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	16167	March 5, 2023
This is NOT a Chances Forum	1	3595	March 2, 2021
Tips on the College Admission Process	156	17911	October 23, 2009
How to ask for recommendations?	956	17565	January 5, 2023
The Thread for College Interviews	1171	16816	December 3, 2020
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars	1091	33905	February 5, 2021
CMU design vs U Minnesotta design undergrad	2	61	August 8, 2025
Update: Yale [$70k] vs UVA Jefferson Scholarship [full ride] university-of-virginia , yale-university	4	190	August 5, 2025
Wait-list use to offset fewer internationals? (Ex: Boston College?) boston-college	17	880	June 15, 2025
Burnout! A NASA Intern, Software Engineer, Valedictorian, and Whatever Else's Guide to Survival	12	350	June 2, 2025
Liv's Commitment Thread admission-results	8	559	April 29, 2025
Accepted at Williams and Amherst rejected from Oberlin williams-college , amherst-college , oberlin-college	5	266	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	699	March 29, 2025
Advice: How to excel at college admission interviews? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned , college-interviews	1	138	July 24, 2025
College Counselling	17	416	June 18, 2025
Caltech '29 and a Reflection on the Process	2	282	December 14, 2024
Admissions counseling help	23	587	May 31, 2025
ASU Does not Consider Rigor arizona-state-university-at-tempe	67	1452	May 12, 2025
Listening to my kid (music/performance major)	9	270	April 15, 2025
College of Charleston Honors for Pre-Med	3	242	March 19, 2025
Rec letters and the impact at UC's boston-college , uc-davis , california-colleges	5	326	July 22, 2024
Reconsidering decision due to senior grades	38	1155	July 17, 2024
To those in CSE or maybe just in OSU in general what were the key factors of your admission?	3	170	July 9, 2024
Children of Past Faculty stanford-university	11	561	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	429	June 24, 2024
Emotional Support Posts for those of us Waiting and Rejected-Kindness only! class-2024 , waitlist	6	622	June 13, 2024
S24's Journey (3.5, learning disabilities)	263	21539	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	1093	May 20, 2024
Insane shotgunner pulls 3 T30s, 2 LACs, and 1 ivy for total of 70 acceptances	38	2878	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	675	May 17, 2024