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Member Since: 2/5/2014
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Literally ignore all of those college chance sites. I know it can be tempting to buy into them, but they're nothing but poison and all the cutthroat people flock to them.
I went on a chance site, and I had a what I felt was a fairly well rounded application. However, I had lowish test scores (29 ACT, and 1950 SAT). All these people posted about how I had no chance at any top tier schools, because my test scores were crap, despite me telling them that even though I was American, I wasn't raised in the US but rather overseas so I didn't grow up preparing for the standardized testing. These commenters think they know everything about the admissions process, and they're rude about it too. Like I understand if you don't want to get someone's hopes up, but don't be like "Those test scores are mediocre, don't even bother applying"
I was accepted at Hopkins, Georgetown and Berkeley, which are all top tier schools. Granted I had a 4.0 GPA, but I proved the people who were willing to dismiss me right of the bat wrong. And I rubbed every single one of my acceptances in their face.
Basically, remember that although a good GPA and test scores are important, the application is a holistic process, and having good recommendations, essays, and extracurriculars are just as important. People with 4.0 and 2400+ SAT scores get rejected all the time, because there's nothing interesting in their application at all so just keep that in mind. Also, at the end of the day, it really is just a crap shoot.
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A hot ass mess. Also, the fact that parents actively use that site always weirded me out a little bit.
