Thank you
What do you mean stalling ? Update your scores everywhere. It could help merit.
I meant they arenât releasing decisions.
Also do you mean to send my updated score to my colleges? I sent my previous score of 1420
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Youâve got a better score. So if theyâve not yet made decisions, go in their portals and update. If thereâs no way to, ask. Maybe it will increase merit. Do it for every school you applied to.
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Alright, I will do it tomorrow morning. Thank you.
Every app that hasnât made a decision. If thereâs no portal update, email to inform you got a higher score and ask how to self report.
Got it. That would be TCNJ, Rutgers NB, and Stevens for me. Also any other reaches I apply.
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Honestly, Iâm reconsidering if I should apply to Princeton. All the people who did REA in our school got rejected and they had better stats then me. I might go for a tier under that, but I will have to do more research.
You have a super reach in mind. You have no idea why they were rejected.
You need to look at NPCs.
Lafayette, F&M, Dickinson are the smart ones but youâve acted like theyâre untouchable to your folks.
Most important is NPC.
Who can meet your cost. Thatâs more important than selectivity..
But you got a better SAT score - so use it. Expect to get rejected but you took the test - so do the app. But if Dartmouth tells you $40K on the NPC and you canât afford it, donât waste your time. So find the cheapest and if itâs in range, thatâs the right school. Forget the other kids - you have ZERO idea why they were rejected. If you only want Princeton and it meets what you can pay - then apply to Princeton. If they say no, oh well. If you arenât interest in, for example, Emory, then why apply?
So find a school youâre interested in and most importantly that hits budget. And then stop âguessingâ - you know youâre making a Hail Mary pass - but make it.
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Have no specific problem with those universities, itâs just my parents who donât consider the schools good (idk why they say this).
Iâll run the NPCs thanks
I think you said they cost too much anyway (your parents make $180K if I recall). In the end, if Rutgers is your 4 year floor, you already have a great four year school (assuming you donât do CC).
So youâre applying to a place thatâs cheaper - and that youâd consider superior to Rutgers. That might be no one. If itâs no one, then donât apply.
But if P is the dream, then thatâs where Iâd go. Will you get rejected - likely 99% But it wonât be much different odds at Cornell, Brown, wherever.
But if you want to go - you canât get in if you donât try. So try. You took the SAT so there was a reason why - I assume to give better odds elsewhere and Iâm sure it has.
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Yeah, Iâm most likely locked for Rutgers, but why not try for Princeton or Brown.
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Check the NPCs for both. Princeton is usually more generous with aid than Brown is.
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Just submitted FDU BSDO, hopefully I get in
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Working on Princeton + Emory now. (Just keeping myself accountable)
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Just submitted my last app- Princeton.
Thanks everyone for the advice given. Truly learned a lot here (everyone gave me a reality check). It was a good idea for me to check this website out.
Is there anyone this thread could be dissolved. I donât see a delete button from my part.
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No. You canât make a thread disappear. But if you donât want it to continueâŠjust stop posting on it. It will fade away.
Alright, I was planning on deleting my account anyway
Weâd all appreciate an update once you get decisions and decide where youâre going! You can ask the moderators to close the thread in the meantime.
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I donât believe you can delete your account either. If you donât want to do anything on this forum anymoreâŠjust donât.
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