Thursday, August 18, 2011
Chances of college acceptance, honestly?
Wow, a junior and you're already stressed about admissions! Well, I know that you can probably get into Cornell or Stanford, because you obviously like to work a lot, but what colleges, and not just liberal arts ones like Carnegie Mellon, like to see is that you are not only just an over-achiever, but also a pionate one. Quality beats quantity in the admissions process. (And your personal statements/ essays are important too, not just your grades or accomplishments.) Don't forget that they want to see YOU and why you want to be there, as well as how all of the dozens of extracurriculars you have done have shaped you or helped you grow. A college wouldn't want to accept someone that would be likely to kill themselves from stress and overwork (unless it is MIT, which provides a special bridge for that purpose).
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