<p>So what time exactly is the common app and supplements due? 11:59 pm today Pacific time or Eastern?</p>
<p>@tomjonesistheman: for the QuestBridge application (due date of Sept 30) it says Pacific time so it should be the same for these materials too right? Unless it’s college specific (like Stanford would be Pacific time and Columbia would be Eastern)?</p>
<p>I would submit it by midnight eastern time just in case.</p>
<p>Hey guys. just some questions with regarding those who ranked UPenn.</p>
<p>-Has anyone figured out what the Application Signature is yet?</p>
<p>-Figured out this question. Just caused myself a panic attack lol</p>
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<p>WashU is actually my first choice! Getting into Stanford would be bittersweet because WashU simply won’t be able to compete with Stanford on an FA level. If I get Matched at Yale, my second choice, well frankly I probably won’t go unless WashU pulls through with a really unbearable package. I’m thinking “Leland Stanford Junior Farm” but none of my friends would get it. Half of my family still thinks Stanford is in Connecticut.</p>
<p>@chinaman545: On the list of required materials for ranked colleges under UPenn, it does not say that the Common App supplement is required so it is not required. Only the supplement to the QB application is needed.</p>
<p>oh lol. I see. I feel like I should’ve ranked Yale lower. Come to think of it, I probably should’ve placed it after Stanford… </p>
<p>I am slowly beginning to think that I’ll be more happy at P than H (assuming of course, that I’ll actually have that choice! lol, very highly unlikely.). Princeton is growing on me.</p>
<p>For those of you interested in Harvard, I was there for 7 weeks. I can answer questi0ns about social life/campus setting/freshman dormitories if you have any…</p>
<p>spiritualwitch and crystal91: thanks!</p>
<p>wait so I don’t need to mail transcripts for stanford and columbia? my counselor did the recommendation for both of those schools online.</p>
<p>but i still have to mail transcripts for penn and yale I’m assuming? why can’t the transcript i faxed to questbridge be used? it’s the same copy…</p>
<p>wow I had no idea. at least i’ll have 2 extra transcripts to lay around haha.</p>
<p>so to clarify, i don’t need to mail transcripts to stanford or columbia if my counselor did his recommendations online, but i need to mail them to penn and yale?</p>
<p>@spiritualwitch: Our head counselor is a BEAST. She got UPenn, Harvard and Princeton to come this year. And then the private school near by let the public school kids sit in on their Brown meeting. Now if only the other kids in my grade weren’t so darn smart i wouldn’t have the huge competition! XD</p>
<p>@Code H: You went to the Harvard Secondary School program? That’s what I’m assuming. That’s like $7000! How did you afford it? Did you do a different program? I didn’t bother to apply because I know those programs are just cash cows, so even with financial aid I’d still owe like $3500… plus I have to work all summer, but my mom could have taken out a loan for the bills and I could have paid it off with my job during the school year (at least that was my plan).</p>
<p>I know all of you are exhausted by the extensive QB process and are looking forward to November as a month “off.” That being said, the chances of being matched are slim. For those of you who are AA, Hispanic, Asian or Native American, you might want to start right away for the Gates Scholarship.</p>
<p>[::</a>. The Gates Millennium Scholars .::](<a href=“http://gmsp.org/]::”>http://gmsp.org/)</p>
<p>The Deadline is not till January 11th, but considering the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, you will need to get a start on this right away as they will require many essay’s, and rec’s, transcripts, etc. You will need to request some of these from your schools before X-mas break.</p>
<p>applicannot. colleg prep. i got that QB scholarship so it was all-expense paid.</p>
<p>but don’t worry, it has a down side. i had to tell princeton and YALE about my time spent at Harvard (ugh, this sucks…you have no idea how concerned i am about this)…</p>
<p>Thanks GA2012MOM!!! I had forgotten about Gates!</p>
<p>@MOM: Woww the app for that looks worse than QB. Awesome.</p>
<p>GA2012MOM, you’re depressing us. :(</p>
<p>kidding, kidding, I guess you’re just being realistic with us…</p>
<p>About the Gates Scholarship, would there be a chance for someone to get it if he/she is Chinese or Korean?</p>
<p>O_O. 9 ESSAYS?! ummm…</p>
<p>@Code H: I completely about that for QB. Sorry about that. I was like what the heck, how did (s)he afford that and make QB!? I tried everything I could think of. I had never heard of QB so I didn’t apply for the College Prep Scholarship. And I thought TASP was one of those dozens of scams I get every year, so I didn’t bother to apply to that either…</p>
<p>Basically I just checked out the Gates Scholarship applications. Good luck to everyone who fills out that sucker. Here’s one fewer competitor.</p>
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<p>There was a debate on another Gates thread before regarding who qualified forl Gates under the Asian section, the wording seemed to be a little confusing. I think Chinese or Korean are okay though, as there have been past recipients from there.</p>
<p>Some of you may be wondering what Gates will do for you if you get into a school that gives you 100% need based grants. Gates will pay for your work-study! That means thay they give you a check at the beginning of each semester for the money you would have earned from working in the gym, library, etc. for you spending money, whether for personal items, laundry, pizza or a movie. It allows you more time for studying. </p>
<p>Sorry to put a damper on your November. I think my D thought I was insane when I “made” her apply to Gates even though she was a QB match. She now is quite happy that I was the crazy mom that made her do it. :)</p>
<p>Haha yeah…that’s quite a bit of writing. How much is the Gates worth anyways? Like half tuition? Full ride?</p>
<p>Ju_liaa, Gates covers ALL unmet need. If you go to a school with a COA of 50,000, but they give you a FA package of 23,000 in loans, Gates will cover that! It is definately worth applying.</p>