chance me? (JUNIOR)

Rickytgk
Wed, 06 May 2015 03:24:36 +0000

As a fellow junior, I will tell you this. A couple months ago, I was pretty college-crazed. What I mean by that is, I was unnecessarily worried about my stats and accomplishments. Attending a nationally recognized high school, I almost fell demoralized due to the amount of monster stats around me. Now, I do fairly well myself but I just didn’t feel stellar. But over the course of junior year and getting to know more admission stories and all, I’ve realized that when admissions say they look at the student and their story as a whole, they’re not lying.

I’m not trying to say that stats are unimportant nor am I trying to sweet-talk you. But, I just don’t want you to be as naive as I once was because I do regret that. Academics and ECs are most of your application but it’s also about how well you can convey YOUR story. So, even if you are a bit lacking in terms of gpa and all, I want you to focus on representing who you are, or even selling yourself a bit. I wouldn’t really listen to people telling you not to apply. Sure your application fee might go to waste but if that 75$ means that I won’t regret not applying for the rest of my life, I would be willing to give it up no time. Good luck for the coming year and keep on moving forward.