High School Class of 2014

<p>I’m excited to apply for Stanford SCEA. Stanford offers a great education, but the campus is so vibrant and nerdy. I liked the uchicago supplement, but my favorite of all has to be Stanford’s. Yale’s was slightly frightening, not going to lie haha.</p>

<p>Also, I’d advise against attaching a resume. Just list what you want to list in your activities section. You only have 10 spaces, but I don’t see why there would be a need for more than that. I did have 15 activities, but I condensed it all into 7 because most of them were interrelated and redundant to put separately.</p>

<p>I have a questions about entering info for the activities section. Where do you put the name of your EC? In the position held space (ex: Secretary of Key Club) or additional info? Oh and for additional info is it supposed to be in sentences or just phrases? D:</p>

<p>I did a couple Addntl Info in sentences because I needed to actually explain what the activity was like XYZ is a club designed to do blahblahblah, but for most I just did phrases. For position held I but what the activity was like XYZ Club Board Member and for additional info I would put something like VP (11), President (12).</p>

<p>Funny story: a couple of days ago I was helping with freshmen orientation touring the kids and telling them about my school, and when I got finished my shift and on my way out the door, the band kids were coming in and I heard them talking about me. At first I couldn’t understand what they were saying, after a couple of seconds, I heard what they were saying. They said, “Look at that freshman; so confused. He doesn’t know right from its left.”</p>

<p>I was walking pretty fast I couldn’t process all of this, but when I got home I actually sat down and realized that I really do look like a freshman lol. Also the main thing that bugged me was the fact that this kid called me “it.”</p>

<p>Anyway, I did the same as Superstarlala.</p>

<p>Put the club’s name under Details/awards/additional info. </p>

<p>Hahaha that’s great. That happened to me as well when I was showing seventh graders around during orientation as a freshman.</p>

<p>Thanks, so I just list the position and then in details add the club name, description, and accomplishments?</p>

<p>and @FantasyVesperia I don’t think they called you it purposely lol. maybe I’m just a confrontational person, but I would’ve turned around and told them, “btw, I’m actually a senior and I know how to use grammar better than you.” heh</p>

<p>Thanks, so I just list the position and then in details add the club name, description, and accomplishments?
^ Yup! (:
For position, put JUST the title of your position and the year(s) you had the position
In the description, put your accomplishments, the name of the club, and possibly a small explanation if it’s something obscure that the admissions officers might not recognize. If it’s something like Key Club, leave it at Key Club. If it’s something like a local program unique to your area, then elaborate.</p>

<p>Do we have to predict about our positions a little? For example I am the only track senior who has ran every season (and Im pretty good at what I do) so I am probably going to be captain. It feels a little disingenuous putting it down now though.</p>

<p>I have a few extracurriculars my parents don’t know about - awkward.</p>

<p>@quidditchcat you would^^ </p>

<p>@Fantasy I will definitely be mistaken for a freshman, everyone I meet tells me I look 13 years old. Most people at my school know I’m a senior, I hope.</p>

<p>My brothers friend came over yesterday and he said “are you gonna be a sophomore or junior?”</p>

<p>And I’m like…a senior. Haha.</p>

<p>Are any of you worried that you’re going to be the one person who ends up being rejected everywhere? I certainly feel that way. There’s just too many reasons why schools should reject me.</p>

<p>Yes! In fact, my brother told me that one of his friends (who is really, really smart, by the way) ended up going to a not-so-good university. He was rejected from all the top colleges and had applied there as a safety. What a shame.</p>

<p>To me personally, it doesn’t really matter what undergraduate school you attend. At this point getting into a college is my only concern. From what it looks like, I think I’ll be attending my safety school. My safety is cheaper, close to home and full of opportunities.</p>

<p>^ I really wish I could say that. But my parents are so obsessed with me getting into the best college I can. And that’s probably reasonable since I won’t be able to afford graduate school.</p>

<p>Agree with fantasy.</p>

<p>Off topic but I had the worst cramps in my calves for the past two days. It was agony. I think it was a lack of ions and stuff.</p>

<p>My GPA is the only reason for schools to reject me, unfortunately for me, that’s the most important factor. I’m basically applying on a leap of faith. I’ll definitely get into UIUC. I mean they accept 2.5 gpa 24 act students from my school so I’m fine there, but I would like to not go to my state flagship unless I have to. </p>

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<p>Haha my friends and I had the same worry. I’m sure you fine as long as you apply to a good spectrum of schools. Apply to a few reaches/matches, but make sure to have two safeties. Most of the colleges on my list are reaches (and I’m not sure if I have a chance at getting into one of them haha), but I wouldn’t mind going to my safeties if all else fails.</p>

<p>I was going to apply to my state university solely because they would offer me a full ride + stipend + extra scholarship and guaranteed internships at a hospital here, but my state is pretty horrible in terms of education, the university is somewhere I’d be absolutely unhappy at, and there is a very high chance that with the program I’d be in, I’d be forced into a career path I didn’t want to pursue haha. Doesn’t sound too appealing to me, even though there are perks. My safeties are both at least 200 miles away from my state :P</p>

<p>I’m definitely not getting rejected EVERYWHERE, and no one else here is either, unless someone applies to only reaches. But I’m not even worried about getting into my reaches. I don’t expect to get into either of them in the first place, so I won’t be devastated if they tell me no. Even if I get accepted to both, it’s no guarantee I’ll attend either. Unless I apply ED to Northwestern, which I almost certainly won’t.</p>

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<p>No. I predict I’ll be accepted to six of my schools and rejected from three. And I probably wouldn’t even be able to afford the rejection schools anyway.
I want to go to grad school, so I don’t care a whole lot about extreme prestige as long as I go to a reasonably well-known school with lots of opportunities and course offerings. The reason I’ve done so well in high school is that I was one of the smarter people and I basically had academic opportunities handed to me. It’d be nice to have that sort of thing at college as well.</p>