<p>For USC: I went to USConnect, clicked admission documents, and saw
"Required
Documents and information you need to submit</p>
<p>None"
And then a long list of all the documents they have received. </p>
<h2>I assume this means my USC application is complete, even though the Undergraduate Application page states: “We are unable to process the status of your application at this time. Please try again later, or Contact Us with any questions or concerns you might have.”</h2>
<p>I am just concerned about the schools I did not apply for during the College Match. Because I am taking some January SAT IIs, my previous scores will not be sent until the January scores come out in February, so the entire profile can be sent. Will these scores be considered late? Will schools accept the scores on my official transcript until they receive the CB official scores in February?</p>
<p>hey guys. i know that this is really random and has nothing to do with this thread but i just want to know something. As questbridge apps are approaching, i have been thinking about my personal essay. i decided to write about my first encounter with my mother. the only problem is that on U.S. immigration papers and legal documents my mother is listed as my grandmother while my mother is listed as my sister(my grandmother and i fled war, but we thought we would never see my mom, that’s why my grandmother is listed as my mother). plus, i qualify as a first generation college student since my mom never finished high school.
phew, that was lot. but anyways what i want to know is how i should explain this to admissions and should i?.. my grandmother did this because she thought i would get deported since my mother lives in another country…</p>
<p>Explaining this on the hard circumstances (? I think that’s what it’s called) place and writing a personal essay will be fine. That story would be unique, and if you reflect on it, you should have no problem. Though a topic like this is touchy, it is a part of you and defines you. Don’t really tell the narrative, but pick a few moments such as seeing your mom for the first time and picking a few hardships associated with that and reflecting on it and connecting it with some other things in your life (school ?). And if it develops into something strong, it can be your commonapp essay. </p>
<p>Congrats Loremlpsum and wmf2011!! I applied to Rice, Upenn, Yale, uchicago, and Emory as a QB RD finalist. I hope I get accepted into one of them. Even more I hope the financial aid package is good cuz right now the university of Denver is offering 52,000 and the total cost is around 208,000. So I either need a big scholarship or get accepted into a school with a better financial aid package lol</p>
<p>Thanks, JSea – it’s actually my son that got in. You should be fine – your range of QB schools is broad and well-planned. We’re still waiting on the financial information.</p>
<p>Update: My son’s a QB finalist RD candidate accepted via early admission to Amherst (on Thursday) and Williams (today’s mail).</p>
<p>For those of you who are QB finalist and are either being admitted or have children who are being admitted, are you recieving gooid financial aid packages? I say this because I applied RD to my QB schools so I’m not sure if my financial aid package will be that good.</p>
<p>JSea, we haven’t yet received financial aid information (the CSS Profile iDocs deadline was very recent and pretty much required at most top QB schools).</p>
<p>My ED admit to Northwestern came with a great financial aid package… It wasn’t as much as the QB package, but really it only added the EFC to what I had to pay, which I’m hoping to cover with local scholarships anyway. Definitely reasonable - I think a lot of these colleges will make an effort to be attainable to admitted students.</p>
<p>My son is a QB applicant for regular decision, but got two early acceptance letters last week. Today we got financial aid details from Williams and they are quite generous. Our son will be expected to work maybe 7 hours a week at a campus job plus he/we will need to come up with $3000 a year (he’s expected to earn $1000 year, presumably at a summer job).</p>
<p>When one looks more closely at the numbers, it becomes obvious that tuition plus room and board are completely covered. The remaining “expense” categories include books ($800/year), personal expenses ($1200/year) and travel ($850/year). So we’ll end up only paying for these misc. expenses. Given that his food is paid for, I’d say that our net out-of-pocket costs may turn out to be less than what it costs to have him live at home and attend his public high school.</p>