https://centralflorida.substack.com/i/214510282/florida-bans-undocumented-students-from-public-universities

The action follows a June vote by the Florida State Board of Education to prohibit undocumented students from attending any of the 28 institutions within the Florida College System.

Dear colleges

i gave my address so you could verify my residency and citizenship. filling out my address is a mandatory part of your application process.

i did NOT do this so you could completely stuff my parents mailbox with your garbage advertisements and have It overflow onto the street. this is absurd.

fafsa let’s me opt out of physical mail. the bank lets me opt out of physical mail. why can’t I do that for college

this is becoming harassment I’ve honesty given up on prestigious good colleges just because I’m so annoyed with them. I withdrew my application to some schools already to get it to stop. It never stops. Even schools I have never applied to or had any interest in are sending mail. applications are stressful enough. This is cruel

y’all should not take college admissions this deeply 😭 like there’s so much fun things in high school you should try… your worth isn’t just like oh I’m a Stanford student

I’m just doomscrolling as usual and I’m seeing like this emergence (saw like 4-5 on insta) of like freshman/sophomores saying this is their 1400th day till admittance to ivy or something like 😭.

like literally the T10 are crapshoots for like 99.99% of applicants…

A lot of the people i know who go to top schools (mostly stanford) seem to be involved in a lot of big parties, and there seems to be a lot of social pressure to go out in big groups to drink and party, even in career contexts.

Are there any top schools where this isn't a big part of culture or with more modest, quietly focused (AKA "nerdy") communities?

So I posted a few days ago asking what I would need to be competitive for an OOS full ride. I added some context for why I wanted this, explaining some family-related issues and how they controlled my sibling by threatening to cut her tuition.

literally someone replied saying it's basically impossible, that there's no hope for me, and that they also didn't need to hear about my family issue. btw i didn't even give them my stats...

sure, it might be impossible for me to achieve my dreams, but what baffles me is the utter lack of empathy from some people. at least TRY to be nice.

please don't take whatever ppl say in the replies of your post on anything in reddit to heart. some ppl are just haters and i learned that when i made my post in this subreddit :)

my parents really want me to go to this one university close to home but i REALLY do not want to go there. can i add a note to my application telling the adcoms to NOT accept me no matter what

I'll start: brag sheets and rec letters bc it's like me giving work to another person

Or do they get tired after a certain number?

title. i've watched so many people who literally don't care about anything they do and are just forced by their parents get into so many top schools. like a guy from my school last year told me how he did everything for college apps and lied on his application, and he got into several ivies and almost every other top 20 school with prestigious scholarships. and the stuff he did was so surface level too. he was the type of person to just start something and not pursue it deeper. he was thet ype of person to collect titles. i genuinely thought he wouldn't get in because it was so clear that he was just a robot doing things for the prestige but there he was, chosing between like 10 of the best schools in the country with SCHOLARSHIPS.

does authenticity even matter? like how do AO's actually tell what authenticity is? because stories like his make me wonder if its even worth trying to be authentic if i can just feed them what they want to hear

I'm filling out a brag sheet for two (junior year) teachers that I have asked for letters of recommendation from. Our school's template includes the following question:

Are there any circumstances that have impacted your life and/or academic performance? If yes, please explain. (Example: family responsibilities/challenges, personal or medical challenges, financial aid need, etc.)

I lost my mother during sophomore year. Despite the obvious emotional bout it brought, my academic performance remained unaffected (my GPA actually peaked the very next semester). I'm wondering if I should even mention it in the brag sheet, considering it had no effect on my academic or emotional state in school?

I do makeup for people a lot and have recently turned it into a "business" (i do a few people's makeup for cheap) and it's going well so far. Would people do this in college? Like can i expect broke college students to pay for makeup for... idek what? I need money

I was recently selected as a finalist for this scholarship and I have my interview in less than A WEEK. I'm super nervous because I've never interviewed for something like this before--does anyone have any advice or insight into what kind of question they might ask?! And what I should focus on in my responses? I know that they're gonna be familiar with my application but I don't know what kind of questions they will ask or how I can add more value to my application. Thank you!

you might’ve seen this post on another subreddit! but i thought id get more input :) never hurts for more opinions!

i am wondering if my ecs give off "wow this applicant is sorta unique you're cool." or "this guy is a fucking nerd and i don't want him at my college." i would loveee some input on whether or not i have a "niche" or if it's kinda all over the place. thanks in advance! alsoalso! if theres any input on how to make my activities list better let me knowww!

as seen in common app with the lovely succinct descriptions:
(and yes im sorta larping for deepwoken. theres no set number for chime players out there... so i put # of total people that have played. idk.)

[1] North American VALORANT Sentinel Player for [redacted] Esports, [redacted] Esports, [redacted] Esports & Self Made Teams. (ex: [redacted], etc.) [12, 11, 10, 9]
- Earned $3,000 in tournament prizes. Reached #2110 nationally out of millions. Scrimmed against Tier 3 & 2 ESport teams.
[2] HOSA Historian [12 | 11] Member [10]
- Led [redacted]'s Nursing program of ~100 in blood drives, FMSC, cancer walks. Organized 5+ educational healthcare field trips. Raised $16,000 for HOSA.
[3] CNA Licensure [11]
Shadowed wound care & charge nurses. Participated in 10-hour CNA shifts at 3 long term care facilities. Excelled in weekly lab work.
[4] Deepwoken Roster Player [12, 11, 10]
- Reached Rank #100 out of ~800,000 globally. Played for the #1 ranked "Guild" in North America. Organized & participated in 5+ tournaments.
[5] North America Head Admin for [redacted] (Online Community for Deepwoken) [12, 11, 10]
- Assisted in creating an online community with 2,000+ people over a shared interest. Organized 10+ events, created systems that have stayed over years.
[6] Unpaid VALORANT Coach [12, 11, 10, 9]
Assisted in creating an online community with 2,000+ people over a shared interest. Organized 10+ events, created systems that have stayed over years.
[7] Community Service Club Historian [11]
- Fundraised for ~100 "Jared Boxes" for children in need at a local hospital. Organized ~15 members in effort.
[8] Beyblade Club Co-Founder [12]
- Hosted 5+ tournaments. Worked with 2 schools to work with elementary schoolers and their interests. "Let it rip!"
[9] Baking [12,11]
- Made 300+ cookies for school events, along with goods such as sourdough, cakes and pastries. Have been told I should change from medicine to baking...
[10] DECA Historian/Social Media Manager [12]
- Attended leadership conferences. Learned new skills in hospitality relating to my healthcare interest. Built strong team bonds.

deca is kinda a filler ec. havent done much so the description is really bad. but yeah! feedback is more than welcome let me know if i seem to have a focus or if im just a guy in highschool who wasted his time being good at video games :) thanks! hopes and prayers i can ed to bu.

Hi, I’m posting to this subreddit because I don’t have enough karma for the premed one. I think this subreddit still counts, though.

I’m a first-gen college student who graduated high school a year early and ended up going to UCSB for one quarter. Unfortunately, I ended up in a horrible situation with a roommate who sexually harassed me. To put it simply, I ended up with an NP in one music class and a W from an intro chem class.

I feel like I fucked up horribly. I withdrew and left UCSB, and now I’m back home hoping to enroll at community college and eventually transfer to another university. But as a premed, I feel like this really ruined my chances of fulfilling my dream of going to medical school, and it honestly really hurts me.

Is this really going to affect me negatively? I’m still going to try, and I truly never had bad grades before this and don’t plan on failing anything else. It’s just that this one situation really messed me up.

Hi Reddit,
My daughter is a rising senior and getting ready to apply for college. Unlike many here I don't think she's pining for a top 20 school or Ivy League, but she's a good student and focused on doing well in school.

She took the SATs and I'd say she got an average score (about 1200). She's planning on taking again but not putting in a ton of work to improve. So I wouldn't expect much above a 1300.

She's a wonderful kid, has a 4.0 gpa (unweighted, as they don't do weighting), has taken a lot of AP classes, passed and got 4s on the exams. She's also been in a kind-of medical track throughout HS that will have her doing almost half her time her senior year in a rotating internship program, field work in various medical settings. She's works at a local childcare center 2 afternoons a week and is in advanced dance (ballet, jazz, contemporary, etc.,) which she's done for 13 years. Shes been very engaged in the community over the years and is a good leader.

She wants a mid-sized school that isn't our local state universities. So likely out of state. We live in the PNW. She is imagining she'll do a premed type track, with ambitions of going into pediatrics. But we will see.

Given her resume, grades, SAT and gpa, how aggressive should we be with applying to better schools? If SATs are "optional" in many places why do they seem so important to so many on this site?

She's well-rounded, and thoughtful, but she would likely also benefit from a school that challenges her to grow into herself--more of a liberal arts bent would probably be good--but she wants a larger or mid-dozed school with good school spirit. Any obvious good, but not elite schools come to mind that we should be looking at?

Money will be a factor, because we now earn too much to quality for a lot of financial aid scholarships but haven't saved sufficiently (or responsibly enough, maybe?) over the years, most of which we didn't earn a lot of money so saving was tough.

I realize a lot of this sub is kids applying to school, but if anyone has advice or universities that stand out it would be greatly appreciated. Love Reddit for that. Thanks!

my school hardly assigns papers, and the best/only one i have is from a history class of my junior year.
the actual analysis and independent writing is 1.5 pages, but requires the context of the brief source descriptions that were a required part of the assignment. all in all, without teacher comments, the paper is 9 pages.
should i rearrange it so that the writing is at the top, even without context? should i wait until my first timed essay in ap lit this coming year? any advice would be appreciated!!!

title

Okie so I'm a senior and I got a 1450 (720RW/730M) and I'm really not wanting to take it again!! I've got mid ECs (mainly family responsibilities, part-time job, and STEM related ECs w/ no award or anything...) and a 3.98/4, 4.85/5 with all IB and doing the IBDP program. I really am looking towards BU, BC, UTAustin, Ohio State, Georgetown, and UVA.

I just wanna know if my stats match some other alumnus stats and if any anthro/socio/premed majors at these schools have any advice for applying there!

I’m applying for a course abroad, and the professor who taught me at my current college is a visiting professor. I worked under him for two years. Can he write my letter of recommendation?

Describe how you plan to pursue your academic interests and why you want to explore them at USC specifically. Please feel free to address your first- and second-choice major selections. (Approximately 250 words)

With only 250 words, should I talk about both my first & second choice majors in this supplement? Would it also hurt my chances if I do not get into the first and am considered for my second choice major, since that school knows I wasn't their first choice?

I’m a high school junior. For this sub I would consider my stats average (4.3 GPA, and took 5 AP’s combined freshman and sophomore year with 5’s in 4 of them). Everyone around in this sub seems to be so obsessed with prestige and getting into HYPSM it’s unbelievable. Unless your in a major like finance where your undergrad school matters that much for your future job, there is no reason you should be spending upwards 80k a year on a school. My dream school is the University of Florida and I’m not ashamed to say it, it’s a good school and cheap. It’s where I’m applying ED next year. But some of you really need to stop the dooming with this stuff. It’s really not the end of the world if you don’t get into an ivy and you can succeed no matter where you go. It isn’t worth it losing sleep or doing stupid extracurriculars you don’t enjoy, just to get into a college that you have to go into crippling debt for.

Heyy, I was wondering if we have a research Intern, what is the format of typing it in the Common App ( as the org name; what should i put in? and the Description ). If any of u has an example, or anyone on the internet shared his own, plz sent( I searched on YT but it's an ocean and I didn't find any)

Awards section rankings!

Best boy dancer, Diwali event . Local regional organization

National recognition Program award by college
board

Ap scholar with honor

Qualified to districts FBLA (if it counts)

National honors societies. (Science, Rho Kappa, English, NHS, Spanish)

Student of the month from my psych teacher (don’t know it if counts)

Then all A’s honors from school junior year (don’t know if it counts)

What else would be considered honors???

Please let me know even if you have a little knowledge just want some guidance.
Thank you!

Hey everyone,

I want to study in the US at a need-blind T10 school (with Harvard, MIT, Brown, Yale, and Princeton being my primary goals), and I’ve realized that there seems to be a huge emphasis on taking the most rigorous coursework available to you.

I was originally thinking about taking Further Mathematics A Level, but I changed my mind because I’d heard that US universities don’t care about it that much. But maybe they actually do?

For context, A Levels are a set of British standardized exams, with separate exams for different subjects. For students who want to take maths, the standard option is A Level Mathematics, but there is also Further Mathematics, which covers significantly more advanced and difficult topics.

I would appreciate it if an (former/current) admissions officer on here took their time to answer. (Or anyone who feels that they are knowledgeable on the topic)

Thank you in advance!