National College Match - 2009-2010

<p>When will we know tomorrow? I have to work after 1:00 EST. It’d be nice to know before I go to work, but I get off at 5:30 anyways.</p>

<p>EDIT: Sorry guys. When I was reading the posts I’ve missed in the last day I skipped from page 191 to 193.</p>

<p>guys, my MIT interview is tmr! who else got an interview already?!</p>

<p>I contacted my MIT EC but no response yet… maybe because I spelled her name wrong? lol >_<</p>

<p>Ok guys… I have a confession and a problem. I’m not a US citizen, but I’ve been living in the US for 10 years. My mom has filed taxes once, but she doesn’t get tax returns since she doesn’t have a social (I don’t either). My dad doesn’t live with us and he’s never filed taxes… so I have no idea what to send as financial documents. Should I just call QB?</p>

<p>Btw, I’m optimistic because 2 years ago, a kid from my school was matched with U of Chicago and he didn’t have his green card. Last year, another kid from my school got matched with Yale! He’s in the same position as I am :). Gives me some hope! Speaking of which, I’ll go ask him now. I guess I’ll also call QB, but if anyone knows what I’m supposed to do, I’d appreciate your input!</p>

<p>I had my interview for MIT last Saturday and I felt it went well!</p>

<p>did he ask you “Why MIT?” because honestly, I don’t know the answer…</p>

<p>@ Code H: Oh gosh. I hate that question. EVERYWHERE always asks “Why this school?” ummmmm because i might be able to get a full ride scholarship??? :wink: somehow i don’t think that’s the answer they’re looking for… <em>sigh</em> those questions always kill me on common app supplements. :p</p>

<p>yea…because tbh. idk why MIT…its the money, really. lol…</p>

<p>i am so freaked out to see whether i’m a finalist!</p>

<p><em>fingers crossed…</em></p>

<p>^ haha i know, 24 hours from now i think i’m going to be the biggest ball of stress ever >_<</p>

<p>i know! regarding your previous posts, interview questions are scary…i havent had any yet, but im definitely nervous.</p>

<p>btw i called yale and princeton this morning to see if i could schedule an early interview and they weren’t very nice ;(</p>

<p>@xctf: I’m applying to a local state university. The reason I know it’s rolling decision is because my guidance counselor assured me and I mean, there’s only that ONE date in November to get stuff in if you want to go to the Honors College part of it. </p>

<p>And as for the “reading common app/no QB,” I’m really freaking about hearing about this. This really means that you have equal chance of getting into Stanford/Princeton/Columbia if you apply through QB or if you apply through ED or RD because they don’t really regard your QB application! No bias in those schools…which can both be either good or bad… In my case, I really wanted them to see my struggles but oh well…
Darn…that means they won’t see my QB teacher recs… </p>

<p>Btw, Princeton has such a nice staff from my phone call. No machines! Which was a surprise!</p>

<p>I dont’ think I can even get interviews for any of those schools. I feel like I’m living in the middle of nowhere…</p>

<p>^^^</p>

<p>I know what the heck! The lady at the Princeton office gave me some SERIOUS tude. I was like whatever dude…</p>

<p>Out of the 7 schools i’ve called, Vassar and Swat have BY FAR been the nicest.</p>

<p>Wow, really? The Princeton office seemed really nice to me :slight_smile: Guess I called at the right time…</p>

<p>i love princeton so much. if i get in…i’ll like…go crazy, like ughh!</p>

<p>(but first, wanna get finalist tmr ;))</p>

<p>@crystal91</p>

<p>Where and how did you find out about Stanford not reading QB application?</p>

<p>I called Stanford to originally ask: “so you’re going to like read all 4 teacher recs from combo of QB and Common app right?” and they were like “Ha. No” And it all went downhill from there.</p>

<p>talked to admissions officer handling questbridge applications too :)</p>

<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I saw some posts about Princeton and QB and thought this might be useful:</p>

<p>A Princeton rep came to my school and I asked them about QB and the Common App, and they said THEY DON’T LOOK AT YOUR QB APP. The only thing they look at is the Common App, its supplement, and the transcripts, recs, etc. They won’t go through the 20+ page QB app. So this may be bad news for some, good news for others.</p>

<p>Other than that, I’m already freaking out about the results tomorrow. I think that every time I’ll pass by a computer I will pounce on it and check! AHH! Why don’t they send an e-mail or something with a specific time, to give us all some peace of mind?</p>

<p>Anyway, good luck to you all. It was a pleasure talking with you (it seems so long ago that we were freaking out about filling out the app and the site crashing!) Whatever happens, it happens for a reason, and I’m sure we’ll all eventually get into schools that we’ll love. I hope. Good luck!</p>

<p>^ OMG. BEST NEWS EVER. </p>

<p>I found 2 typos in my EC section and also have better explanations of my ECs in my CommonApp than in the QB App.</p>

<p>But it sucks that they won’t look at my essays though… :frowning:
(although, i’ll just try to morph my information into CommonApp somehow…)</p>

<p>^Yea, this is like good news and bad news, cause I think I was kinda rushed for QB essays and so didn’t really have “perfect” ones, yet I Matched MIT and Yale so they will only look at the QB app and nothing else…and MIT is like my number one choice…</p>

<p>@Code H: Haha, morph your info into CommonApp? Kudos to you if you can do that…I’ve been trying… lol, and it’s not working out too well since I want my resume in the additional info section… and personal biography in personal essay section…and then supplement topics are completely not related… GAH.</p>