<p>@DAIMYO I use home phone but when there’s a cell option too I do both</p>
<p>…bump.</p>
<p>Just sent in my test sores… now I’m committed to writing all these essays… </p>
<p>Also, @minhoforever, is your username a SHINee reference??</p>
<p>Well, I just finished my first draft of my Common App essay. Hooray for progress.</p>
<p>I finished a draft of my Common App essay yesterday. I think I’ve improved it, but something still seems off in the last paragraph.
I just added Dartmouth to my list, although I’m scared to death about asking for a peer recommendation!</p>
<p>You gotta get a friend to write you a recommendation? That’s a little much, even for college admissions.</p>
<p>I know. What senior even has time to work on anyone else’s application?</p>
<p>@elf4EVA haha no it’s not. Its a reference to a South Korean actor named lee min ho. </p>
<p>@minhoforever ahhh, gotcha - I’ve heard of him, but I’m not too into Kdramas</p>
<p>@geros9 Could you ask a friend to do the peer review? I’ve crossed Dartmouth off (not totally in love with them) but I’d planned on asking either a close friend or my sister to write one for me. </p>
<p>@HeyLei I know exactly which friend I’m going to ask, but I still think it’s going to be really awkward.</p>
<p>@geros9 That’s great! About the friend that is. Hopefully it’ll be totally un-awkward. Good luck with the rest of your applications!!</p>
<p>I don’t get why some schools go that far, asking for a peer recommendation… </p>
<p>Ugh, the peer rec… all of my friends are in/graduated from college, and I’m on my gap year working at my school, so the people I associate with most are my former teachers. Hopefully I’ll get accepted to my ED school so I won’t have to worry about this, but…</p>
<p>hey all I’m a fellow 2015er I know i’m joining a tad late but hi:) and as far as common app goes I have a couple drafts of the story prompt done. Nice to meet y’all</p>
<p>haha I’ve offered to write one for my friend if he decides to apply to Dartmouth.
I think the peer rec is kind of a cool idea because the friend/sibling/etc. is closer to you & he/she gets to show Admissions a side of you that your teachers might not have covered. Unless the person writes bad things, of course…</p>
<p>@medoh96 Welcome! Eesh, I feel like I’ve been rewriting my story prompt for forever XD I can hardly wait for it to be completely finished. @collegefountain I agree! I thought it was pretty neat that Dartmouth does this.</p>
<p>I think it’s over the top to let some of the decision rest on the writing of a teenage non-applicant who the decision wouldn’t even affect…</p>
<p>My Common App essay is done and just needs to be proofread. Times like this I envy people who have started school already and/or starting school in the next week or so. I have to wait until September and then rush to ask for LOR. And teachers don’t like being bothered in the first few weeks so I don’t even know how I’ll be able to get these LORs.</p>
<p>And the QuestBridge Match thing went out today and now I’m feeling overwhelmed. Oh well.</p>
<p>My Common App essay should be done ASAP, and I haven’t even started it. My novel for NaNoWriMo must be finished by the end of November, and I’ve been planning since April.</p>
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