how screwed am i?

advantagious
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:56:42 +0000

Okay, here are my suggestions: Write an extra letter/couple of paragraphs detailing your personal struggles, but leave your essays to other, more insightful topics so that the admissions committee gets to know you. Shoot for a couple of real reaches and a couple of smaller reaches like UChicago and UMich, but make sure that your list has lots of balance. Also, there are tons of top universities and colleges in the country–don’t ignore the LAC list, where you can find every bit as great of an education and, for all but the most selective LAC’s, the door is open just a little bit wider.