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| Malabra |
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| QUOTE (deisel 10 @ Sep 26 2007, 02:59 PM) | Ugh, I haven't even started my essay yet, I'd really like to get all my apps out by the end of November (most of the deadlines are 1/1), because I'm switching guidance counselors yet again at the end of November (I'm on my third counselor in three years right now, my original counselor retired, and the one I had last year is on maternity leave, so her sub is leaving when she gets back, but since I haven't talked to her since last year, I'd really prefer that the sub, who is shockingly competent, be the person dealing with helping me get my apps out.)
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 !! So I'm not the ONLY one that thinks counselors are incompetent? xDDD I haven't had a correct schedule in my four years at my school, including no schedule at all in 9th grade. I've had two counselors, one I had an intense dislike towards and then now my current one. No one, other then the head conselor (who is really nice and I wish was my conselor), knows what they're doing!! I was once put into a girls PE...it's that bad. Most deadlines are in January? I thought it was February...
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| winstonopia |
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mal that sounds nice... i wish brown would do that!
| QUOTE | Ugh, I haven't even started my essay yet, I'd really like to get all my apps out by the end of November (most of the deadlines are 1/1), because I'm switching guidance counselors yet again at the end of November (I'm on my third counselor in three years right now, my original counselor retired, and the one I had last year is on maternity leave, so her sub is leaving when she gets back, but since I haven't talked to her since last year, I'd really prefer that the sub, who is shockingly competent, be the person dealing with helping me get my apps out.)
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lol I have a very similar story. my counselor (who was really nice but had an IQ under 10) left after last year... so i got a new one this year. she does know me (from the over 300 students she is a counselor for...), but not very well. and guess what - she's leaving at the beginning of november b/c she's having a baby. great timing!!!! crap! so now the counselor writing my rec will be someone who has no clue who i am? my 3rd counselor in a year? geez...
mal i totally agree as well. my schedule is always screwed up.
yeah all my deadlines are 1/1 or 1/15.
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| utract |
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you guys make iyt seem so hard... its a piece of piss...
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| deisel 10 |
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Mal--deadlines depend on the school. Most of mine look to be between 1/1 and 1/15, with the financial aid deadlines throughout February and March. Those are pretty early though.
And my original counselor, like Win's, was one of the most airheaded people I ever met. Seriously. I know someone who didn't get into a school because this particular counselor didn't mail out her transcript in time. We're supposed to mail in all of our apps through the school, but my God they make it difficult to trust them.
And utract, this is a very stressful time, we're all applying to competitive schools, and every student has the same great grades and god test scores. For me, it's my essay and my recs that are going to set me apart, so that's why I'm stressing about them.
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| The Southern Acre |
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| QUOTE | | And utract, this is a very stressful time, we're all applying to competitive schools, and every student has the same great grades and god test scores. For me, it's my essay and my recs that are going to set me apart, so that's why I'm stressing about them. |
Despite what you might have heard, thats not really true, at least for the schools I'm looking at. Basicially any school on this list: Notre Dame, Boston College, UVA, Georgetown, Cal Berkley, and Princeton, as well as most of the other schools that I've talked with my uncle (some big wig at college board) all say those are important admissions factors but there not really... The only thing that is imporant is if you have bad recs or essays. Every good student can get a teacher that liked them to give them a good reccomendation, and colleges arent supprised when they get great recs. What sets you appart is if you get a bad one since not many good students have teachers that would give them bad reccomendations, and if there are, they should at least be smart enough not to ask them for one. Same thing with essays...if theyre good there not really considered, but if theyre bad, your out.
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| deisel 10 |
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I'm applying to mostly very small liberal arts colleges, SA. The schools you listed are good, they're just very different, so they look at different things.
Also, BC AND Notre Dame?? Lame...
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| Malabra |
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| QUOTE (deisel 10 @ Sep 27 2007, 09:53 PM) | Mal--deadlines depend on the school. Most of mine look to be between 1/1 and 1/15, with the financial aid deadlines throughout February and March. Those are pretty early though.
And my original counselor, like Win's, was one of the most airheaded people I ever met. Seriously. I know someone who didn't get into a school because this particular counselor didn't mail out her transcript in time. We're supposed to mail in all of our apps through the school, but my God they make it difficult to trust them.
And utract, this is a very stressful time, we're all applying to competitive schools, and every student has the same great grades and god test scores. For me, it's my essay and my recs that are going to set me apart, so that's why I'm stressing about them. |
I realize that, but all of my deadlines are 2/1...weird. Baylor, UT, and Tech all require the same. Maybe it's just a Texas thing.
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| deisel 10 |
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Lol Mal. Maybe January is a New England thing. 
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| utract |
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all you gotta do is turn up for interview and be yourself - they'll decide if they like you, no point in loosing sleep over it/
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-----C. S. Lewis
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
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Anyone may do anything; so long as it does not detrimentally affect others who have not consented to be detrimentally affected by it.
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| deisel 10 |
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Not all schools do interviews, unfortunately...
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"But we don't appreciate her for her recruiting feats, No - it's her personality that fills up the seats, D10 is the one we all look up to in awe, Though she probably pronounces far like "fah" (boston accent...)" --Winstonopia, Founder's Day 2006! We're so cool we've got a Facebook Group! (Or maybe it's because I was really, really bored one day...) |
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