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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 as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combinati…	26	12016	July 6, 2021
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Is there any downside to sending AP scores to intended college? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	9	1194	April 13, 2022
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Playing D3 sport or going to a flagship admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	14	1499	April 4, 2022
Stats & advice from a first-gen, low income, Stanford matriculate!	10	3851	March 22, 2022
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College application experience and some tips bowdoin-college , wesleyan-university , duke-university , transfer , admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	5	2404	January 21, 2022
Boston University ED 2026	0	1052	September 1, 2021
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I'm going to Yale! Here are my stats & advice as a first-gen, multiracial/trilingual, middle-class, CA public school girl with chronic imposter syndrome :) class-2025 , covid-19 , first-generation , wellesley-college , barnard-college , yale-university , uc-berkeley	10	11702	August 6, 2021
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A Cautionary Tale about Elitish Admissions (I got kicked off campus) waitlist	73	16268	June 16, 2021
Moved: College Applications 101	0	1035	November 16, 2020
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Looking back on a two year application journey	0	1995	April 30, 2021
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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 as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combinati…