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View Poll Results: What I wish I could change on my applications. | |
My grades/GPA.
|     | 1,851 | 41.17% | |
My SAT or ACT scores.
|    | 1,185 | 26.36% | |
My extra-curriculars.
|    | 932 | 20.73% | |
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!!
| | 180 | 4.00% |
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11-07-2007, 05:03 PM
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#316 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 239
| Not an option, but race | 
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11-11-2007, 11:37 AM
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#317 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 37
| my letters of reccomendentation. They just sound so generic. I wish i had told my teachers to mention how much i luved mi college in mi reccomendations. That wud have really made me stand out | |
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11-22-2007, 05:46 PM
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#318 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 64
| SAT scores. ACT was decent, but I completely bombed the sat. | |
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11-22-2007, 07:15 PM
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#319 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: GaTech
Posts: 784
| GPA. I'd be competitive for so many top-tier schools if my GPA was actually good.  | |
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11-28-2007, 05:14 PM
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#320 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 43
| Like the hundreds of other people here, I would change my GPA.
I did alright freshmen year all As/A-s, but sophmore and junior year classes were harder. So had I gotten straight As freshmen year, my GPA would've been better.
And I definitely agree on the one semester screwing you over. Second semester my junior year was horrible. Emotionally, socially (friends), and domestically (family). Horrible. And I really got screw over.
But moreso the GPA. If I had a really strong GPA, I would be a strong applicant to many toptier schools. Or at least second to toptier. Boo. | |
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12-16-2007, 06:37 AM
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#321 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arch your golden spine s'il te plait
Posts: 1,617
| A week ago, I would have been whining about my SAT scores, and how they were average, and not good enough for Yale. After all, a 650 and a 720 are less than stellar. But now, in hindsight, all I have to say is that I wouldn't change a thing. I got into Yale in spite of that, and all I have to say is stop worrying about things that are insignificant, and focus on other things. Instead of taking the SATs five times to get from a 2200 to a 2300, do something else that is much more productive and constructive (my SAT Is were 2180 by the way). | |
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12-16-2007, 10:31 AM
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#322 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 154
| I wouldn't change a thing. I guess my SAT score is not incredible, but nonetheless- 1 application ed, 1 Acceptance. Done. | |
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12-16-2007, 10:44 PM
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#323 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 36
| i would definitely like a higher GPA.
i thought i tried my hardest but i always endedu p with high B's that weren't good enough to be As. and my school doesn't count B+s into the system so all the Bs are equal.
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12-18-2007, 11:03 PM
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#324 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 159
| I would erase my freshman year from existence, that's what I'd do. My GPA immediately gets 1.5 points higher after that. Also, I probably would have been more attentive in Alg 2; its my one C (darn it). | |
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12-20-2007, 09:00 PM
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#325 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Florida
Posts: 456
| If I could take it all back... I think I would just simply not care about getting into the 'elite' schools! that would make high school so much easier. | |
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12-25-2007, 02:24 AM
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#326 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 471
| Oh my god, I almost failed two classes in high school. I was sooo lazy. | |
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12-25-2007, 08:09 PM
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#327 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Candy Land
Posts: 89
| ECs I would have taken a sport in 9th grade! | |
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12-28-2007, 01:46 PM
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#328 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 119
| GPA
I decided to seriously work my junior year. | |
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12-30-2007, 02:24 AM
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#329 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Rosa, CA
Posts: 93
| I'm just a juinor and I haven't taken the sat or act yet but I would say my ecs
I really only have two real ones (not clubs I occasionally attend at lunch) and only have a leadership position in one of them ( although the other is an out of school sport and there are no leadership positions | |
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12-30-2007, 04:28 AM
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#330 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 54
| I would change my G.P.A... and CLASS RANK.
It's just so disappointing, because it really DOESNT reflect how hard I have worked. Two or three totally borderline B+'s ... taking a lot of AP courses though. & My class is really competitive, everyone wants to get into an Ivy, and its usually not like that at my school... its usually just a few people from each class want to go to an Ivy and the rest are just fine with a state univeristy or something else... so I am going to end up with a higher gpa than kids from other classes... but they will be in the top five percent and I won't. A bit upsetting. | |
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