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View Poll Results: What I wish I could change on my applications.
My grades/GPA. 1650 40.98%
My SAT or ACT scores. 1075 26.70%
My extra-curriculars. 811 20.14%
My essay(s). 127 3.15%
My interview. 30 0.75%
My letters of recommendation. 43 1.07%
Apply to more schools. 89 2.21%
Apply to fewer schools. 31 0.77%
Not a thing!! 170 4.22%
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Old 01-01-2005, 07:27 PM   #16
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i wish i applied to more top schools. basically all the schools i applied to are 1. safety or 2. i have a 50% chance of admissions and they are all within 2 ranks of each other for my major. i thought i would get in all of the safeties and get in 2 out of the 6 good schools i applied to, and i'd visit the two schools and it would be an easy choice because i would be really glad to get into a good school. i ended up getting into every damn school and wondered what if i applied to .... and every school had things i didn't like. this is the worst feeling i believe.
 
Old 01-01-2005, 09:31 PM   #17
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I would change my school's coursebook to offer APs. Not that I care; I got in where I wanted. I just hope I'm not behind next year...
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Old 01-01-2005, 10:35 PM   #18
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Definitely grades/GPA/rank as well. I surely have slacked and not handed in important assignments, causing me to get Bs in a LOT of my AP classes. I'm talking Bs overall - Cs and even Ds in specific marking periods. Thankfully, the colleges didn't see that on my transcript. I'd get an A- one marking period, and a C- the next. I'm not kidding, that actually happened in more than one subject...

It's not that I regret it, so much, but rather that I wish this were not shown on my application so much. It's certainly my weak point. Ah, I got into my first choice school early anyway, so all's well! (Wesleyan University)
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Old 01-04-2005, 10:47 AM   #19
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after taking the poll i changed my mind! originally, i put "SAT/ACT scores", but now i realize that i did my best. i would like to put "Not a thing!" because my test scores are very good, just not perfect. and, i kind of wish i had applied to a harder "reach" school. i applied to notre dame, but i think it would have been interesting to apply to an ivy league. oh well!
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Old 01-05-2005, 04:37 AM   #20
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if only the grades wud change

if i cud change one thing, it wud definitely be my grades. just because of a C in A levels, i am ranked 21 in 84 which has hurt my chances badly. only if i had done better...
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Old 01-07-2005, 06:35 PM   #21
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I put my SATs. stupid 1400 and 32.
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Old 01-07-2005, 07:58 PM   #22
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okay, guys, colleges aren't looking for perfect people. why? because they don't exist!
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Old 01-08-2005, 12:17 AM   #23
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the thing is..if u changed something then it wouldn't be you! it would be someone else! and that's meaningless
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Old 01-08-2005, 01:18 AM   #24
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I said ECs.. I didn't really get involved until last year.. my junior year. But I was split between that and GPA (which suffered some due to my job, and in part due to my laziness)
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Old 01-08-2005, 08:33 AM   #25
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I really regret my freshman year.. sigh
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Old 01-08-2005, 09:09 AM   #26
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jwlee ... exactly! your uniqueness is the only thing you have, basically. and now it's too late to actually change things, but it's okay.
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Old 01-08-2005, 07:59 PM   #27
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i think the most important thing is just doing your best and making sure you have your priorities straight
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Old 01-08-2005, 08:07 PM   #28
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If I don't get in to where I really want to go I can always look back at about 5 B+'s that could of easily, eaaaaassiiillly been A-'s....my gpa could be so much higher!!!
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Old 01-08-2005, 09:14 PM   #29
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definitely fewer schools... i panicked at the beginning of senior year and put in 14 (!!!) transcript/SAT score requests--$140, + stamps and envelopes and things. i ended up sending out 12 of those 14, which at ~$65 per school is almost $800--except now i realized that i don't really want to go to most of those schools that badly. and there are a lot more things that i would have rather done with almost $1000... not to mention all the time and effort and headaches!
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Old 01-08-2005, 09:17 PM   #30
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I said gpa/grades, I went through a hard time last year, and it's very obvious in terms of my gpa. While my EC's are weak, I would rather have fun than be tied down by something I don't really care about. But then again, I'm a "what if.." kind of person
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