BlackRose21

ditto here

Melody224

Thanks for the link BlackRose, I'll definitely apply for QuestBridge! And welcome to the forum bellanaija! This might be a stupid question, but on the common app, what exactly are 'academic awards'? Is it just like National Merit/Achievement, what other kinds of awards are there? I think I'm mixing up the academic awards and the extracurricular awards...if anyone could help clarify, that would be great!

BlackRose21

Oh your welcome. yeah same here I always get it confused. I think academic awards ca be like at my school we have award night on each class on most improved student or most outstanding person in that class or had a 4.0 for the year. I believe stuff like that could fal under that. But I believe that extracurricular awards and academic awards can sometimes interchange with each other.

What schools are you applying to Melody224?

Melody224

Haha, my high school only has an awards ceremony for the seniors at the end of the school year...oh well. I know I'll be applying to a lot of public schools and then my top choices are Yale and Stanford. I do like MIT and Duke as well...but I'm still deciding on the final college list.
What about you?

Prospectus

Duke ED for me...So nervous. It's scary as hell. I did well on SAT I's and SAT II's. My GPA isn't amazing tho...3.4. I'm just going to try my hardest Senior Year and get some good recs and do well on essays. Also..ditto on being called the Oreo thing..****es me off.
Good luck to everyone.

BlackRose21

well it's kind of hard to say which ones I will be applying to early or regular cause I want to apply to the questbridge program but that is before early decisions. But if I were to pick a school that I would ED for I would choose UPENN, I like Cornell, Princeton, Duke and Stanford. I might apply to some Florida colleges for backup...I'm also deciding on my final college list. Still need to do SAT subject tests though....

Hey I have a question for you guys. What if somebody has parents that went to a Columbia University for a year before going to another college (their not alumni) does this help their chances in attending Columbia. By the way I'm asking for a friend of mine. She asked me this question and I didn't know how correct my input was.

Junie

thefranchize9 - nah man.

atlgrl1234

applying early! all essays are pretty much done! now time to relax a bit

japanmedlover

I'm applying to:

Brown
Maryland-CP
Occidental College
Pomona
Stanford
University of San Francisco

I'm applying to Stanford and Pomona through Questbridge. I'm only going to send in my apps to Brown and Occidental if I don't get matched to Stanford (first choice) or Pomona. As for college essays, I'm working on them.

EmekChris

Ohboi, I got into Dartmouth with an 1860 SAT. Believe me, it is possible!

LadyT

Spelman
Howard
Hampton
DePaul
IU(In state safety)

I really just want to go to Howard though.

thenextbigthing

2011! All day!

thefranchize9

@prospectus......i'm sooooo nervous about my GPA....3.6 UW. 3.83 Weighted. I go to an insane private school. So nervous. But standardized test scores are gonna b beast. I already got a 29 on the ACT which i'm retaking in the fall for a 32+. The science section murdered my score. My recs are going to be amazing. @junie, don't worry about it man...Questbridge is crazy competitive.

dplane

Back to the initial race question...As Justice Clarence Thomas, Bill Cosby, and Alan Keyes have so eloquently stated, we blacks are racist--even among our own. We are the first to manipulate others by calling others darker than ourselves the n word. You all know what I am talking about!! Don't play dumb. The issue is not the color of our skin, it is the content of our character. We are the last to take responsibility; we are the first to be victims. Thanks brother Bill Cosby for showing us the truth about ourselves!!!

BlackRose21

@dplane
I appreciate what you said, there is real meaning to what u r saying, but what initial race question are you responding to?

Also, how do you guys know your essay questions already?