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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% |  | |
12-24-2004, 03:25 PM
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#1 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Orleans
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| If I could change one thing.... ....about my application, it would be ______ .
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12-24-2004, 03:41 PM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Columbia
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| You should have put a "I like where I stand" choice. I don't really think I would have changed anything. |
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12-24-2004, 03:49 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Threads: 9
Posts: 199
| I got into my ED school, so I would not have applied to the 4 others. |
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12-24-2004, 04:37 PM
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#4 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Threads: 23
Posts: 578
| I put my extracurriculars. I'm not ashamed of what I've accomplished, but I've just never had the vision that some people apparently have. I never knew it was possible for high school students to do the kinds of things I've heard about on here until I came here.
I've played a few sports here and there, I've been elected to some positions in some organizations and I've worked 25 hours a week throughout high school, but I just feel like I absolutely pale in comparison to the top applicants. |
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12-27-2004, 11:28 AM
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#5 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Threads: 8
Posts: 432
| Extracurriculars, by and far. I would try to show much more academic initiative and passion outside of the classroom. I do show academic initiative outside the classroom now, but I would have done a lot of serious lab research if I could redo the process.
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12-28-2004, 11:30 AM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NY & Amherst, MA
Threads: 17
Posts: 666
| i would add a bunch of international awards to my resume. if i could. |
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12-28-2004, 09:28 PM
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#7 | | | mm. Interesting. Er. I'm just a junior, but this is still an interesting poll.
I would have stopped procrastinating in freshman year and worked for more achievements (-__-): eg. studied 10 hrs/ day for the IBO or ICO. lol. The point is, I wished I worked harder so I can have more time for other ECs now. | |
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12-28-2004, 10:56 PM
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#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Threads: 16
Posts: 95
| my interview..
I am sure that my extra curriculars and SAT and competetitveness of school make up for the mediocrity of my GPA... however, my interview was one that I will never forget. One stupid answer can break the interview, which sucks. However, I hope they saw my carelessness/bad joke as just that and not stupidity or immaturity.
Still I would rather take it back and avoid the whole thing.. haha. definitely interview. |
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12-29-2004, 01:03 AM
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#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Threads: 3
Posts: 52
| GPA definately. my ECs are fine, except i wish i could've gotten my eagle. |
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12-30-2004, 04:12 AM
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Threads: 2
Posts: 36
| Definately GPA...if I had all A's (i only take AP classes) throughout high school i would be all set.... everything is awesome except my grappy GPA... |
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12-30-2004, 04:06 PM
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#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Threads: 15
Posts: 295
| GPA...I got like 4 borderline B+'s |
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12-30-2004, 10:09 PM
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#12 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Threads: 1
Posts: 9
| GPA/Rank for sure. I slack. |
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12-30-2004, 10:23 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Threads: 7
Posts: 60
| I would definitely defintely definitely chance my SAT I and SAT II scores...other than that I think I'm ok. |
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12-31-2004, 07:03 AM
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#14 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Korea
Threads: 6
Posts: 385
| gpa definitely
i got 11 Bs |
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12-31-2004, 11:10 PM
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#15 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Threads: 12
Posts: 141
| i totally slack too. like for real, not "maaaah, i got beeeeesss," but like 4 cs and a d. in spanish of all things. what was i thinking? aaah. but my weighted gpa is still like 4.2 and i'm applying to top schools and could actually get in, maybe. not all is lost. but OOH i wish i could change my grades. |
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