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	16136	March 5, 2023
This is NOT a Chances Forum	1	3588	March 2, 2021
Tips on the College Admission Process	156	17882	October 23, 2009
How to ask for recommendations?	956	17504	January 5, 2023
The Thread for College Interviews	1171	16785	December 3, 2020
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars	1091	33853	February 5, 2021
Wait-list use to offset fewer internationals? (Ex: Boston College?) boston-college	17	854	June 15, 2025
Burnout! A NASA Intern, Software Engineer, Valedictorian, and Whatever Else's Guide to Survival	12	340	June 2, 2025
Liv's Commitment Thread admission-results	8	525	April 29, 2025
Accepted at Williams and Amherst rejected from Oberlin williams-college , amherst-college , oberlin-college	5	246	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]	22	688	March 29, 2025
Advice: How to excel at college admission interviews? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned , college-interviews	0	121	January 25, 2025
College Counselling	17	408	June 18, 2025
Caltech '29 and a Reflection on the Process	2	278	December 14, 2024
Admissions counseling help	23	567	May 31, 2025
ASU Does not Consider Rigor arizona-state-university-at-tempe	67	1411	May 12, 2025
Listening to my kid (music/performance major)	9	264	April 15, 2025
College of Charleston Honors for Pre-Med	3	230	March 19, 2025
Rec letters and the impact at UC's boston-college , uc-davis , california-colleges	5	313	July 22, 2024
Reconsidering decision due to senior grades	38	1146	July 17, 2024
To those in CSE or maybe just in OSU in general what were the key factors of your admission?	3	169	July 9, 2024
Children of Past Faculty stanford-university	11	552	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	426	June 24, 2024
Emotional Support Posts for those of us Waiting and Rejected-Kindness only! class-2024 , waitlist	6	620	June 13, 2024
S24's Journey (3.5, learning disabilities)	263	21494	November 16, 2024
Girl Makes a Shrine To Get Into Dream College [RESULTS for GA resident, 90-92 or 3.75-3.8 GPA, 32-33 ACT, computer science + cognitive science]	12	1090	May 20, 2024
Insane shotgunner pulls 3 T30s, 2 LACs, and 1 ivy for total of 70 acceptances	38	2865	May 19, 2024
2.4 HS GPA gets a T25 + Seven Sisters College [3.84 college GPA junior transfer, non-traditional] non-traditional-students , university-of-virginia , transfer , mount-holyoke-college , wellesley-college , smith-college , waitlist	7	665	May 17, 2024
Twin Friendly Admissions	16	1507	April 17, 2024
Ithaca or Cortland?	4	306	April 12, 2024