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The mid-year transcript I sent to universities had 5 subjects on it, but I want to drop 1 subject (foreign language). Will this cause my application to be rescinded?

i got into the following schools as a business major: mcgill, western ivey, uoft, bu, bc, northeastern, uci, ucla (econ) i'm still waiting on nyu too (but for econ, not stern)

although cost is not a huge factor, i'm canadian intl so the canadian schools will be significantly cheaper than the american ones (35k/year compared to 90k/year).

the ultimate goal is to work in accounting in the US, i know attending an american school will help with that but is it really worth the difference in tuition?

it's just one day that could define the whole course of the rest of my life but yknow we're chilling 😎😎😎😎😐

Everyone in my highschool (or literally 80%, not an exaggeration at all) does either independent research or works as a research assistant or works with a professor while in HIGHSCHOOL. I am not kidding. Everyone here is so hyper focused on getting into ivies. Meanwhile, I am taking creative writing and journalism class (on top of APs) but maybe are “dumber classes,” so i am wondering— should I aim for a research position as well? Regardless of the fact that it is a trend at my school, it’s extremely impressive.

Will this make me “on-par” with students in my highschool, or will it just make me basic and look like I’m doing everything for college like everyone else?

Taking non-weighted creative writing also drags my GPA down significantly— but will it make me look more genuine?

I’d appreciate any input!

I am from Costa Rica. This year, I applied to several universities in the United States, and among them, I was accepted to "one of the top regional universities" in the Midwest called Calvin University.

Scholarships: I received a $36,000 scholarship, and the tuition is $39,000 (almost a full tuition scholarship).

About the loan: I would have to borrow about $13,000 annually since my parents can only cover about $400 per month for Room and Board and Health Insurance. Should I take out a loan for those $13,000 annually?

Regarding the loan interest: The loan has a fixed interest rate of 4%, and I would only have to pay $600 per month after graduating. I feel that with the salary of someone graduating from the Computer Science program at this university, I could easily afford it. Additionally, there's a limit of 13 years to repay the loan, but if I pay more than the required amount per month, I estimate I could pay it off in about 3-4 years.

Surprisingly, there have been several cases of plagiarism in my local community this year (small rural place). But I know of a few who weren’t caught; could they be in the future?

For instance, if a student used even just a SINGLE sentence from an online source in an essay and got accepted without detection… then, next application cycle, another student uses that same phrase for the same college. Would the current student be expelled and the applicant be rescinded? How would colleges deal with these offences despite it being a year+ old?

A video wouldn’t be bad either, but thanks but no thanks is 😩😩😩

got an email from them which said they got 5700 international applicants from 148 countries and regions this cycle and admitted 138 with 43 different nationalities

I don’t know if this applies just to rd but I assume it includes ed numbers as well

I got accepted to both Rice and USC, and my interest is in pursuing medical school later on. My family and I aren't worried about the tuition for either school, and I'm extremely torn on which to choose for the profession I want to go into. On the one hand, USC seems very appealing since I'm based in the West Coast, but on the other hand, Rice seems generally more reputable based on rankings, etc. Do you guys have any suggestions? Thanks!!

i’ve been on here a lot recently but i’m so curious on how i go into BU. For reference i got into the school of communications and i’m just curious on how. I’ve seen so many people with better stats and ECs that got rejected. i have a 3.6 UW far below average admitted students, 1560 (only above average stat), abs mid ECs ( head of the sports department for my schools broadcast program and lead the organization of a non profit youth empowerment seminar for koreans in the DFW metroplex) my stats are below average except for one category. i’m just curious on how😭😭😭. By no means am i upset im beyond happy but im just curious and i feel like this just shows how truly random college decisions are.

Hey y’all! My dad did his post grad at Cornell Johnson and Wharton, would I be considered legacy for either of these schools?

Would you recommend UT McCombs or Rice Jones for undergrad business? UT is ranked higher and cheaper so I’m leaning there, just want to make sure it’s the right decision

in my time zone at least

Just got my most important college decision letter and was rejected; surprisingly though, I’m fine? My first dream school rejection was during the early actions round, and the rejection absolutely broke me. I put all of my self worth and hope into getting in and it crumbled right in front of me. The past 3 months leading to regular decision round I’ve reflected a lot on why I was so hell bent on getting into a “prestigious” school. Basically the American college admissions cycle is complete bullshit. You could be the “perfect student” and it wouldn’t matter. NOTHING is guaranteed in this system and quite frankly I now see college decisions as a gamble. I put my all into my second dream school- and was rejected. I shrugged it off and just closed the laptop screen. Lost the gamble I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯. Can’t do anything now. Really all this is to say- don’t take these decisions personally. Do rejections suck? Obviously- but we have to learn how to bounce back after it.

I'm just curious, but is it common to get one? How much is it usually?

For background, I’m just a lurker who went to a cal state 2017-2020 and graduated early. I’ve always wondered whats the ratio of “we need everyone to chip in to keep the lights on” versus “cause we can” when it comes to app fees. I asked a couple friends who’ve done admissions but they couldn’t give me a straight answer.

Will schools actually be in trouble if they just stopped charging you to be a customer in the first place? Like would they have to cut programs and lay off half their faculty? You have nice private schools like Boston U which already charge everyone a pre-covid mortgage and then large public schools like UCLA which get subsidized by a state that has a larger economy than Germany. Did these schools have a budget for everything except admissions? Is software and methodology not keeping up with volume? How come a company that has less cash on hand than many schools not charge me and that’s before they pay me to learn stuff for them.

Colleges trynna be sneaky with there decision date. I took a small nap after school, woke up, saw an email from Georgetown, panicked tf out, and then it read that it was coming out tmrw. Love these unis man.

Btw…FAFSA IS STILL NOT OUT FOR ME, I HATE THE US GOVERNMENT

basically i'm a junior and applying to colleges next year. i have like zero self confidence so idrk what schools i would have a shot at so if someone could pm me/let me pm them so i can give my stats and make a small list of schools i would be rly thankful

also good luck to ivy applicants 😍

I got into UNC (full ride), UC Berk (regents scholar), williams, but waitlisted at Vassar, UCLA, and rejected from BU. I only have cornell left and im feel a lil hopeless w that one now.

I am an international student at Cal State East Bay and I joined in for the spring semester. I want to transfer to a UC, preferably Berkley.

My college does not have a lot of clubs and stuff, how do I enrich my ECAs? I am bounded and cannot even do internships.

Main question is when do I apply for the Transfer? For fall 2024 or fall 2025?

Kindly do shed some light.

People are going to fight for their dreams schools until they get in and I feel like this should be normalized. People shouldn't have to accept a school they don't want to be in. Sometimes transfers are necessary.

whether if you get accepted or rejected.... how is life gonna be different?? i've been so anxious recently because of the fast-approaching ivy decisions but once i started thinking about this problem all the anxiety just??? went away??? i feel like i've been so hyperfixated on the 5 MINUTES of opening decisions that i didn't think about my life afterwards... but honestly whichever decision i get, life will go on if i want it to lol.

regardless, good luck to everyone this week! less than 48 hours to go til ivy day...

I’ve opened 11 decisions— got in 3, waitlisted from 2, rejected from the rest—and i absolutely hate it. maybe it’s because of the mere fact that i didn’t get in to a prestigious school yet, or just because i have way too high hopes but the feeling of adrenaline rushing through your body before the “check status” is insane. ur heart beats like crazy and you start to think of the sheer joy and ecstasy from everyone’s reaction if you got in…. then everything plummets when you see ur rejection. is that just me ? if i don’t get in anywhere tomorrow or thursday i’m gonna be really sad. thanks for hearing me out

I get it UT is pretty well known and all but ever since i got in i can’t help wondering if maybe the school is overhyped. i got in for their new data science major so maybe that helped my chances? Either way is this a school that’s going to be recognized and looked at with prestige?

I'm thinking about appealing my USC and UCSB decisions and during my sophomore year I got diagnosed with ADHD. It caused me a lot of problems when it came to school and negatively impacted my grades, and I went through a lot of trouble trying to find meds that work for me due to the medication shortage, because some of the ones I tried caused me more problems than before. I haven't mentioned anything about this on my applications, so I was wondering if this is a good basis for appeal?? Thanks!!!

I submitted my 1480 (800M, 680R) to every t20 I applied to but two. So far, I’ve been accepted to the two I went test optional to (both top 10 for my major) and waitlisted everywhere else, even at the t30s I submitted my scores to. 😭😭🔫

Ivies: We are releasing at 7pm on March 28th

Duke a couple of days later: hehe I am also releasing at 7pm on March 28th, what a coincidence 😅

I keep seeing older people talk about how dogshit northeastern is (someone even said it was for umass rejects), whereas it is glazed pretty heavy by our generation. Is it actually a better school now, or i guess actually more selective, or is it just that they’ve artificially ranked the acceptance rate?

Hey guys so I have a bit of a unique situation. I was deferred ED1 Vandy and I take all IB classes, but sadly I have 5As but then 2Cs on the mid year report. The C was IB Spanish and IB Biology, which both arent relevant to my major at all but my biology teacher agreed to let me raise the grade to a B. I earned the B through a retake of a test, and so as soon as he submitted the grade change form I told Vanderbilt about it. They said to send an updated transcript if I would like the change to be reflected in my transcript since the midyear report already had been sent with 2Cs. But I couldn't get an updated transcript in time because it will take a while to process. Vanderbilt never even asked my school or anything for if this news about my grade change was true. So did they just believe me about the grade change, or was it really that insignificant to the point they didn't feel the need to confirm? Sorry I'm just a little confused for what this means on my application.