Reply to The college essay

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "The college essay"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had no involvement in my kid's essays, though I did read the Common App one before it went in.  I thought it was solid, and reflected both his voice and who he was, but it wasn't amazing.

His admissions results were not as good as I would have expected going into the process given his basic academic qualifications (3.98 GPA/4.53 wGPA, 35 ACT) and solid EC profile), though he's ended up in a good situation.

I don't know whether a better essay would have helped, but it might have.[/quote]

Are you willing to share admissions results from specific colleges & universities ?[/quote]

In at Northeastern, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, James Madison University.

Not in at Harvard, Yale, MIT, Williams, Amherst, or Virginia.

Was a full IB Diploma candidate, Eagle Scout, and two-time captain of both his high school and club hockey teams (hockey was a 25-30 hour a week commitment for all 4 years of high school).[/quote]

Yea I’d be disappointed too, honestly.  Those aren’t great choices.  No way it was just the essay.

Why didn’t he apply to LACs slightly below Amherst and Williams?  It’s like you had all reaches and safeties and no matches.   Or did you assume that UVA was a match?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics