So I missed out on the letter L in my first activity, the first word.

It became Earned instead of Learned. I'm so anxious because it's the first activity AND the first word, so there's no way they'll skip over it, and it's going to leave a really bad impression.

Should I email them? I submitted the application two weeks back but I just caught this and I don't know what to do now. It's gone to three colleges

I’m contemplating whether to submit my superstore of 1350 SAT to Santa Clara…the 25th percentile is exactly 1350 but I’m also applying for the business school so I’m not sure still.

I applied EA but in the case I get deferred or can update information, should I consider submitting it and letting them know or use it in admissions?

i have a 3.85/4.59 gpa, which is solid, however it is on the lower tail end of the UCs which i want to apply to. my extracurriculars are okay, but not outstanding. i have no awards.

how do i sell myself to the UCs with my writing? I know i should be authentically myself but won't everyone else be doing the same thing? how do i stand out?

I have finished filling my CSS profile with my dad and I am not worried about having to prove the information I have provided as it is true and well documented. Although, I decided to leave out the fact that my parents own a land that is worth a lot and may not look good on the profile, will that cause any problems? Another thing is that after calculating the income and expenditure on the CSS profile, I have shown around 3700 US dollars yearly saving, is that a lot of is it good enough to get me a good aid offer. I just want to make sure my parent's can send me to university without having to worry a lot about the financial stress.

Identity:

· Deaf (DEAF)

· LGBTQ

· First-Generation College Student

· Non-traditional students

· international students

Education Background:

· Graduated from an ordinary, lesser-known high school in China

Academic Performance:

· GPA approximately 90, ranked in the top 5% of the grade

· Standardized test scores near perfect

Competitions & Honors:

· Awarded in programming competitions

· Awarded in high school mathematics competitions

· Literary and art awards, school scholarships, and small honors

Activities:

· Experience in developing sign language translation software

Intended Major:

· Undecided

Is my weighted GPA out of 5.0? I have near-perfect grades, so my unweighted GPA is around 3.99, but it says my weighted GPA is 4.3.

Does a 4.3/5.0 suggest my GPA is low since it's not near 5.0? My counselors have no idea what they are doing.

hi! i’m applying ed to a top 6 school this year, and i was wondering if i get a c in one class first semester, but a’s in all of the others, would they rescind my offer when my first semester grades are finalized?

for reference, i’m taking all aps this year, and i’m just really bad at physics - i have a c in ap physics 1 but a’s in every other class. if i get accepted, what are the chances that a first semester c would lead to rescinded admission??

edit: before this i only had one b in freshman year for ap spanish

Hi! I'm having trouble submitting my first quarter grade report. It says a counselor must submit it, but provides a pdf: https://admissions.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FirstQtrGradeReport2023.pdf

How am I supposed to fill in the above section and send it to my counselor if the above section won't save since it's a pdf?

Can anyone tell me a step by step I can follow to do this correctly? Sorry for the inconvenience and Thanks!

Hi, I’m a college student at Emory University, and I’m an admissions mentor with College Contact! I help high school students with their essays, give advice, review their apps, etc. DM me for any inquiries!

Hello, I submitted my college application, and wanted to know if changing my personal statement on the submitted application will affect my admission process..

I already spoke with the admissions office, and they said I can email them with the updated word doc. But not sure if this will negatively impact my app.. Any advice?

Hey everybody! :)

I hope this question doesn't come off as annoying, but I never really considered applying to Georgia Tech until after the EA2 deadline passed since at first I thought it was too unrealistic, but now I feel like I might actually have somewhat of a shot (not really tho haha).

I have no other choice but to apply as RD now, and I wanted to know if it would be worth it anymore. Is there a big difference between EA2 and RD for out of state? Please let me know what you guys think so that I can decide to RD or not, thanks!!

As title says. I would say generally I'm a goofy person and very unserious, but when it comes fo leadership and formal things I find it hard to break away from my authentic self unless I completely shut down and become a robot. I'm trying to he a leader this year with a person team project but I'm not good at making small talk and connecting with my team, and since I usually am not very mature or responsible I find it hard to maintain a leadership position. I don't like being mature to be honest, I appreciate my own personality so I don't know if I want to change my normal personality into someone who's more mature since that doesn't feel like me. Any advice?

Like if I get accepted, can I apply to other universities to see if I would’ve got in but still go to my ed college

I'm an American junior in high school, and I want to study abroad, but the international student fees terrify me.

I want to know what places have the best cultures for me to emerse myself in properly without sticking out too much as a monolingual mixed person, and I want to study social work or psychology to a masters with minimal debt.

or even just how to look into and what good sources are to find good colleges for a reasonable price

i don't know i'm curious and compiling a list of colleges within my price range and i wanted to know what colleges and places people from there would recommend :)

Since GU requires all testing to be reported, do I need to report my SAT scores if I only planned to submit my ACT scores? Like do I only need to submit all my scores of the test that I choose or do I submit for every single test no matter what? Seems kinda silly…

Thanks!

I've managed to invite two teachers to fill out a letter of recommendation for me for one of my colleges that I'm applying to however I was wondering if id have to reinvite the same teacher repeatedly for each college? Or is there a different way of approaching this.

Hi, im looking to apply to northwestern RD. I dont really have much time to do out the application for some personal reasons and currently do not have a common app essay.

Since northwestern's application is common app essay-optional, I was wondering whether i will at a disadvantage in my application if i choose not to submit the personal statement, instead using my limited time to focus on the northwestern-specific questions.

appreciate any thoughts or input thanks!

Hi everyone,
I’ve recently been admitted to Stevens Institute of Technology for an MS in Computer Science starting in Spring 2025. I received a $15,000 Stevens scholarship, which is super helpful, but I’m looking for additional scholarships to help cover the rest of my expenses.

As an international student from India, I’m curious if there are any other scholarships I could apply for in the USA, either from external organizations, universities, or private institutions.

If anyone has suggestions, experiences, or a list of scholarships for international students, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

There was a cheating scandal involving the AMC competition where the exam was leaked on a popular math forum (aops) days before the exam. For more info listen to this podcast: https://www.golpo.app/playlist?ID=bd514743-b2e8-431b-97a2-9b8a2c6650f8

Hi everyone,

For the UC personal insight questions, everyone (including the UC themselves) say to treat them like you are answering questions at an interview. They want you to be casual and honest with your answers and not use lots of flowery language. So, can I use contractions?

My writing right now has a really nice flow and a distinct and consistence voice, and I think the contractions fit perfectly well with that as I would definitely use them if I was answering an interview question in person. I fear that taking them out will make me sound impersonal and not like myself at all, though I’m not sure if using them is a big no no from the UC.

Please let me know what you think. Thanks so much!

I applied ed and just due to the nature of my schools system I have a first quarter report that looks pretty bad (it only has 4 grades -2 of which are lower 90s a bit of a step down from my grades of the past few years-, 2 passes for pass fail classes and a bunch of empty spaces without grades in classes that just for one reason or another didn't give one) I'm supposed to send in a mid year report but I don't think I'll have one in time before the decisions day should I send that first quarter report or just skip sending one in entirely. Thanks so much

I received a one day suspension for a stupid comment in sophomore year. Granted that I cannot get this expunged before I apply to colleges next year does this ruin my chances of getting accepted into any t20 schools. I can’t get this off my mind because I’ve been working very hard this year and have a 35 act and a 4.6 gpa this semester and it all feels worthless if I don’t have a shot at top schools.

I recently got accepted into UF, UCF, and Florida tech I will be majoring in computer science and I really just wanna know where I will be put into the best position for a software engineering career. Tuition isn’t that serious I just wanna know what the best school would be.

Hi guys I have my initial view today and I have to do my writing sample before that. Have any of you done it and what were your questions?

Hey I'm a junior aiming for ivies. My courseload this year is as follows, all year-round except for ap gov; no AP English classes are offered to juniors at my school:

AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP US History, AP US Gov (2nd sem only) American Literature (Req. Eng. course), Adv. Arabic III, Journalism,

Some guy in my bio class who's in precalc keeps being annoying abt how im not in bc whenever people in my class ask what math I'm in, but all of them including him are in precalc...then he keeps saying that it's AB is easy and emphasizing ab. Like sorry if I'm being annoying but im also taking bc next year and he's making me insecure abt my courseload.

So i’m currently putting in applications to CSU’s, and i’m at the part where you have to put in your high school coursework, but i have a bit of a problem

So halfway through my sophomore year i switched to online school. So when filling out the coursework part (since they have different options for every class with “online” added to it, to select) this is how i’m going about doing it:

1st semester: Class- insert class, grade you got fall semester- insert grade and then for the grade i got spring semester i just put “No course.”

then i make ANOTHER grade thing, with the same grade and year, but instead but the online version of that class, like this:

2nd semester: Class- insert classes online version, grade i got fall semester- “No course”, grade i got spring semester- insert grade

Hopefully this makes sense. The reason i came to this subreddit is because the application emphasizes how important this part is and i really don’t want to be filling it out wrong. I don’t know if this is the way you’re supposed to do it if you’ve taken 2 separate courses over 2 semester.

I would really really appreciate a response on this soon cause i have to fill this out and i’m really worried!!

Today, I asked my counselor if they can add in additional information about me, specifically an excuetiating circumstance that I hoped to update them about. My counselor said that they already submitted the letter of rec on the common app and they can't go back to edit it. They told me I should have told them months ago but now there is nothing I can do.

I can add my info myself on the additional info section, but I just felt it would be better if it was from my counselor since it explains a drop in a grade.

Is my counselor lying to me or is it really too late for them to update colleges?

I haven’t sent any apps to colleges yet

So right now im a sophomore at shawnee state university. Im wondering if i can retake the ACT, get a higher score, and transfer to Eastern Kentucky University or Morehead State University, and still get scholarships relating to ACT scores, or if its too late since im out of highschool. I dont know where to look online for this answer. Thanks 🤙

As a freshman in college now, looking back on my experience last year applying to college, I've realized that the school I am at now best suits my personality and overall spirit. I am a more keep to myself type person, and many of the schools I applied to were ones where I can confidently say the party scene would not have been ideal. As all of the seniors in this subreddit are applying to college, please remember that colleges already know you are accomplished and can do many great things, but so many other people also fit that billing. You need to find the type of environment you feel most comfortable in, and need to also realize that colleges are trying to do the very same: Find students that fit their social scene, have the ability to make an impact and help others around them to also make an impact.

Sorry if I'm not posting this in the right spot, but I sent out my UC application Nov 3rd, and from what ive seen I should have received a confirmation that they got my application. Then they should have sent me info to my portal. Only one UC has emailed me and it was like a day after I sent out my application. Too clarify I have been checking my spam. I just wanna know if I should just wait it out, or should I email someone to find the information I need.