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	16181	March 5, 2023
This is NOT a Chances Forum	1	3597	March 2, 2021
Tips on the College Admission Process	156	17918	October 23, 2009
How to ask for recommendations?	956	17848	January 5, 2023
The Thread for College Interviews	1171	16965	December 3, 2020
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars	1091	33962	February 5, 2021
CMU design vs U Minnesotta design undergrad	2	63	August 8, 2025
Update: Yale [$70k] vs UVA Jefferson Scholarship [full ride] university-of-virginia , yale-university	4	199	August 5, 2025
Wait-list use to offset fewer internationals? (Ex: Boston College?) boston-college	17	896	June 15, 2025
Burnout! A NASA Intern, Software Engineer, Valedictorian, and Whatever Else's Guide to Survival	12	354	June 2, 2025
Liv's Commitment Thread admission-results	8	567	April 29, 2025
Accepted at Williams and Amherst rejected from Oberlin williams-college , amherst-college , oberlin-college	5	270	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	705	March 29, 2025
Advice: How to excel at college admission interviews? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned , college-interviews	1	143	July 24, 2025
College Counselling	17	417	June 18, 2025
Caltech '29 and a Reflection on the Process	2	287	December 14, 2024
Admissions counseling help	23	590	May 31, 2025
ASU Does not Consider Rigor arizona-state-university-at-tempe	67	1460	May 12, 2025
Listening to my kid (music/performance major)	9	275	April 15, 2025
College of Charleston Honors for Pre-Med	3	244	March 19, 2025
Rec letters and the impact at UC's boston-college , uc-davis , california-colleges	5	332	July 22, 2024
Reconsidering decision due to senior grades	38	1159	July 17, 2024
To those in CSE or maybe just in OSU in general what were the key factors of your admission?	3	172	July 9, 2024
Children of Past Faculty stanford-university	11	565	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	430	June 24, 2024
Emotional Support Posts for those of us Waiting and Rejected-Kindness only! class-2024 , waitlist	6	623	June 13, 2024
S24's Journey (3.5, learning disabilities)	263	21552	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	2896	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	684	May 17, 2024