Bad choices

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Last year or so there was a student on the (insane) Paying for College 101 who arrived on campus the first week of school and within a couple hours realized she had made a big mistake. that FB page rallied with lots of ideas and that kid was in at Agnes Scott living her best life that same week. (my details may be off, but it was def Agnes Scott).

Just saying, things are more flexible than they first appear.

For sure I'd be submitting a few more applications right now that are due 2/1. But then I'd have a deeper conversation and if you learn new things and have news idea, I wouldn't hesitate to have your daughter call, say, the U of Puget Sound and asked if there's any way they'd accept her late app. I would not be surprised if they said, sure. Esp if she was bringing some good (for them) test scores with her.

UMBC seems to be the obvious option, with maybe a WI and RI app (we need more details on what she does like). But then Id look a bit deeper too.

Totally correct. Any LAC outside of the USNWR T40 will have that conversation until the summer, at least, and many offer both very strong STEM and very generous financial aid, e.g., Kalamazoo, Wooster, Lawrence.

Knox, Augustana (IL), Lake Forest College, Willamette University, Lewis and Clark College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For last minute apps do you have to request recommendations again? My daughter seems to think so

My kid had one set of recommendations in the Common App. Why would you need recs again? They should be done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For last minute apps do you have to request recommendations again? My daughter seems to think so

My kid had one set of recommendations in the Common App. Why would you need recs again? They should be done.

They are just in the Common App.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For last minute apps do you have to request recommendations again? My daughter seems to think so

My kid had one set of recommendations in the Common App. Why would you need recs again? They should be done.

Some schools use different systems. My kid had to fill out an online form to tell where recs need to go. Still, adding a late app just required emailing the counselor

[Anonymous]

My sense is that the OP’s kid likely thinks she’s too good for the schools mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Can you apply to be a first year after doing a year at CC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you apply to be a first year after doing a year at CC?

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For last minute apps do you have to request recommendations again? My daughter seems to think so

No. Simply add the school to Common App, go to the Recommenders and FERPA tab, and click the Manage Recommenders button.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For last minute apps do you have to request recommendations again? My daughter seems to think so

You'll need to follow the school procedure to send the letters but you don't have to ask the teachers for anything else. And it's ok to have those arrive after the deadline (transcripts too). The deadline is for the student. The high school can have a bit more time to send documents

Yeah, this. Those should already be pretty much ready from the previous submissions, and when you submit the app, they will get notification to send. You don't have to alert a recommendor for every added school once they've written for one.

Do give a heads up to counselor about the transcript because many schools ask for lead time on those, but I bet they could step it up if they get a request.

I also agree with you helping DD out with cut and paste, and I'm a poster who rails on people who "edit" kid's essays. This is not that. You are being strictly admin support here. Also, hot cocoa and popcorn.

You got this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No matter what, she needs to get that UMBC application in tonight! That will be her ticket out of the “bad choices” you listed.

Tomorrow, go for CNU, ODU, SMCM, WPI, Muhlenberg, and/or Rose-Hulman.

Add in Wooster later and then WVU if there is any steam left.

Just not sure that desperately flailing out apps to mediocre schools is a better approach than year off or community college. Among other things, if the OPs daughter is concerned with what her friends would think about community college, the girl might balk at CNU or ODU for the same reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sense is that the OP’s kid likely thinks she’s too good for the schools mentioned.

How is this in any way helpful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No matter what, she needs to get that UMBC application in tonight! That will be her ticket out of the “bad choices” you listed.

Tomorrow, go for CNU, ODU, SMCM, WPI, Muhlenberg, and/or Rose-Hulman.

Add in Wooster later and then WVU if there is any steam left.

Just not sure that desperately flailing out apps to mediocre schools is a better approach than year off or community college. Among other things, if the OPs daughter is concerned with what her friends would think about community college, the girl might balk at CNU or ODU for the same reason.

you think Rose-Hulman is a mediocre school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No matter what, she needs to get that UMBC application in tonight! That will be her ticket out of the “bad choices” you listed.

Tomorrow, go for CNU, ODU, SMCM, WPI, Muhlenberg, and/or Rose-Hulman.

Add in Wooster later and then WVU if there is any steam left.

Just not sure that desperately flailing out apps to mediocre schools is a better approach than year off or community college. Among other things, if the OPs daughter is concerned with what her friends would think about community college, the girl might balk at CNU or ODU for the same reason.

3.7 test optional + results OP kid is disappointed in + deadlines limiting options = consider lesser-ranked schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No matter what, she needs to get that UMBC application in tonight! That will be her ticket out of the “bad choices” you listed.

Tomorrow, go for CNU, ODU, SMCM, WPI, Muhlenberg, and/or Rose-Hulman.

Add in Wooster later and then WVU if there is any steam left.

Just not sure that desperately flailing out apps to mediocre schools is a better approach than year off or community college. Among other things, if the OPs daughter is concerned with what her friends would think about community college, the girl might balk at CNU or ODU for the same reason.

you think Rose-Hulman is a mediocre school?

I think you are stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No matter what, she needs to get that UMBC application in tonight! That will be her ticket out of the “bad choices” you listed.

Tomorrow, go for CNU, ODU, SMCM, WPI, Muhlenberg, and/or Rose-Hulman.

Add in Wooster later and then WVU if there is any steam left.

Just not sure that desperately flailing out apps to mediocre schools is a better approach than year off or community college. Among other things, if the OPs daughter is concerned with what her friends would think about community college, the girl might balk at CNU or ODU for the same reason.

3.7 test optional + results OP kid is disappointed in + deadlines limiting options = consider lesser-ranked schools

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