Correct; ELC guarantees that if I’m rejected from every UC I Apply to, they will offer a spot at “another UC” (normally UCM, rarely UCR). That is, I don’t need to apply
correct! I save myself 160 by not applying to UCR/ucm
I’m debating Uchicago right now, but its a maybe-probably. My school barred me from double.triple acceleration math, taking Self-study AP Testing, etc. (just overall a bad HS for kids who want to. I didn’t even get a retest for an exam I had a broken hand for (I wrote my HuG FRQs with a broken wrist) and no retest date for being sick with a 104 (I had to come in and take the test, 0/10 would not reccomend)
I love to learn, but its the grades are are causing issues. That was my point with this post; To what extent does my GPA degrade my app? bc without any grades assuming I was homeschooled or smth I’d say my learning is pretty good
And of course, even at top schools you get profs who are just not good at teaching (maybe even more so as they are usually there for research first). And doing gen ed someone invariably does a subject they’re not particularly interested in. The colleges want to know you’re still going to put in the work.
How do you know what scholarships you’ll get before you know what college you’re going to?
What happens if the stock market crashes and your investment returns are not what you think they’ll be?
My parents and I have set up plans for my payment; These scholarships are to me and not to the school (They go towards any college, for example the one I received from my regional Honor Choir, it’s $2,000 in any college provided I am a member of their org)
Ok, I’m aware of those kind but not of any that are meaningful (at least in the context of $80k per year).
I hope you understand that we are not trying to nitpick on your posts but just trying to be realistic. Often, if most of the tuition is not already “in the bank” (literally, as in a 529 balance) by the end of senior year, there is always a risk that something unexpected happens (even with a 529, a market crash can be an issue with what you thought was banked). In that sense, the difference between instate tuition and a top private out of state can be significant.
(As an aside, I assume you do actually understand why 1470 is not NMSF for California, but your SAT is obviously very good and that matters more for admissions.)
He would of been in Eight Grade when the Covid 19 vaccine came out
start of 9th* vaccine rollout in my area started mid/late 2021; other locations were super far (1+ hrs)
It’s always a concern. Me and my dad just talked about it, I quote him: “The only money you really have is the hard cash in your wallet.”
In the bank itself, I can afford about 2 semesters at the most expensive colleges (without scholarship). But this is really eye-opening; You’ve definitely opened my eyes more. Thank you for this.
My friend - you better find proof or a letter of recommendation for this - there’s just no one who will believe this (true or not) - and I can’t imagine it can be true.
You needn’t have me believe it but if you put it on your app, someone at a school will have to and I don’t see how:
- Spearheaded and ran entire local Covid-19 drive, managed 2000+ volunteers/members and vaccinated/tested 50k+ over 2.5 years
I doubt that.
My kids have definitely had more bad professors than high school teachers (large public’s), and many professors expect students to take exams sick or injured (again, this might be a large public thing, that’s all I’m familiar with). Exams don’t necessarily reflect what was taught in class.
You have to look at whether or not they also have a Ling PhD program (which implies that there is the depth for a strong ling dep’t), and how many undergrads a year they graduate in Ling. Also, there are subsections of linguistics - many schools might only have an intro level course in the particular area that a student might be interested in. But yes, UCSB and UCSD are on the list, and of course would be affordable for an in-state applicant. Not many OOS publics are going to give fin aid or merit money - UMass Amherst is very high on the list and does give significant OOS merit. Some of the other highly ranked publics might, also. QS World University Rankings for Linguistics 2024 | Top Universities
That was a helpful clarification!
So I am thinking if you sort of hold aside all the big private Reaches, again the OP is not so far from a pretty good core list. You’ve got a number of UCs in the Target or Reach range that seem like good fits. You have Illinois and Washington which seem like good fits. Add UMass Amherst–which I am very much persuaded is a good choice–and . . . that’s a pretty good list, I would think.
Although I guess there is still a latent affordability issue. I am not sure what a Merced would cost the OP, and whether UMass Amherst (even with reasonable merit) would be competitive.
But this may be a problem that we can’t actually solve. Like, there may just not be a really good Linguistics program available to the OP that would be competitive on cost with Merced. And if that ends up true, they will have to decide what to do about that.
I think the OP mentioned he has an LOR from the mayor about this, but…The UCs don’t accept letters of recommendation, so that won’t help for those. Some schools do not accept outside LORs (only teacher LORs), so again, won’t help. Some schools DO accept outside LORs, so it could help there. But he won’t be able to rely on being able to provide proof as many places won’t look at it - that’s why the descriptions he provides in the app will be critical to believability.
I find this quite apocryphal. I am not sure the group should spend so much time on this.
Lots of ■■■■■■■■ but pretty funny regardless
How do you have that high of an SAT score and you continue to misspell GUARANTEED?
Hopefully you’re a better student than you are a writer. You should always endeavor to speak proper English, even in the College Confidential forum.