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SnP2k · 03-07-2005, 10:38 PM

Since everyone here is sick in the head and think they need 10.0 / 2.0 GPA, they all said "My grades/GPA"

I said "Apply to fewer schools". Why? Well because I applied to 12 schools and got accepted to my top one. So that means $550 down the drain for applications. Then, since when we were taking SATs, I thought I was applying to about 22 schools...hadn't picked which ones yet, so I just had college board send SATs to all of them, so that's an extra $126 down the drain. When it all comes down, it's like $700-800 that I could have saved.

Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing. Although, I do admit, while waiting for my acceptance/rejection I thought that maybe my scores/grades weren't high enough. That tormented me, but not anymore.

Maybe, something that should be added to the poll is "apply to different schools." At the time, I had applied to ALL reach schools. When I got my acceptance/rejectionts back, I got accepted to all but one. I was thinking it would be better to get more rejections...so I probably should have thrown in higher reaches...just for the hell of it....some schools where I know I couldn't get into, but try it anyway just for the hell of it. Oh well.

I'm not saying it's bad to get all acceptances, but it makes me wonder if I could have applied elsewhere and gone to an even more competitive school to make myself look better in the job market.

03-07-2005, 10:38 PM	#52
SnP2k Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Threads: 5 Posts: 166	Since everyone here is sick in the head and think they need 10.0 / 2.0 GPA, they all said "My grades/GPA" I said "Apply to fewer schools". Why? Well because I applied to 12 schools and got accepted to my top one. So that means $550 down the drain for applications. Then, since when we were taking SATs, I thought I was applying to about 22 schools...hadn't picked which ones yet, so I just had college board send SATs to all of them, so that's an extra $126 down the drain. When it all comes down, it's like $700-800 that I could have saved. Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing. Although, I do admit, while waiting for my acceptance/rejection I thought that maybe my scores/grades weren't high enough. That tormented me, but not anymore. Maybe, something that should be added to the poll is "apply to different schools." At the time, I had applied to ALL reach schools. When I got my acceptance/rejectionts back, I got accepted to all but one. I was thinking it would be better to get more rejections...so I probably should have thrown in higher reaches...just for the hell of it....some schools where I know I couldn't get into, but try it anyway just for the hell of it. Oh well. I'm not saying it's bad to get all acceptances, but it makes me wonder if I could have applied elsewhere and gone to an even more competitive school to make myself look better in the job market.