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View Poll Results: What I wish I could change on my applications. | |
My grades/GPA.
|     | 1,851 | 41.16% | |
My SAT or ACT scores.
|    | 1,185 | 26.35% | |
My extra-curriculars.
|    | 932 | 20.72% | |
My essay(s).
|    | 140 | 3.11% | |
My interview.
|    | 32 | 0.71% | |
My letters of recommendation.
|    | 47 | 1.05% | |
Apply to more schools.
| | 95 | 2.11% | |
Apply to fewer schools.
| | 34 | 0.76% | |
Not a thing!!
| | 181 | 4.02% |
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01-17-2006, 08:45 PM
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#151 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sunny Hills, California
Posts: 5
| eew. grades :(
you're telling me! i got a c freshmen year, b's soph year, and this year i'm still getting b's. i hate it; but school's tough! | 
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01-22-2006, 11:53 PM
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#152 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 30
| Extracurriculars. I would put that I got a 5 on all 32 AP exams, have 4 Superbowl championship rings, was the presiding officer of the UN, and won the gold medal in the Olympic marathon. Also I would put that I can urinate longer than anyone else can. | |
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01-23-2006, 12:37 AM
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#153 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 353
| ^ Hahaha.
Personally, I'd want to make my application better overall. Better stats, better ECs, a hook of some kind... Something would have been nice. Eh, too late now. And I did my best which should be worth something somewhere. | |
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01-24-2006, 05:33 AM
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#154 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 593
| -grades(my junior year...*sigh*)
-scores(my writing score and some sat ii scores)
-EC's(my unfortunate transfer of school...I couldn't take on some of the leadership stuffs)
-essays(I could've made my essay much better)
-interview(I don't know. I loved my interviewer for yale: ) I don't know about others.)
-letters of rec(my supplementary one just isn' tgood...my art teacher didn't put specifics. saying that i'm her "most gifted" student is nothing when u have no proofs).
all in all, it is my junior year grades, eC's, and essays. | |
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01-24-2006, 05:36 AM
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#155 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 593
| Princetonfreak:
"Excellent essay(paid money to college advisors to perfect it"
are you sure that the essays are excellent just because college advisors edited them for you? | |
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01-28-2006, 01:00 PM
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#156 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 37
| lol interview faux pas?
im curious to know waht u said tht u now regret cause i have an interview comin up ON MONDAY
any comments/suggestions would be much appreciated! | |
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01-28-2006, 01:08 PM
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#157 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 37
| Haha Ohh Man Im Sorry To Say This But, Princetonfreak Just Got Owned By Half The Ppl On This Thread. And I Dont Blame Them! | |
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01-28-2006, 04:10 PM
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#158 | | New Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 22
| crnarybypass007: for your interview i would suggest you wear a tie, boxers, and nothing else. okay... maybe socks. anyways. Try to be as annoying as possible, maybe even moon the interviewer. I think youre set from there. Good Luck! <33 | |
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01-28-2006, 06:28 PM
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#159 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 37
| juan is a losaa | |
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01-30-2006, 03:28 PM
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#160 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 113
| GPA...
*small sob* | |
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02-06-2006, 09:26 AM
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#161 | | New Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 9
| GPAs!!
GPA got the most picks?!
is GPA that influential in the university application?
i thought essays were the most important one.
can't low GPAs be supplemented with other achievements such as extracurricular activities, recommentdations and application essays?
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02-06-2006, 03:36 PM
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#162 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 37
| i think they look at gpas more because its a good indicator of how well you have done in all your classes over 3.5 yrs. while extracurriculars, talents, and greats essays are always a plus, they can only supplement your academic strength. | |
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02-06-2006, 09:52 PM
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#163 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bay Area, CA ---> New Haven, CT
Posts: 2,050
| for every single college I've researched, GPA has been #1, and everything else is of secondary importance. | |
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02-06-2006, 11:13 PM
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#164 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 151
| are you kidding me?
How can one page, 5 hrs of work that you could possibly have somebody paid to write professionally be more important than 3.5 years of work?
Lets hope not...
I'm a great writer, but college essays are still a farse | |
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02-11-2006, 01:36 AM
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#165 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York University....ugh I wish. I hope I get in for fall 2007.
Posts: 1,462
| 1. Higher GPA
2. That I took AP Euro instead of Honors Chem, because I ended up dropping out of honors chem anyways.
3. That I took AP Bio(I don't like bio, but like it better than any other science) instead of regular physics (I abhor physics).
4. Change my school's curriculum to offer more social science/humanities APs.
5. More Extracurriculars. Wish I did better on the interview for an appointed Student Council position.
6. Higher SAT/ACT. | |
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