My Admission Story

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Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combinati…	27	12686	March 5, 2023
This is NOT a Chances Forum	1	2708	March 2, 2021
Tips on the College Admission Process	155	15220	October 23, 2009
How to ask for recommendations?	956	11110	January 5, 2023
The Thread for College Interviews	1171	12498	December 3, 2020
How to Impress Adcoms with your Extracurriculars	1090	26452	February 5, 2021
Requesting financial aid document = not rejected?	3	307	March 1, 2023
A look back at D22’s choice one year later and what makes a school the “best”	27	3684	February 28, 2023
Why avoiding highly competitive schools is a winning applications strategy class-2026 , class-2025	73	34462	January 14, 2023
How an Asian Male got into Ivy League with a 1370 SAT [Admission Hindsight] admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned , ucla , cornell-university , dartmouth-college	16	2661	September 25, 2022
What are your top takeaways learned from the most recent admissions cycle for rising seniors about to apply? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	192	29032	June 10, 2022
Fell For The Fit Trap \| HYPSM is a real thing I guess admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	114	6490	June 9, 2022
How do I break the prestige mindset?	52	25884	November 26, 2022
"Taking a mulligan": What are some things you/your student would do over for college admissions? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	10	2594	April 16, 2022
Is there any downside to sending AP scores to intended college? admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	9	1301	April 13, 2022
And that's a wrap for one midwestern kid admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	9	2950	April 7, 2022
Did Test Optional change anything in your admissions process or results? class-2025	27	10612	April 5, 2022
Playing D3 sport or going to a flagship admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	14	1620	April 4, 2022
Stats & advice from a first-gen, low income, Stanford matriculate!	10	3981	March 22, 2022
I lived on CC in 2013 - 8 years later I want to give some perspective	13	10729	March 19, 2022
College application experience and some tips bowdoin-college , wesleyan-university , duke-university , transfer , admissions-hindsight-and-lessons-learned	5	2559	January 21, 2022
Boston University ED 2026	0	1129	September 1, 2021
Where do I start	3	1080	August 20, 2021
College Class of 2025 Transfers transfer	0	547	August 13, 2021
I'm going to Yale! Here are my stats & advice as a first-gen, multiracial/trilingual, middle-class, CA public school girl with chronic imposter syndrome :) class-2025 , covid-19 , first-generation , wellesley-college , barnard-college , yale-university , uc-berkeley	10	12327	August 6, 2021
Dismissed from 4-year university	8	4194	June 30, 2021
A Cautionary Tale about Elitish Admissions (I got kicked off campus) waitlist	73	16544	June 16, 2021
Moved: College Applications 101	0	1094	November 16, 2020
I got rejected from 15 out of the 16 schools I applied to class-2025 , covid-19	156	49160	March 16, 2023
Looking back on a two year application journey	0	2064	April 30, 2021

Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides

Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combinati…