If I could change one thing.... - Page 2

01-01-2005, 08:27 PM

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.

outastate75450 · 01-01-2005, 10:31 PM

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...

madjoy · 01-01-2005, 11:35 PM

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)

chelsea 2005 · 01-04-2005, 11:47 AM

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!

chochu444 · 01-05-2005, 05:37 AM

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...

aliasdancer · 01-07-2005, 07:35 PM

I put my SATs. stupid 1400 and 32.

allureNY86 · 01-07-2005, 08:58 PM

okay, guys, colleges aren't looking for perfect people. why? because they don't exist!

jwlee8 · 01-08-2005, 01:17 AM

the thing is..if u changed something then it wouldn't be you! it would be someone else! and that's meaningless

mhawk177 · 01-08-2005, 02:18 AM

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)

Jelda · 01-08-2005, 09:33 AM

I really regret my freshman year.. sigh

allureNY86 · 01-08-2005, 10:09 AM

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.

jwlee8 · 01-08-2005, 08:59 PM

i think the most important thing is just doing your best and making sure you have your priorities straight

heefar7 · 01-08-2005, 09:07 PM

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!!!

doublespresso · 01-08-2005, 10:14 PM

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!

celebrian25 · 01-08-2005, 10:17 PM

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