<p>Similar to the Stanford thing: I’m applying to Penn and just got my information for the Applicant Portal. Under My Application, it has my signature, teacher recommendations, and a couple of other things missing that I thought went along with the QB app. I don’t want to go into a panic, but it’s a college application, and the last thing I want to be denied for is having an incomplete application. Does anyone know what’s up?</p>
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<p>Actually, you can add them up, because the SAME SCHOOL is looking at your application TWICE - you’re not adding together eight random statistics. Plus, QB only chooses finalists with the basic credentials to be matched - Stanford and Yale and the other partner schools aren’t going to pay QB to hand over a list of unqualified students.</p>
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<p>Where is this information? That would be awesome to find. Also, there’s a chart on the website on QB that shows you through QB, URMs are a lot better off than ORMs and white students. I’m not saying I agree, just that it’s there.</p>
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<p>Well actually… you can. First, the point of the Finalist round is to weed out people with an extra small likelihood of getting matched; i.e., essays that weren’t as good, incomes that were higher, lower scores. So if you get to the Match, you are not going to be denied because your SAT score was literally too low. You’re competitive, obviously just not competitive enough to get admitted. Secondly, you can add the statistics because you’re talking about the statistics for the SAME SCHOOL, which will view your same application TWICE. It’s not like adding the statistics for eight different schools.</p>
<p>Also, where did you find information on Stanford’s QB matches? I’m curious. Also, there’s a chart on the QB website that shows that being white or ORM makes it very difficult to make finalist, much less the match. I’m not saying I agree with it, but there it is. I think some colleges are using this program almost exclusively for URMs. Only a handful of colleges put much stock in first generation/low-income.</p>
<p>Awesome. I thought I didn’t post because my browser died, turns out I did, and there you go, two versions of the same general post.</p>
<p>“Hey, I just received my Penn portal information. If I attend the National College Match, am I supposed to choose Early Decision on the Penn Financial Aid Supp form or Regular Decision?”</p>
<p>Anyone answer my question, please!!!</p>
<p>at this point? JUST GET IT IN!!!</p>
<p>(i’d say reg…because stanford also asks us to put down ‘regular decision’)</p>
<p>:) Actually Penn just extended the deadline to November 15th. Thank you!</p>
<p>oh lord. Yale just contacted me for an interview… O_O</p>
<p>@Code H: THEY contacted YOU? You never asked for an interview?</p>
<p>Oh dear…</p>
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Oops! I think in the congratulations letter Yale sent us, they said that we might be contacted for interview.</p>
<p>Oh lord. This guy ALSO works in the finance industry…my MIT interviewer was too (and she had no interest whatsoever in what I had to say…)…■■■</p>
<p>ugh, why meeeeee… :(</p>
<p>P.S. he didn’t give me a time or a place. what should i suggest? his workplace or a coffee shop? i don’t feel comfortable in formal clothing…so maybe a coffee shop? but he’s probably going to be in a suit… :(</p>
<p>and he wants to meet at night, so i don’t where where we should meet…</p>
<p>i am holding off on replying until tomorrow…</p>
<p>Don’t worry, Code H. Working in the same industry doesn’t mean it will be a similar interview.</p>
<p>I haven’t been contacted for an interview. I really hope I don’t have one. My last interview went badly. The interviewers didn’t understand me at all. They were like… so you grew up low-income? And I said yes. And they said… but you go to a private school. And I said well yeah, my school sucked, I pay for the whole thing by working. And they were like… I don’t believe you. And then they were like… but you live on the beach? Uh, no. I live on fish kill beach in a cottage with less square footage than a double wide trailer, often no running water, no indoor plumbing until recently, a leaky roof, mold and asbestos to which I am severely allergic…! Augh! They were so thick-headed. I don’t feel like explaining my life story again.</p>
<p>applicannot. same. ugh. my last interviewer didn’t really care about my circumstances…plus i am not die-hard omg-must-get-into-Yale… :(</p>
<p>UPDATE: just mini-stalked my interviewer…ummm…in his 40s, in a suit, rather WASPy (probably was a private-school new england prep 20 years ago when he was at Yale).</p>
<p>HELP!!! fmlfml</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not die hard Yale either. In fact if I get matched to Yale and WashU pulls through even in the slightest - or I decide that work study or twice as much debt is worth it - I will not even attend.</p>
<p>The worst part of my interview was that the person asking me those questions was the Diversity Coordinator. It was me vs. three interviewers. It sucked royally. I kept talking about my life as a cashier and they were like, well what are your other ECs? I talked about the one other one I have, which is pretty intense, but they didn’t “get” that one either. They didn’t seem to understand why I spent so much time working.</p>
<p>Did anyone get contacted directly by any colleges yet, to confirm that they received all your stuff? If the answer is yes, I think it’s time for me to get nervous.</p>
<p>wait, guys… i din’t get anything from yale :(.
And guys, the interview won’t necessarily make or break it, right?</p>
<p>Only Notre Dame has contacted me so far…I’m getting nervous too</p>
<p>all the kids who are the reasons why i dislike high school are applying to yale.</p>
<p>oh well :goes to create a list of “why yale” answers:</p>
<p>P.S. applicannot, are you Chris Kelly on fb? if you aren’t in the group, you should join, and we can chat there too, lol.</p>
<p>and hey! what’s wrong with being a private-school new england prep kid?? kidding</p>