Chance urm for t20s

tsbna44
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:10:32 +0000

So the top schools or special scholarships that some have noted will all have essays. And some heavy !!

Btw most that have merit…regular, not special, just award it off their regular app. But most aren’t Vandy or UVA level schools.

There are some schools like - and I don’t know about this year but my son got special apps from a bunch of schools including good ones like Col School of Mines and Minnesota that if you used their app - no essay required. I wonder though - do they see one taking the easy way and give less merit? No way to know.

The good news is - if top schools are showing you $20 or $40k, you’re highly likely to qualify for need based aid.

So now your list can be wide assuming your parents can afford to pay that $40k.

You might also look at fly in programs - some LACs and high level schools will bring in URMs and expose them to the schools.

You have a chance at some prestigious programs like the Johnson @ W&L and others mentioned like the Jefferson at UVA and programs at Vandy, WUSTL. I’m going to back off the words strong contender that I saw used - because these are typically a lot of work and I’m not sure anyone is a strong contender - ie earning these is likely harder than securing an Ivy League acceptance. And time wise you probably can’t pursue them all.

If you want no essay - you can get it and go to school for free or near free - but guess what - when you want to get into an Honors college at said flagship…you then will have to write an essay.

Some essays are unique. Others can be used many a time with minor tweaks.

Common app is open. Start loading, for example the us news top 10 and top 10 lacs. U can go see their essays and see if that’s too much or about right. Are there commonalities so I can use an essay over and over?

What’s great with common app is you can add and delete schools all the time. So it’s easy to preview them. It’s just that you can have 20 at once.

So let us know - are essays something you want to avoid ? If so we have to move from top 20.

Thanks