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    Posted: 27 November 2007 at 12:45pm
And its making me feel really inadequate.

I mean come on, who had participated in 15 after school activities  and done over 10 jobs of volunteer work.
Guess I'm not cut out for college.


Edited by cdacda13 - 27 November 2007 at 12:47pm
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just wait until you start getting denied. 


as for volunteer work... i think i had almost 300 hours. 


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cdacda13 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 November 2007 at 12:58pm
Thats going to be my main problem.
I'm a good student, 3.14 GPA, 84th in a class of 354.
SATs- 590 on math and reading, 560 on writing.
But those damn questions of volunteer work and extra-curricular activities, those are going to kill me.
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Ahh, and then there are the essays.
"Write a 5 page paper about how you cured cancer or did something nearly as important"

You should just go to a trade school and become a mechanic. It's good money these days!


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Have any minority in you?


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Originally posted by Linus Linus wrote:

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How many are you applying to?
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shouldnt be too bad...i got into a pretty good school with a B average, and no activities either
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cdacda13 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 November 2007 at 2:28pm
Originally posted by sinisterNorth sinisterNorth wrote:

How many are you applying to?

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I have a ton of community service which will help. Also one of my good friends is president of the organization, so he could always sign me up for a few extra... But no sports and not too many clubs which might be bad.
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-Public HS
-3.25 GPA
-Debate for 3 years, went to state all 3
-1250 (old)SAT
-28 ACT
-No Community service
-Amazing essay
-Accepted to 4/5 schools applied to, one state school, 3 decent private.

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< Eagle Scout w/ leadership experience as SPL etc.
Year an a half work experience
Hundreds of hours of service
Plenty of clubs
3.0 Gpa
1710 Sats
Private High School


Rejected everywhere but a Regional commuter campus of Uconn... needless to say this year i will be sending out another junkload of applications and spending Hundreds of dollars.
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A 3.14 is only like a 70% right?
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That seems pretty ridiculous Strife. How many places did you apply?  Were they like Harvard and Yale? or just regular universities?
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Originally posted by carl_the_sniper carl_the_sniper wrote:

A 3.14 is only like a 70% right?

No, it's higher than that but not great... 3.14 is more like a B-
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mostly b's (80-89%) and a few a's (90-100%)
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I applied to 8 schools

Northeastern U -Rejected
Boston College - Rejected
Providence - Rejected
U.R.I- Rejected
UVM- Waitlisted and never contacted
Bryant- Waitlisted Never Contacted
UConn- Sent to regional campus
Champlain- Now that I think about it they did accept me but with a ridiculous financial aide package




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i applied to 1
Indiana State University - not rejected.  w00t.  but after seeing the people they did accept, if i was rejected, i would have ended it all right there
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote STOcocker Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 November 2007 at 3:52pm
Originally posted by BARREL BREAK BARREL BREAK wrote:

-Public HS
-3.25 GPA
-Debate for 3 years, went to state all 3
-1250 (old)SAT
-28 ACT
-No Community service
-Amazing essay
-Accepted to 4/5 schools applied to, one state school, 3 decent
private.


Did you not apply to any bigger schools? I feel like that GPA alone would
get you denied from some bigger schools (no offense). Everything else is
pretty solid.
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