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On Applying to 20+ Colleges

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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6 years ago

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hello dear person! how about an hc for rfa +v+saeran+vanderwood with an always exhausted mc? they are always yelled at for 'being lazy' but they notice after mc explains that mc is actually tired. but weirdly, all tests always come normal :) thank you! ~love, sugar anon

hey, sugar anon! Sorry for taking so long with your requests(⌣̩̩́_⌣̩̩̀) but thanks a bunch for being patient!

hope you like it💛 [its,,,kinda short,,,]

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

6 years ago

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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! 

6 years ago

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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.

6 years ago

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6 years ago

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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Post reread snowball effect thoughts: What’s it feel like to be an amateur pornstar? Do you get a lot of people recognizing you and prematurely approaching you before they realize where they know you from and then clam up out of awkwardness? How does Meg feel about it? Seeing as you both share the steamy parts, is she as widely recognized as you? What about Jess? Is she like your manager, or something? Does she get a commission? LMAO 😂

(( OOC: The funniest part about this ask is the suggestion that we get paid. )) 

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6 years ago

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Vanderbilt University

Hey hey hey! My name is Josh and I’ll probably end up turning Harvard down for Vanderbilt if I visit Nashville and feel the vibes. I’m from sunny Miami, make giant sculptures out of found objects, watch a lot of arrested development/ breaking bad/ Bo burn ham and aziz ansari Netflix comedy specials, have crazy dance skills (or so I think), grew up on 90s nick cartoons, and listen to both Wolfgang Mozart and the Wolfgang of Tyler the creator. I don’t know how roommate stuff works and I’m socially awkward when it comes to basic stuff, so help me out! PS I have a fade haircut like will smith in fresh prince so be my friend

You had me at fade.

6 years ago

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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?

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