Tricks and “lifehacks” that help getting into a better college

[Anonymous]

Forgot Boston College High School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This gotta be one of the best

1 take a gap year

2 apply Columbia as GS

Acceptance rate over 30%

GS students are second-class citizens at Columbia.

I was told that they take many same classes with regular students, and most of all diploma doesn't say GS. It's the same Columbia degree.

This is one of the many reasons Columbia is no longer a good school.

[Anonymous]

pay $5K for a private college counselor to write your kids essays and advise on the best way to build a college resume

pay $5 for private tutor to boost your kids test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This gotta be one of the best

1 take a gap year

2 apply Columbia as GS

Acceptance rate over 30%

GS students are second-class citizens at Columbia.

I was told that they take many same classes with regular students, and most of all diploma doesn't say GS. It's the same Columbia degree.

This is one of the many reasons Columbia is no longer a good school.

It granting utterly worthless master’s degrees led me to feel that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This gotta be one of the best

1 take a gap year

2 apply Columbia as GS

Acceptance rate over 30%

You won’t be looked at the same in terms of job recruiting.

Why? You can just put Columbia on your resume.
Transcript or diploma doesn't say GS

Have you heard any Colimbia student saying they are GS Clumbia student when almost 1/3 get in as GS

[Anonymous]

Go to a so-so college located in an economic hotbed, such as a CUNY or San Jose State.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This gotta be one of the best

1 take a gap year

2 apply Columbia as GS

Acceptance rate over 30%

You won’t be looked at the same in terms of job recruiting.

Why? You can just put Columbia on your resume.
Transcript or diploma doesn't say GS

Have you heard any Colimbia student saying they are GS Clumbia student when almost 1/3 get in as GS

There are on-campus recruiting events that would prohibit that.

[Anonymous]

Go to “Georgetown College” or “Cornell College”

[Anonymous]

Photoshop a picture of DD rowing.

[Anonymous]

If you’re an Asian male, apply to SLACs as a humanities major.

[Anonymous]

Having the great misfortune of being in a school shooting, surviving it, and having eloquence beyond your years. Combine it with mediocre grades and mediocre SATs - end up at Harvard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having the great misfortune of being in a school shooting, surviving it, and having eloquence beyond your years. Combine it with mediocre grades and mediocre SATs - end up at Harvard

He actually had really good grades. And showed great organizing, confidence & leadership skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having the great misfortune of being in a school shooting, surviving it, and having eloquence beyond your years. Combine it with mediocre grades and mediocre SATs - end up at Harvard

Lol. David Hogg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Live in a college town or very close to a college, and send your kid to the “best” high school there. For example, move to Philly & send your child to Germantown Friends School to strategize getting into Penn.

Nah, send the child to Central High (public magnet) and place in top 25. Win Mayor’s scholarship.

https://srfs.upenn.edu/financial-aid/mayors-scholarship

[Anonymous]

Top medical & law schools don’t really care where you went to undergrad. Top PhD programs are snobby, in that the level of research experience they expect from applicants can only be obtained at top undergrad schools.