<p>Probably 5/6.</p>
<p>Lol, I’ve always loved the library; book was one of my very first words (apparently).</p>
<p>Probably 2, at this point.
University of Michigan ED and Ohio State if I don’t get in at Michigan. I was considering applying to LACs and stuff but I REALLY don’t feel like writing supplement essays for a college I won’t get into anyway.</p>
<p>My first word was “mama” because I’m original like that.</p>
<p>My first word was “MotherIwouldliketosuckleonyour*****ifyouwouldkindlyallowmeasIneccessitatenourishmentrightnow”</p>
<p>That or “mommy,” I forget.</p>
<p>Also, heather didn’t you get a ridiculously high SAT score?</p>
<p>Probably 6/7 schools. Here’s my tentative college plan. </p>
<p>Scenario 1: Apply to Questbridge, if accepted, rank Wesleyan, USC, Northwestern in that order. If accepted into one, my college admissions process is over. If not accepted into one of those schools, apply to NYU ED2, and forward my application to those ranked schools for regular decision. I’ll also apply RD to Syracuse, Ohio State, and UIUC. </p>
<p>Scenario 2: Apply to Questbridge, if declined, apply to NYU ED1, apply to UIUC EA, and apply RD to Wesleyan, USC, Northwestern, Syracuse, and Ohio State. </p>
<p>I’m most likely going to be accepted into NYU, UIUC, Syracuse, and Ohio State. Northwestern…maybe, and that’s only because my school has a good reputation with the Northwestern adcoms. USC and Wesleyan…well I’ll be living on a prayer with those two. </p>
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<p>I hope you weren’t on the Red Line. God bless you if you were.</p>
<p>^^
Yeah, but it doesn’t make up for my lack of good ECs/leadership. I’m first-generation, though. So I guess that would help at some places.
I’m not really sure how I’d fare in college admissions. It seems like people either overestimate or underestimate the difficulty of getting into selective colleges. People in RL underestimate, and people on here overestimate.</p>
<p>“I hope you weren’t on the Red Line. God bless you if you were.”</p>
<p>I think we were on the Blue Line. A guy tried to pickpocket me, but I didn’t have any money in the pocket he reached into. It was scary, though.</p>
<p>Yeah right now I have 15 schools on my list, all LACs. So basically my summer will be consumed with writing supplements. I am applying early to three schools, hopefully I will just get into one of them and not have to apply/write supplements for my safeties. That would lower my supplement writing list to around 11.</p>
<p>Oh the Blue Line. I take that to school. And wow, someone tried to pickpocket you? Crazy, that’s never happened to me.</p>
<p>Probably because I looked all naive and touristy. (Oh my God, spell check didn’t get “touristy.” It’s a real word.)</p>
<p>Lmaooo touristy is a word? Collegeboard should put it on the new revised SAT.</p>
<p>Here’s the article about college essays, I had to copy and paste because it’s hidden if you aren’t a subscriber so here it is!
Hundreds of thousands of students using the Common Application to apply to college in the next school year will be the first to write those so-important personal essays using new questions designed to highlight diverse life stories. </p>
<p>The much-anticipated changes, announced this week by the nonprofit Common Application Inc., are the first in nearly a decade.</p>
<p>The revamped form launches Aug. 1 for the 2013-2014 college admissions season, part of a new, Web-only application. The Common Application, which allows students to apply to many undergraduate institutions simultaneously, is accepted by more than 520 universities and colleges in 46 states and the District of Columbia, as well as by a number of colleges overseas.
Students now will have the option to write on such topics as a time they changed a belief, or a place where they are completely content. Applicants will choose one of five questions upon which to write an essay of up to 650 words.</p>
<p>The previous essay questions asked applicants to write about a significant influence or an issue of local, national or international concern and its importance.</p>
<p>“The mission is still the same. This is just a new lens which students can use to build their essays,” said Scott Anderson, director of outreach for the Common Application.</p>
<p>In the 2011-12 admissions cycle, 663,000 students worldwide used the Common App, Anderson said, and the group expects that number to rise by 10 percent in the coming admissions cycle.</p>
<p>The new essay questions, also called prompts, were devised after two years of discussion on the important role that writing plays in college admission. It relied heavily on advice from 15 counselors on the group’s Outreach Advisory Committee.</p>
<p>In announcing the changes, the group said it “worked diligently to ensure that all applicants, regardless of background or access to counseling, would have the chance to tell their unique stories.”</p>
<p>Carol Barash, a private college essay-writing consultant, said the move “really levels the playing field” for college applicants.</p>
<p>Unlike the old, multilayered questions, the new ones are simpler and direct, and don’t require interpretation, said Barash, who began a Manhattan-based company called Story to College after working as a faculty adviser to the admissions office at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.</p>
<p>“They’re not looking to hear about fancy or expensive service trips here,” Barash said. “They really want to know who you are as a person.”</p>
<p>Roosevelt High School guidance counselor Sean O’Brien said the new questions offer a framework that focuses on the students’ background, giving them more confidence that they have an interesting story no matter where they’re from.</p>
<p>“They can express who they are as a whole person, not just a transcript or a piece of paper,” O’Brien said. “This is really one of the first opportunities students ever have to market themselves.”</p>
<p>Students will be asked to choose among these prompts to write one essay of 650 words or less</p>
<p>I believe when I originally read it in the paper it had more information, not sure I hope you guys find it helpful though!</p>
<p>@Heather: You should totally apply to more places than UMich and OSU. Worst case scenario is that you get rejected and go to Michigan. Best case scenario, well, who knows :)</p>
<p>Greetings, fellow 2014-ers.</p>
<p>I haven’t been on this thread in forever. I have approximately 12-13 schools I’m thinking of. I’m also going to apply EA a few places and hopefully it’ll work out.</p>
<p>Just 1 more semester and junior year is over! Unfortunately, it’s also the busiest for me…</p>
<p>@TheKongo
I’m applying to around 6 schools. My mom thinks I should only apply to 2 or 3, but I’m like lol mom that’s not how it works. Applying to just 2 is too risky</p>
<p>Gah how do yall narrow down your list? I was planning on visiting each one, but they’re all over the country. One isn’t even remotely close to the others.</p>
<p>Also do yall think it’s dumb if I only apply to one safety, a match or two that I would enjoy going to, and 5-6 reaches that I’d love to get into? My GPA/ACT combination is good enough to get in most places, so I’m not worried about getting rejected from everywhere.</p>
<p>I have, like, 12 schools. I’m meeting with my Guidance Counselor this Wednesday so the list may get shrunk. </p>
<p>Most people at my school are CRAZY when it comes to applying to colleges. Like they apply to ALL the ivies, some others such as Stanford, MIT, USC, Duke, and some other big names. That’s like ~16 right there. And then they check “all” for the UC app, and the UCs are their “safeties”. So overall, the average number of schools people apply to reaches about 30 (counting UCs as one app). So I’m on the low side. </p>
<p>So, guys, don’t worry, you actually don’t have an insane number of schools… Well, that is unless you don’t want to spend $3000+ on college apps.</p>
<p>Harvard is coming to my school’s college fair next week…time to ■■■■■ the admissions officer. I need condescending questions. </p>
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<p>I’m applying 5 schools.
I narrowed it down to applying to one “reach” school (UChicago)
My dream school (University of Rochester)
Two schools where even though it’s not my dream I would still be happy (Dickinson and William & Mary)
And one saftey school (St Mary’s of Maryland)</p>
<p>^I want to go to U of Rochester as well. Though because of the way college apps work I don’t have a dream school (don’t want to set myself up for disappointment).</p>
<p>I just really love their open curriculum and it just looks soooo great. My mom and I are visiting at the end of this month.
I am kind of wary about having a dream school, but because there are several other places where I know I’ll be fine and enjoy myself, I’m not too worried</p>
<p>About Essays:
For the failure prompt, would talking about not getting a part in the high school musical this year, despite being in a school play every year since fifth grade be appropriate? I’m worried because it just happened last month and I haven’t had too much time to grow from that experience.
If that doesn’t work then I will probably write about my church mission trips to Kenya and Peru where I did an eyeglasses clinic.</p>
<p>I’d go with the second one :D</p>