Admission Stories

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Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC a…	27	16409	March 5, 2023
This is NOT a Chances Forum	1	3651	March 2, 2021
Tips on the College Admission Process	156	18303	October 23, 2009
How to ask for recommendations?	956	18414	January 5, 2023
The Thread for College Interviews	1171	17751	December 3, 2020
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars	1091	34868	February 5, 2021
Anxious about financial safety	51	1144	November 11, 2025
What colleges do I have a good shot at?	2	106	September 23, 2025
PA State System of Higher Education School rankings	5	239	August 24, 2025
CMU design vs U Minnesotta design undergrad	2	109	August 8, 2025
Update: Yale [$70k] vs UVA Jefferson Scholarship [full ride] university-of-virginia , yale-university	4	396	August 5, 2025
Wait-list use to offset fewer internationals? (Ex: Boston College?) boston-college	18	1064	December 12, 2025
Burnout! A NASA Intern, Software Engineer, Valedictorian, and Whatever Else's Guide to Survival	13	452	November 29, 2025
Liv's Commitment Thread admission-results	9	668	October 26, 2025
Accepted at Williams and Amherst rejected from Oberlin williams-college , amherst-college , oberlin-college	5	344	April 12, 2025
Underperformance after applying as a junior and ending up in the exact same place [AL resident, 4.0 GPA (with 10 college courses including advanced math), 36 ACT]	23	851	September 25, 2025
Advice: How to excel at college admission interviews? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned , college-interviews	1	178	July 24, 2025
College Counselling	17	484	June 18, 2025
Caltech '29 and a Reflection on the Process	2	348	December 14, 2024
Admissions counseling help	23	638	May 31, 2025
ASU Does not Consider Rigor arizona-state-university-at-tempe	67	1675	May 12, 2025
Listening to my kid (music/performance major)	9	322	April 15, 2025
College of Charleston Honors for Pre-Med	3	291	March 19, 2025
Rec letters and the impact at UC's boston-college , uc-davis , california-colleges	5	437	July 22, 2024
Reconsidering decision due to senior grades	38	1249	July 17, 2024
To those in CSE or maybe just in OSU in general what were the key factors of your admission?	3	190	July 9, 2024
Children of Past Faculty stanford-university	11	621	June 27, 2024
I got pulled off waitlist and thought I could take gap year and letter said I must attend in fall reed-college , waitlist	3	458	June 24, 2024
Emotional Support Posts for those of us Waiting and Rejected-Kindness only! class-2024 , waitlist	6	648	June 13, 2024
S24's Journey (3.5, learning disabilities)	263	21734	November 16, 2024