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I completed 24 college applications, submitted 17 (to Princeton, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Rice, Amherst, Georgetown, Emory, UCLA, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, UNC-Chapel Hill, UVA, University of Pittsburgh, Williams, Washington University in St. Louis, Harvard and Yale) and received admission to all except the last four.
N.B. Some of this info may be dated/inaccurate and 100% of it is tinged w/ my own bias.
Things To Think About
Why do you want to apply to so many colleges?
If it’s hubris (i.e. “I want to collect admissions offers like trophies”) or fear (i.e. “If I submit more applications, I’m less likely to be shut out from every school I apply to"), stop and reevaluate. I applied to Vanderbilt even though I knew I’d never want to head south. The reason? It traditionally takes a lot of kids from my HS. Yeah, don’t be like me.
Do you really want to spend all that money?
I ended up wasting $2500 (and that’s a conservative estimate) on 17 schools. I’ll only be attending one college in the fall.
That said…it can be done.
General Tips
The “Why Us” essay isn’t asking “why would you choose our college?” so much as “why should our college choose you?” Emphasize how you’ll contribute to the college—inside the classroom and out—by referencing specific programs, classes, and extracurriculars.
Creating a template is a major time-saver. Once you have an effective “skeleton,” all you have to do is insert school-specific details.
Stay organized.
Create a spreadsheet. These were my columns: College Name, Application Type, Application & Aid Deadline, Standardized Test Report, Transcript & SS Form, Recommendation Letter Deadline, Creative Writing Supplement (Y/N), Interview (Y/N), Merit Scholarship (Y/N), CSS Profile, FAFSA, Sticker Price, Response Date.
If you use Google Drive, create a folder for each college.
Consider making a CV/resume. Keep it short (~1 page). Possible uses: upload as a part of your application; hand it to alumni interviewer.
Miscellaneous
Don’t apply to Georgetown unless you really really like it. There’s a separate application (not Common App) that’s cumbersome to fill out, and you can’t access it until you pay the application fee (which also happens to be p expensive)
Optional essays are NEVER optional. Hopefully, this is obvious.
The more selective publics (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UVA, UNC, UMich) are more holistic than you think. They reject high stats kids on the reg (anecdote: a dude from my school who got into Caltech didn’t get into Berkeley; another who got into Cornell didn’t get into UMich) so PAY ATTENTION to the essays.
Alumni interviews don’t matter AT ALL unless you make a terrible impression—or possibly if you’re a borderline applicant.
N.B. Applying to colleges based on the perceived difficulty of the application isn’t the greatest idea. That said, for your reference:
Easy College Applications
Vanderbilt University
Very easy. Only a 100-word extracurricular essay, I believe. Unless you want to fill out a scholarship application.
Washington University in St. Louis
Also very easy. No supplement unless you fill out scholarship app.
Amherst College
Zero work if you have a graded school essay you’re proud of (can upload in lieu of a college supplement)
Harvard University
I think there’s just one supplement and you can write about whatever you want.
Cornell University
Just one “Why Us” essay
University of Pennsylvania
One “Why Us” Essay, unless you’re applying to Engineering or a special program like Wharton, M&T, etc.
Moderate College Applications
Duke University
Three supplements, I think. All fairly straightforward. There’s a diversity essay that’s optional (refer to the Miscellaneous section)
Princeton University
A lot of short, lighthearted questions (favorite keepsake, favorite movie, etc.) and an essay (they give you three prompts to choose between)
Stanford University
Three fairly straightforward, 150-word essays. There’s a letter to your roommate, an intellectual interest essay, and something else.
Emory University
Easy, short supplements, but there are three of them.
All the UCs
There’s one UC application for all the UC schools (Berkeley, LA, Irvine, etc.) so same essays and everything, but you have to pay an application fee for each school you apply to. There are a lot of questions (called Personal Insight Questions) so it’s not quick, but once you’re done you’ve covered multiple schools. Also, if you are applying, ask your counselor about the UC GPA.
UMich
Three short essays, one of which is “Why Major.” Another is an extracurricular essay. Don’t remember the third.
UNC
I don’t really remember the supplements, but they weren’t that bad.
Difficult/Thought-Provoking College Applications
Yale University
This is hard because there are a ton of questions with 35, 100, and 150- word limits. “Why Yale” essay. Hard to come up with insightful answers/make an impression with so little space.
UChicago
I personally wasn’t a fan of the cutesy/philosophical prompts, and the essays that I wrote (but ultimately never submitted) reflected my utter lack of interest. If you enjoy them, UChicago may just be the school for you :P
Dartmouth College
Only three short i.e. 150 word essays, but one of them referenced Sesame Street. Something along the lines of ‘It’s not easy being green. Discuss.” There was another one on describing a time when you said YES to something. Anyway, I disliked them and never completed my application.
UVA
I think there are three short essays, but they require a decent amount of thought. Although UVA is a public school, craft your essays well. The admission officers care a lot about them.
Williams College
There’s only one short supplement, but it’s a real pain. Hard not to veer into cliche territory.
Tedious College Applications
Columbia University
So many (five?) supplements. Some are generic though. “Why Columbia,” a list of books you’ve read/media you’ve consumed.
Rice University
Also a lot of supplements. “Why Rice,” “Why Major,” Diversity essay, the famous box (where you can upload any image you want).
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zen
he probably noticed mc’s slightly laziness right away
it was impossible to get them to work out with him
he even pulled the puppy dog eyes and everything
“but zenny..I’m too tired..”
dang, can’t argue with that. not with that look
so he lets it go for a bit
until even his director kind of started complaining about mc’s laziness
now he really has to ask them about it
mc explains that they’re actually tired. They really want to do things, but,,,
so now zen pays extra attention to them(even i didn’t think that was possible)
and he notices that mc is actually..really tired all the time
but is it a problem? nope! he’ll gladly carry them!
bridal style, piggy back, over the shoulder
he thinks its cute omg
“I’ll be your chariot, sweet pea!”
yoosung
they have lazy days quite often
but even when yoosung really wants to go somewhere, mc is so tired
and they feel bad cause it makes him sad, but they cant help it
so they tell him before it gets out of hand
he’s a little confused, so he starts observing
and they really do look tired all the time
it makes him a bit sad tbh
soooo he tries his best to keep them awake! and moving!!
doesn’t mind the yawning at all
defends them from anyone who calls them “lazy”
they work real hard when they work, so its fine to be lazy!!
and tired!!
jaehee
somehow even coffee cant keep mc from being tired
and jaehee is kind of confused??
mc please dont yawn at a customer;;
they have to have a talk about it, but jaehee understands
she knows they aren’t lazy, they run a cafe together
mc doesnt run the cash register now thank
also because of this - jaehee gets to take naps
mc literally forces her to
at first, she kinda just lays there with them
but then she starts actually sleeping
power naps!
for a power couple!
jumin
jumin han? take naps?
its more likely than you think
because mc makes him too
any one of his staff calls mc ‘lazy’ and they are Gone
but really, mc always helps behind the scenes
so what if they’re tired
does not really like when mc yawns in business meeting though
but they’re easily forgiven
jumin doesnt usually take naps
but mc claims they sleep better with his cuddles
so he lays down with them
and sometimes he drifts off too
these naps really help him ease stress
so he’s kind of grateful
707 / luciel / saeyoung
honestly same?
he’s always tired too, but he powers through
and so does mc
no one knows how they’re awake, please let them sleep
for more than 5 minutes, thank you
oh no the amount of PhD Pepper they consume
no one calls them lazy though because they know how hard they work
when they do fall asleep, its in weird positions
like, they’re sitting on top of each other at 7′s computer
or they’re tangled up on the couch
honestly who knows how they sleep comfortably
v / jihyun
thinks its pretty funny tbh
doesnt call mc lazy at all
but like, finds their yawn adorable
can’t carry them, but they’ll make it work
since v travels a lot, there’s a lot of opportunities for airplane naps!
mc lays on v’s shoulder and v just smiles and kisses their head
they’re so enthusiastic one second and the next they’re yawning lol
but v understands and doesn’t mind
it just means extra naps!
which also means cuddling and he is Down
saeran
this one doesn’t mind just laying in bed all day
and they barely go out so he doesn’t notice at first
until mc keeps yawning - even when they were just going to the kitchen for a snack
doesnt mind it at all
takes them by their hand and drags them around when they do go out
or just around the house tbh
they have more lazy days and naps than saeran expects
but he really likes cuddling with mc so its ok
they just,, are wrapped in blankets and saeran doesn’t mind playing with their hair
both of them end up falling asleep like this
too many times to count, actually
but they’re cute
vanderwood
oh, vanderwood noticed.
sometimes it was a bit annoying
“we got things to do, mc!”
but mc is,,so tired
vanderwood starts to think its a problem
so they sit down and discuss
mc tells them that they’re just,,,So Tired.
“is it, like? a sleep problem?” vandy asks
“no, nothing’s wrong with me, I’m just..low on energy.”
“all the time?” “yeah”
“is there anything that helps get you motivated??”
mc shakes their head
vanderwood sighs
there are a lot of piggyback rides after this
vanderwood learns to like it
especially when mc kisses the back of their ear
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Hi can you explain to me how you got such a cool job and what you went to school for?
Yeah! I actually got my undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in anthropology. I got this particular job because at the time, Notre Dame had a summer internship partnership with the museum- they picked an anthropology major every year to go work with the collections, and in 2011, that lucky jerk was me. So I went and that’s where I met my first advisor, who turned out to be a flustercluck of a human being (and also a total asshole, but that’s irrelevant- what’s important is that I had the internship). So I get this internship and I fall in love. I’d ALWAYS wanted to work in the Field- when I was a little kid, my plan was to grow up and be a dinosaur there. In retrospect… this was not a good plan.
So then my senior year I applied to grad school and… didn’t get in. Despite what my internship advisor had promised- turns out he didn’t have as much clout in the department as he said he did. But see, when I want something, I am very stubborn. So I went back up to Chicago and just… refused to leave. Internship director was all “I can’t pay you,” but I was all “That’s not really my problem, is it? You promised grad admissions until you were blue in the face, that didn’t happen, and I’ll be damned if I waste this year and don’t strengthen my application. You didn’t deliver, so now you’re stuck with me. I’m your problem now.”
It… was a lot more polite than that. But that was the gist- I just showed up and refused to leave.
Two days later, a different curator hired me as his research assistant. That curator is… it’s honestly difficult to say how much he means to me. He wasn’t just my boss, he was my mentor, my teacher, my friend, my surrogate grandfather. I say was, but he’s not dead or anything, he’s just retired. He’s on my committee, but he’s the reason I’m doing bioanth in Peru and not mortuary archaeology in Africa like the original plan was. He was my greatest advocate and the next year I was the first person admitted to the program. I didn’t decide on my project until my second year, when I was cooing over some really gnarly teeth in an osteology class. My friend Matt just kinda looked at me and said “Why aren’t you studying these?” and I went “…shit you’re right, why am I NOT studying these, these are my one true love.” My advisor was cool with it, so ever since then I’ve been working in the museum on a skeletal collection with really gnarly teeth.
So yeah, a combination of mule-esque stubbornness and pigheaded determination coupled with a real love for what I do!
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How bout the Rfa with a Mc that's always lived in poverty so they feel really out of place around them at times and don't feel like their good enough? Cause as far as I know their all are rich (except Yoosung I guess) or at least very well off.
Sounds good to me!
Yoosung:
★ He feels quite bad when you first tell him
★But he understands, his parents tried not to spoil him too much so he would know the value of money.
★He definitely had friends in school who always had the coolest stuff that he couldn’t buy from his pocket money
★Even though is parents tried to teach him otherwise, he’ll try his best to treat you
★Before he met you, he invested his spare money on LOLOL or equipment for his computer
★NOT ANYMORE!
★ He’ll try to secretly save up money so he could buy you something expensive
Zen:
📱Oh boi, he knows. I knows how that is and he hates that you had to go through a similar thing as he himself after he ran away from home.
📱 Poor guy could barely even pay rent
📱 And even though he now does make a living with acting, he’s still so used to take care of his money. He absolutely doesn’t want to live like he did back then, ever again
📱 He still definitely feels weird when he sees how Jumin throws around with money like it had no value at all.
📱He’ll treat you. He will definitely take you out for dinner, or a spa.
📱if you ask him to bring you some lotion, shampoo or conditioner, on his way home he will always bring you the most expensive and highest quality stuff he can find
Jumin:
♛Okay, CEO-In-Line has no clue what it’s like without much money.
♛And he’ll feel bad that he can’t really understand you
♛ But Oh boiiii, he will 100% get you ANYTHING you want
♛It doesn’t matter if you already have 27 dresses in the same colour, he’ll get you another one.
♛He will 100% refuse to let you work for anything
♛He’s gonna spoil you more than you could even imagine
♛How can someone have so much money????
♛When you walk past some store while you’re on a walk and you just seem like you’d like to have it…. He will get it.
♛Honestly, he doesn’t even realise that you may feel a bit uncomfortable with all of this because you’re not used to getting spoiled this much
♛But he’ll make sure you know it’s the very least he can do to make up for your past
707/Saeyoung:
☆Well our defender of justice obviously has quite a bit of money. Maybe not as much as Jumin, but he’s well above middle class.
☆He knows how it is not to have much money as well as Zen but unlike Zen, he would spend his money single handed on his “babies” and upgrading his computers if Vanderwood didn’t stop him.
☆Honestly? He didn’t really know what else to spend his money on.
☆You’d expect him to spoil the shit out of you now but you’re wrong.
☆Saeyoung doesn’t like to buy things for the love of his life. He doesn’t find it personal enough. He prefers self-made stuff as it shows his dedication towards you.
☆Of course, if you really need or want something, he’ll buy you whatever.
☆But instead, he’ll just be the massive dork he is.
☆“Hey, princess, I made you a bath!!”
☆The bath is full of money.
☆Saeyoung keeps all his money in cash and now it’s in a bathtub.
☆Ready for you to take a bath in!
☆ “Honey look, you can feel like Jumin now!!”
V/Jihyun:
☼Look, he’s really well off. But he never brags about it.
☼ If humble were a person, that person would be Jihyun.
☼You don’t even feel too bad around him because he lives like a normal person.
☼But he noticed that you feel odd when Jumin talked about getting Elizabeth another collar for millions of dollars.
☼So when you tell him about your past…
☼He’ll just smile at you
☼He’ll tell you this is all in the past and it doesn’t matter
☼He’ll tell you, you have all the support from everyone and that you don’t need to feel bad about anything
☼Jihyun will get you nice things every now and then, but honestly he won’t go over the top at all. But he’ll tell you everything that belongs to him, is also yours.
☼He just wants both of you to live a normal, average life.
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things i learned about mit today: - there’s a phys ed requirement of four half-semester courses (i think) in order to get the nerds to go outside for once - if you take fencing, archery, rifle training, and sailing as said four courses, you can get an honest-to-god pirate’s license. like a license to be a fuckin pirate. - kids wanting to get their pirate’s license have made these courses so popular that mit students compete at writing programs that will automatically enroll them in these courses within a fraction of a second after spaces become available - in addition to the pe requirement, everyone has to pass a swim test in order to graduate. and now im thinking of a beginner swim class filled with 5.0 gpa, genius engineering majors flailing desperately in a kiddie pool and there has never been something i’ve more wanted to sit in on
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I have started narrowing down some college choices. Can anybody who is attending or has attended these colleges give me any info about them? I’m interested in majoring in elementary education and possibly minoring in chemistry.
Stetson University
Manhattan College
Quincy University
Vanderbilt University
Carthage College
Valparaiso University
Xavier University
Coe College
Thanks! Any help?