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	16479	March 5, 2023
This is NOT a Chances Forum	1	3658	March 2, 2021
Tips on the College Admission Process	156	18343	October 23, 2009
How to ask for recommendations?	956	18540	January 5, 2023
The Thread for College Interviews	1171	17939	December 3, 2020
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars	1091	35000	February 5, 2021
Journey of a low gpa/high score/not typical excellent CC kid (warning: long post)	28	402	February 2, 2026
Anxious about financial safety	69	1729	January 30, 2026
I applied ED To 8 colleges	13	272	January 21, 2026
What colleges do I have a good shot at?	2	110	September 23, 2025
PA State System of Higher Education School rankings	5	259	August 24, 2025
CMU design vs U Minnesotta design undergrad	3	113	February 4, 2026
Update: Yale [$70k] vs UVA Jefferson Scholarship [full ride] university-of-virginia , yale-university	5	443	February 1, 2026
Wait-list use to offset fewer internationals? (Ex: Boston College?) boston-college	18	1080	December 12, 2025
Burnout! A NASA Intern, Software Engineer, Valedictorian, and Whatever Else's Guide to Survival	13	471	November 29, 2025
Liv's Commitment Thread admission-results	9	684	October 26, 2025
Accepted at Williams and Amherst rejected from Oberlin williams-college , amherst-college , oberlin-college	5	375	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	857	September 25, 2025
Advice: How to excel at college admission interviews? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned , college-interviews	1	200	July 24, 2025
College Counselling	17	496	June 18, 2025
Caltech '29 and a Reflection on the Process	2	356	December 14, 2024
Admissions counseling help	23	648	May 31, 2025
ASU Does not Consider Rigor arizona-state-university-at-tempe	67	1705	May 12, 2025
Listening to my kid (music/performance major)	9	330	April 15, 2025
College of Charleston Honors for Pre-Med	3	303	March 19, 2025
Rec letters and the impact at UC's boston-college , uc-davis , california-colleges	5	445	July 22, 2024
Reconsidering decision due to senior grades	38	1259	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	629	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	459	June 24, 2024