A Great "Why" Applicant vs. The Overqualified Applicant

lookingforward
Sun, 22 Dec 2019 07:35:32 +0000

What college? The chances #1 can pull this off with the grades and 4 AP scores, a SAT that may not match the range, are already rare. He seems to have picked a college he “wants,” without much attention to a self match. The essay topic needs to be relevant. You don’t get in for pleading it’s your love or your dream. You have to be what they want. Have to know what that is. Not certain you know what a strong app really is, in every respect. Yes, #2 can be sunk by a poor Why Us.

I agree, a competitive college might have trouble getting excited about either.

But I thought hypothetical speculation was discouraged on CC. As well as thinly veiled comparisons of two real candidates.