NOT a "chance me" thread -- just need some advice.

DowneasterDad
Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:06:39 +0000

Swing is 100% correct. I can tell you from our own experience that our D focused on all the requirements for each college she applied to but she/we never followed nor knew there was a “sercet formula,” to follow. She happened to be a dedicated, well-rounded student who happened to catch the eye of an admissions officer. To be honest, she and we were sure she wouldn’t be accepted because of the sheer numbers stacked against her. When we went to our campus tour and looked around at the 100+ other students that were there on an average weekday(the largest crowd of students for any tour we took) we thought to ourselves, “geesh, only about 7 or 8 of these kids are getting in . . .”

We didn’t even know CC or any site like it existed; it wasn’t until she received a “Likely” that we came here on the suggestion of one of her friends to verify if they were legit.

I can honestly say that if we had found CC before the application process it might have changed her approach to her essays(probably for the worse) and most certainly would’ve added way more stress to the already stressful first-half of her senior year.

My advice is to take Swing’s advice and keep your head down and go to work on being the best you can be and stay off of CC until March of next year.