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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brown: Rejected
UPen: accepted
Harvard: accepted
4.6 GPA
11 APs all 5s
1540 SAT
Great EC[/quote]

URM?  Athlete?[/quote]

I am the poster. I am shocked to see some of these reactions. Here is a little background. 
We are in Virginia but not in DVM. She will be indeed the first in the family to attend a 4-year college.
She handled all her college stuff. Father is a blue-collar worker and I work in health care. 
At the start of the process, she only applied to two schools: UVA and VCU. But the school called 
a meeting and urge us to consider top out-of-state schools. They specifically said that our daughter was
underselling herself. Applying to these schools or even getting accepted was not on our radar until this meeting with the school. 
It was at this point, I started doing some research and started reading stuff on this forum.

She also had a good interview. The interviewer specifically said that it was his best interview. [/quote]

As a 1st family member at college encourage her to reach out to a counselor for questions that parents who went to college usually answer. Don’t be shy about getting help.

There are free tutors especially for writing. Don’t be shy, don’t think she should automatically know how to write at a college level.

Google imposters syndrome… everyone get it , it’s a normal feeling.

Really hard classes like organic Chem… take them in the summer at a Community College and transfer the credit.

Some classes are called weed classes specifically designed hoping students will change majors to something easier like communications. [/quote] WHy would you give such random, unsolicited advice? Just because she’s 1st gen doesn’t mean she’ll get imposter syndrome or require tutoring for writing. [/quote]

That is good advice for every first year...not just first gen [/quote]

I agree - for everyone. But also agree especially for a first gen from a rural setting. These schools are filled with rich savvy kids who have been in a shark tank HS environment. This will most likely be a very different environment for her.

But any kid should take advantage of anything a school has to offer to help in transition - seek out these opportunities - use them. [/quote]

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