So im a freshmen and we just got emails about applying to become an RA for the upcoming academic year. How hard is it to become an Ra? Other than getting free boarding and meals, do they pay anything extra? What kind of questions do they ask when interviewing?

Anyone know cute coffee shops to do work at around here that aren’t on campus or la colombe?

Villanova just lost to an Ivy by 10😭😭😭. The Villanova Wildcats NEED To Fire Head Coach Kyle Neptune!! Read why below⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Does being a Diocesan Scholar and taking courses at Villanova your senior year have any weight in the admissions process? Outside of being able to answer the essay prompt from your own experience at Villanova.

current junior hoping to apply ed1 next year :)

first gen female

gpa: 97.5 UW (school doesn’t weigh gpas)

act: 31 (retaking)

9 AP classes as of this year, 8 DE classes (5 on AP lang, psych, 3 on AP chem)

intended major: economics (CLAS)

extracurriculars:

• model un treasurer
• key club
• math team (ranked 19th in the county currently)
• varsity rowing
• varsity flag football
• nhs? (i find out tomorrow if i get in)
• part-time job

volunteering:

• 150+ hours of learn-to-row
• 35+ hours for key club

(hoping to add more to this)

no significant awards :(

(ap scholar doesn’t really count💀)

high honor roll for 9 consecutive quarters

villanova is my top choice, please let me know what i can do to hopefully improve my chances!

(also i wrote this very fast, not an actual representation of my writing skills🤞)

Hey everyone, so I've applied EA for chemistry for premed and minor in CS. I was wondering how the chem program is at Villanova. I went on a tour there a while ago, and my tour guide was more a arts person so she didn't say that much on sciences.

I've visited the campus and I liked it.

What do you guys think of Villanova in general? Like how are the people, food, etc. I haven't heard much about Villanova social life and stuff like that so I'm wondering about that.

Villanova isn't high up on my list right now since I'm not sure about its programs and stuff. The main things its got going for me right now is its campus. I'm applying to other schools like Pitt and Drexel which are my top 2 probably, so how is it compared to them you think?

Welcome to the 2024 Big East Men's Basketball season! In this episode, you'll hear from the Big East coaches on media day and my prediction for how the season will shake out!

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I'm a current freshman computer science major thinking of double majoring in Math. I'm taking Calc III right now and I'm somewhat ahead on the computer science requirements because of AP credits.

As I'm planning my second semester of freshman year, I don't plan on taking any of the other Math major required courses (because I'm trying to stay ahead on gen eds and compsci requirements) meaning I would only start the rest of the Math courses at the beginning of my sophomore year.

Is this still manageable, would you recommend it?

I’m applying to the college of arts and science but I have a low gpa and test optional.

3.8W 3.6UW

Major economics but I’m applying to college of arts and science for an easier and I’ll be early decision full pay

Extracurriculars (all 4years)

1. Sneaker reselling business

-turned $200-$50,000

2. Marketing internship

3. Yearbook

-top 8% national

4. Science Olympiad

-National Qualifier and 1st place for every state level tower competitions

5. Origami

-Folded #1 hardest origami

6. Student council

7. Honor Committee

8. Vice President Chinese Culture Club

9. Volleyball (state championship)

10. Soccer (state championship)

i have a 1440, with a 750 english and 690 math. concerned about my math score, especially since i’m applying for the business school. should i submit it?

Applying and just wanted to know

-97.8 GPA weighted -No class ranking in her school -Not submitting SAT or ACT -7 honors 1 AP -Nation honor society -Language honor society -Science honor society -Science tutoring -Volunteers at nursing home 4 hrs a week -President of Chinese Club -Training martial arts since 7 years old. Black Belt and paid instructor on Saturdays for 3 hrs

• summer camp counselor at martial arts academy summer camp, paid job for last 2 summers.

-Science research honors class…has been working on a research paper under the mentorship of a Professor at St John’s University. The paper will be entered in Regeneron competition.

• Common App Essay touches on unique origin story, adopted from China at 10 months old by Hispanic dad and Filipino mom. I’m her dad, and she did include the fact that I was diagnosed with brain cancer oct 2023. Not for pity, but to show how she has matured and learned about life.
• Villanova specific essay she’s still working on, but hopefully she includes how much we loved the feel of the school and how we think it would be a perfect fit.

My wife and I never pushed her to do all APs because we didn’t realize how the rigor of classes affects admissions. We also wanted her to enjoy High School and not be totally absorbed and stressed out like so many top students.

Does she have a chance?

Hey!

I wanted to get some advice as I plan on applying for Villanova in the future.

I am currently a junior. I have about a 3.8 GPA right now and had about a 3.5 GPA last year. I was a very lazy freshman with around a 3.0 GPA. I don't take any AP classes.

What I lack in academics, I try to make up for in experience -- I've worked at a retirement home, interned with a county judge, interned with my congressman, interned with a civil law firm, and will be interning with a criminal law firm later this year.

I used to do marching band, was a volunteer firefighter for some time, was on the school's mock trial team, and was in FBLA which all gave me a ton of community service hours. I also have an exterior firefighter certification from my county. I haven't really done much recently -- I kind of dropped all of it during my sophomore year.

However, I will be doing all of that again through my junior and senior years -- Model UN, FBLA, volunteer firefighting, and the school's newspaper. I was the secretary of the school newspaper last year.

I have not taken the SAT or ACT yet.

Any advice would be great!

I’m applying to the college of liberal arts and science and I’m wondering what the process is of declaring your major for economics. I want to minor in the business school so I would have to get certain business classes, is there a chance I don’t get them? Is there any chance I don’t get admitted into the economics program? And how can I ensure I get into the right classes so I can get a business minor or maybe transfer into the business school?

Here are the main points of my application. I'm applying ED and I know it's a reach

I'm from the South and I'm a girl

GPA: 3.72 UW (Went up to 3.78 after Q1 Senior Year), 4.4 W

7 APS (AP World, APUSH, AP Stats, AP Comp Gov, AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Micro)

Test Optional

200+ Service Hours (lots of service involvement)

4 Years of Varisty Lacrosse

Spent a Semester Abroad during my Junior Year

Camp Counselor and various other part time jobs

Applying Liberal Arts

Gpa - 3.77/4 unweighted International Needing good aid Efc - 10k SAT :test optional going 1st Gen Lor: 8/10 from cs and English teacher Essays:7/10 more it’s kind of entrepreneurial type of essay

EC’s:

1)Secretary for 2 year and member for 2 for a non profit club,200hrs of volunteering,tutored kids,raised funds,organized events did a lot of impactful things.

2)Captain of school soccer team for 2 years and playing soccer for 10 years more,won multiple state level tournaments as captain and coached juniors,refreeed games.

3)Freelancing business did sales of over $5k dollar at age 15,served 200 plus customer,independent business

4)Build space s5(6 weeks more of summer program) Built an Ai powered Travel Internary. Learned a lot of stuffs about ideation and how to develop product into reality

5)Did a Agri tech project as team leader in national level science expo with showcasing to over 1000 people the project.

6)Built a library at a public school raising funds,managing digital catalogs with over 1000 total new books and engaging meaningful reading sessions in the Scl

7)Sci club ;Marketing team member (4 months) Helped the team in content writing,marketing and social media posts

8)Built a deforestation tracker,led a team of 6 as leader,made ai powered feature blah blah

9)Career Oreinted External Learned about Entrepreneurship

10)Did Data science 80hours course,bunch of marketing courses,tech projects other like this blah blah

Honors : 1)3x state Scooer Runner up 2)1x state quiz competition runner up 3)1x best player of school award soccer 4)Essays,speech,debate a bunch of Scl level competion Winner.

Demographic: Guatemalan American, Male, International lives in the UK, GPA Weighted: 3.83 My school doesn't do unweighted, Full IB diploma predicted 34, 4 higher levels (normally 3) 2 standard levels. Applying ED1, Test optional,

Major, Classic History

EC's: Football(soccer ), 2x all-conference, international tournaments around 2000 hours, 4 years Varsity basketball, co-president and co-founder of chemistry club, raised 2000 pounds volunteering for the booster club around 80 hours, 2 selective econ courses, 1 history course, Smithsonian digital volunteering around 200 hours, duke of Edinburg silver and bronze, Chinese for 2 years, Spanish foreign exchange.

My essays have been reviewed by many sources and online AI's I've used to check have given me high scores.

What are my overall chances of getting in?

Demographics: male, white, New York, middle class, both parents college educated, large public school ~3000 students.

Intended majors: Finance or Accounting

SAT: 1470

UW/W GPA/rank: 96.3 weighted, ~12% (not top 10 % :(

Coursework: 4 AP, (three 5s one 4), 12 duel enrollment courses, 6 honors. (Only regular course was physics, school doesn’t offer honors/AP)

Awards: Science national honor society, advanced regents diploma, business honor society, Green and white (school award for high gpa and teacher recommendation), and Rho kappa (social studies honor society, 95+ in APUSH and AP World)

extracurriculars:

1. FBLA club president, largest club at my school of 3000 students, tripled club participation ~ 4 hours a week (school year)

2. 4 years of competitive soccer ~ 7 hours a week (school year)

3. Paid employee at target, ~10 hours a week (all year)

4. Assistant youth soccer coach, taught kids how to play and improve ~2 hours a week, 20 weeks/yr

5. library summer volunteer ~20 hours per summer

6. NHS member ~40 hours of volunteer work

7. 2 years of school soccer ~ 12 hrs/week, 9 weeks/yr

8. Paid soccer referee ~ 100 hours

9. Math honor society and math competition competitor ~ 25 hours/yr

10. unpaid finance internship at medium sized local company, ~55 hours

Essays/LOR: Reccomendation, maybe a 7-8/10, Essays hopefully a 9/10

Schools ED to Villanova

Anyone know if getting a medical marijuana card is possible as an on campus student? Do they need an address to sign up and would it be safe to send to campus? Dealing with lots of anxiety and chronic pain and really would like some low dose tinctures or edibles to deal with it but can’t find any rec stuff in the area.

I have a night class at St Mary's Hall once a week and was wondering if I would still have to purchase a parking pass to park there. Has anyone gotten a ticket there at night?

Hey Wildcats,

With the 2024 election approaching, I wanted to remind everyone how important it is for young people to get out and vote, especially here in Pennsylvania, which has historically been a key swing state and is even more critical in 2024. Your vote really can make a difference in determining the outcome of this election, and the youth vote could be a game-changer.

Here are a few quick facts:

• Register to vote: If you’re not registered yet, make sure you do it ASAP! Check your status online and register if needed.
• Early voting: Many people don’t realize you don’t have to wait until Election Day. Early voting is an easy way to avoid lines and get your voice heard ahead of time. Check out this site for early voting information in Pennsylvania: Early Voting in Pennsylvania
• Mail-in voting: If you’re going to be away from campus or prefer to vote from home, you can request a mail-in ballot. Just be sure to request it early and follow the instructions carefully to ensure it’s counted.

Both Early Voting and Mail-in must be completed BEFORE Oct 29th.

There are no excuses to sit this one out—whether it’s voting early, by mail, or on Election Day. Your voice is critical, and we need as many young voters as possible to turn out.

Want to make it fun?

I’ve also been working on a project called Presidential Pick'em, where you can predict the outcome of the 2024 election by filling out your own electoral map. It’s a great way to get involved, see what others are thinking, and maybe even challenge your friends! There’s even a pool specifically for Pennsylvania voters.

Let's make sure our generation is heard this election—and hey, maybe you’ll even have the best prediction!

Demographic: Sri Lankan Male, First Gen, Out of state

GPA Weighted: 3.7(my school doesn't do unweighted)

Major: Public Health

Admission plan: ED 1

Taken 9 APs and 9 Honors

Sat: 1320(Gonna go test optional)

EC: NHS, DECA, Computer Science Society, Lacrosse, PT job as a server, did over 52+ hours of volunteering, Fundraiser(raised over $1.5k for STEM students in Sri Lanka)

Got my essay and the optional essay checked out by my lit teacher and some college friends so hopefully its good

Heard Villanova had around a 50-60% acceptance rate for ED but I still think my chances are pretty low

Why Vilanova Law tips?

Hello,

I am applying to law schools here. An international student who wants to study business law. I realized I have so many things to write for this school! Phew

Two questions.

1. In the application it says to write one optional essay (about five qualities), but in the application, it gives an option of second optional essay (but with the same topic). I am assuming this is just a glitch. I should just write one then right?

2. As Villanova is a school I would really like to go, I am thinking about writing Why Villanova essay. Can anyone please help me what makes Villanova stand out (different) from other law schools?

• What does Villanova have that other law schools do not have? (also compared to other Philadelphia schools)

-What makes Philadelphia legal market so appealing compared to that of Chicago or New York?

-What law is Villanova known for and why is it so well-known? Anything that they do to make it so special?

-Any “only in Villanova” moments? That is unique? (Atmosphere, class profile, learning environment, externship and clinic opportunities…)

If Villanova students or alumni reading this, please feel free to make contributions. Thank you

Even though you’re automatically given an internship, I don’t know if my major in PR is going to give a lucrative career. I actually enjoyed my economics classes that I did in my first year, is it possible sophomore year next semester to get an A in Macro, switch majors, and get an econ internship(s) in my later years?

Hi,

I'm applying to Villanova in a couple of days, and I'm just curious about the supplemental essay through Common App. Villanova generally states that the supplemental essay should be "in about 250 words." However, the bracket in which I'm supposed to put the essay allows me to enter up to 300 words. I won't make it longer than 250 words, but would this, hypothetically, hurt my application if I had written more than 250 words? Really just curious about this.

Is it possible to get accepted with a low gpa? like has anyone got in recently with around a 3.0-3.5 on a 4.0 scale?

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From when I was a student in '16, really shit the bed on getting it signed back then as I had classes with or hung out with most of the guys who I'd need