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08-04-2009, 09:27 AM
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#256 | | New Member
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A unit depends on your school. Do you have trimesters or semesters (how grades are averaged).
For example: If you receive an A+ for the first semester and a B for the second semester and your school calculates grades based on semesters, you would use the GPA for one unit of A+ and one unit of B.
Also, does anyone know what constitutes an A+ according to Questbridge? A 97+ or 98+? There is a self-reported transcript and I don't want to mess that up.
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08-04-2009, 12:20 PM
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#257 | | Senior Member
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I made a Common App account. Are you guys applying to all your Match colleges through the CommonApp as well?
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08-04-2009, 12:29 PM
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#258 | | Junior Member
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Some schools, like Yale and Princeton, do not take the QB app in lieu of the the Common App/Supplement. Some schools do let you just send in the QB app if you are a finalist.
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08-04-2009, 01:08 PM
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#259 | | Senior Member
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But do I have to submit the Common App stuff by September 30th as well? Or is there a different deadline for that?
And you said Yale and Princeton, two schools that I am Matching, need the Common App. How bout Stanford? Thanks!
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08-04-2009, 01:12 PM
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#260 | | Junior Member
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No, no, not by Sept 30. I know the QB app asks for your Common App code, but I don't believe we need to send it in unless we are named finalist status and then have to send certain things for particular schools. I believe Stanford makes you send in the Common App also. (by Nov 3)
This link should help College Match Program: Requirements  | |
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08-04-2009, 02:11 PM
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#261 | | Senior Member
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YES! That's a relief =p thanks.
One more question: for those of you taking ACT in September, do you have to automatically send score reports when you register, to the colleges you are Matching with?
how bout for October SAT II's ?
Last edited by tomjonesistheman; 08-04-2009 at 02:16 PM.
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08-04-2009, 04:04 PM
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#262 | | Member
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90-92 A-
93-97 A
98 and above A+
A unit depends on your school's programme (tri- or semester). The self-reported transcript is really not much more than a formality, as the schools generally base their knowledge upon the school transcript. If there are major discrepancies, they'll either contact someone or, in the case of student-reported inflation, chalk it up to dishonesty. (Another piece of information gathered from Michele Hernandez and other books)
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08-04-2009, 05:10 PM
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#263 | | Junior Member
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Would it be better to apply to Questbridge and then not choose any schools, and apply to Stanford SCEA? Would that be about the same amount of work, because I only plan on choosing Stanford, if I become a finalist?
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08-04-2009, 05:11 PM
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#264 | | Senior Member
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well if you do SCEA they don't read your QB essays which might help you
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08-04-2009, 05:25 PM
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#265 | | Member
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@Narusakuu: I agree with flyingllama, the added essays are a great way to allow the adcoms to learn more about you. The more the adcom can see YOU shine through the app, the more chance you have.
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08-04-2009, 05:34 PM
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#266 | | Member
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"If you plan to take the September ACT and/or the October SAT, please list your testing date(s) on the Testing Information page in the application (leaving the score fields blank). If you are selected as a finalist and want to have your new test scores considered for the College Match process by the colleges you have ranked, you should request that the College Board and/or ACT forward your scores to those colleges. Any testing done after the September and October dates will be considered only in the Regular Decision process."
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08-04-2009, 07:04 PM
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#267 | | Senior Member
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If I took the September ACT, would I have enough time to wait for my results and then send the scores? for the match round
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08-04-2009, 07:26 PM
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#268 | | Member
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I believe this information means to lead you towards sending the scores in immediately. I'm assuming your reason for asking this is that IF you get an unsatisfactory score, will you be able to not send it in. Since I'm not even near the end-all to this question, I would contact Questbridge. I asked them a question last week and they replied the next day.
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08-04-2009, 08:20 PM
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#269 | | New Member
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I'm not automatically sending my sept. ACT score. I'm waiting to see if it's available before sept. 30th, then I'm having my GC fax it to QB...if I'm happy with it! The ACT people say that scores can be available as soon as 2 1/2 weeks, so I'm gonna take my chances.
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08-04-2009, 09:59 PM
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#270 | | Member
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Yeah, ACT and SAT scores are almost always available in about 1/2 a month from When you take it. They should be fine taking your scores in.
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