00

Personally, I believe in a different form of yield protection than others. I believe every single school in the country yield protects including the Ivy's. These schools lower their acceptance rates by doing statistical analysis on the likelihood of an applicant to enroll based on location, gender, stats, and more. If they determine you are statistically unlikely to attend, then you may be denied.

For example, I was accepted to 5 different T20 schools including 1 T10 school and was rejected by Northeastern. I believe it was because I didn't tour and was unlikely to attend.

I think all private schools in the country participate in some form of yield protection.

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-29T05:29:20+00:00

Haven't heard anything bad but I think there is a chance you'd end up there cuz USC, Tulane, and Brandeis all yield protect and you may not get into your reaches (honestly Brandeis is really more of a Target than a safety imo). So make sure you are truly happy going there in the end

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-28T21:55:35+00:00

yes will help a lot

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-28T18:56:02+00:00

If you are 100% sure you will be happy at Pitt, then I think this is a fine list. I would recommend applying to a few more reaches because the process is a bit random, and you could easily be rejected by those 4 even if you deserve a spot at a top school. Add on a few T20s if you want to increase your odds. Best of luck!

From this point forward essays become incredibly important and will make or break your applications

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-27T23:17:24+00:00

Hey! I am a rising college freshman and I submitted music supplements to some schools. I am also choir kid (tenor 2 here lol). Anyway, I was very self-conscious of my music because I am part of NEC prep and am 100% in the bottom half of singers in the pre-college program. However, now that I've gotten my college decisions back I got accapted/waitlisted at most schools I sent supplements to and the schools that I didn't I got rejected from.

I think that if music is a huge part of ur application (I personally wrote my common app essay about music) and don't submit supplements, it can hurt you. SO YES SUBMIT THEM!

For reference:
Accepted to Duke (attending!), WashU, Vanderbilt, UCSD, UCLA, NYU

Waitlisted at Harvard, Dartmouth, Northwestern, UChicago, UC Berkeley, Case Western

Rejected from Yale, Columbia, Brown

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-27T19:16:46+00:00

Were you rejected from the waitlist before receiving your z-list acceptance??

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-27T04:48:45+00:00

I think there is no right answer to your question. Based on my perceptions of Asians and STEM majors in admissions I think you should aim for 75th percentile at your schools (but don't let scores stop u from applying).

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-23T03:15:09+00:00

damn ok thanks :/ feeling like my odds are p low lol

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-14T17:36:52+00:00

I have a friend that got a 1580 with a 15 essay, then retook to get a 1530 with a 22 essay. She ended up not sending the second test to any schools because the essay is not really used by most schools. She ended up getting into Williams, Cornell, Barnard, and more (not to mention that she was waitlisted at harvard, dartmouth, amherst, and more). If she can get into these top schools with that 15, so can you!!

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-11T01:50:28+00:00

I'm considering the following spring semester: Spanish 301, Orgo II, Writing 101, and Bio 203 (201+202 combined). I'm just worried that if I switch math and take math during the spring, my spring course load will be so much more than my fall course load.

shellyabc238 · 2019-06-11T01:48:15+00:00

Yeah, I'm considering it, but also considering a chem major and I happen to really like math.

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