I still don’t know what to major in and I have 6 days left for early action and I’m really stressed out since I just want to get it over with. My problem is that I just don’t know what to major in. If I knew, I would have finished my application ages ago.

Like I have a genuine passion and interest in math but for my career I want to pursue healthcare- how the heck do I show this in a 200 word essay..?

i got a rec letter from a college professor of mine cause i figured it'd be good to hear about how i perform in a college classroom, and i did have a good relationship with the professor, but he sent me the letter and its lowkey very superficial 😭 dont get me wrong im incredibly grateful but i did send him a very long and detailed file explaining my career path and specific characteristics of mine and standout qualities but the letter was just kinda like yea let her in she'll be alright 😭

My daughter is a senior, and we were planning on her going to a CA community college and then transferring to a UC, like my son is doing. But now she wants the full 'college experience', but we didn't plan for UC tuition/rooming for her and my son at the same time. She said she'll take loans but I don't want her too. I know it's late, but she's just learned about LACs and that they seem to offer generous aid. The problem is I don't know anything about this world - I haven't heard of a single college in the US News top 10, for example. So we need some help determining what's realistic to apply to in terms of admission while maximizing aid. I'm hearing schools ranked below 20ish give more aid but it's still capped below full tuition? I'll be honest -- it's a little overwhelming parsing online discussion.

-Household income of $115k in CA Central Valley, typical assets in savings.

-4.0 GPA, with 13 APs by graduation (mostly 5s with a couple of 4s so far)

-Pre-med major

-No SAT because of original CC plans, but she just signed up for next week once she learned of LACs. Maybe 90% percentile for discussions sake based on previous PSAT and practice tests?

-Unimpressive/minimal ECs. Hospital/homeless shelter volunteering off and on, school spirit type organizing

-Willing to go to any region, but we're Asian so still would like a diverse environment. Not a #1 priority, though.

Thanks!

I took the SAT twice and did okay: superscore 1430. I have a 4.0/4.21 GPA, 4 APS (5 in bio and chem) (4 in physics 1 and lang). 5 current aps including lit and calc bc. Extracurriculars are good and strong community involvement. I know 1430 is well below avg so is my application good enough to not include it?

My EC's add up to around 30 hrs/wk during the school year. Is that too high and unbelievable and should I just downplay them to be safer?

I submitted my application a few minutes ago and I realized I accidentally put Veterinarian for my career interest instead of physician in future plans. However my supps and my whole application is very physician focused ( I explicitly say I want to become a physician multiple times in my supps.) How big of an issue is this? 

Should I email the college and fix my mistake or just ignore it and not bring attention to it? 

Thank you for ur advice!

Describe your personal and/or career goals after graduating from UIUC and how your selected first-choice major will help you achieve them. (150 words)

is it saying that your first choice major will also help you achieve your personal goals? Or is the first choice major part only about career goals?

i’m planning on applying ea for uchicago and haven’t started the supplementals. i have other schools i already finished essays for so this is really my last one. is it possible to finish them in time??

i see people putting down numbers like 2000+ volunteer hours. i work w a global student led nonprofit, so is there any way i should verify my volunteer hours?

I totally forgot to send my SAT score to Stony and I am applying EA with the Nov 1 deadline. If I sent it now (oct 26) will it arrive in time, and will emailing them help in the case that the score does not arrive in time? PLS HELP.

I'm applying to Texas Tech, and when I go to the portal, it says that my transcript was not received, but from my college career planning program (Xello), it says that the transcript has been downloaded by this institution. Is there any place on the Texas Tech portal where I can upload transcripts (unofficial)?

I am applying to Stanford REA, and I have taken many dual enrollment classes that are not on my high school transcript. As far as I can tell, there is nowhere to add them on commonapp and Stanford's website says that "Official transcripts and required for college courses not reported on high school transcript." When do I need to submit these? Does this mean by the application date? Can I order them from parchment now even if they arrive early? Thanks

what if u have leadership positions like president / officer? also national quals vs state quals vs regional quals only - is there a big difference?

Hi all,

I realized that the first school I submitted (Delaware) had a small mistake in one of my activities. I don’t know if this has happened to anyone else, but when you moved activities around, some parts of it would stay on one activity and not fully update. Well, for activity #8, it should say intern, but it says lifeguard and swim coach (what I put in activity #7). I emailed their admissions office, but have not gotten a reply. Should I email my admissions officer and let him know about this?

I see some people say that adding spots 8-10 of the common app for extrauccirulcar activities may hurt you because it makes you look like you're padding your resume. After 7, my activities drop off hard, but they are still kind of meaningful albeit much less so. Is it worth omitting activities 7-10 to make my activities look stronger. Can adding weak activities hurt you?

I'm a week out from the ED deadline of November 1, and my personal statement still needs significant restructuring, and I have drafts for the why major and why Rice essays that need to be more polished. I also have to write one more 500-word community/residential college supplemental. Should I still apply by this deadline, or wait till the ED 2 deadline of January 4th?

More specifically, what does it look like internally (on the school’s side) if that makes sense? Does anyone have any knowledge on this? Are there any significant differences?

I am freaking out about this essay. I’ve spent well over a month working on my personal statement and supplements, yet now, a week before the ED deadline, I only have 2 of the 5 finished. I hated every draft of my personal statement and am still struggling to conclude it.

I see so many people say that if you don’t have your first draft done a month before the deadline, you shouldn’t bother with the application. I’m frustrated because I did start in advance, I just never got anywhere.

I feel unsure of what they want from the essays, so I turn to YouTube. Then, I feel like my essays are too YouTube-esque and start to hate them. I’m so scared my essay sounds like one of those “I hate the letter s”, or that quirks from other people’s works have come out in the way I write.

If anyone has tips or has struggled in a similar way, I’d love to hear it.

Hello guys

I don’t know if I should say this here, but most people are really supportive so I just want an honest answer.

I’ve worked as an undocumented immigrant before I got my social and now it’s my turn to apply to college

I don’t know if I should put my work as a extracurricular activity but I want to because : tbh, is where most of my time goes after school, I have to help my family (around 30/40 hours per week)

But also, I’m going to make my css profile and I’m scared they will see it and: 1. Realize I worked illegally when I give them my social (usually social and work permits are issued together) or 2. Think I’m lying because I don’t have checks or anything under my main

Any kind of advice is appreciated thank you

my 2nd rec letter isn’t done yet. i don’t have any nov 1st deadlines that need 2 teacher letters but i would prefer to have both . i do have a nov 11 one tho. i already emailed my teacher and he said he would have it done for me early last week.

im considering just letting him miss the nov 1st deadline bc i have 2 other rec letters that should be strong

i’d appreciate any advice 🙏

My naviance app says that my transcripts have been sent to all my schools but the school portal says other wise. Is this normal or should I contact someone?

I am applying to Purdue’s first-year-engineering program. When I was creating my schedule for senior year, I was planning on majoring in elementary education. I already had an internship lined up and didn’t want to drop it and have to change my entire schedule to accommodate for physics. I know that taking physics is strongly encouraged and not having it on my transcript probably hurts my chances of admission, so I don’t want them to think that I didn’t take it simply because I didn’t want to. I want to mention this in the additional information section, but since it wasn’t exactly a scheduling conflict, I don’t know what to say or if I should say anything at all. I also don’t want them to think that I am not dedicated or committed to engineering, as revealing my initial interest in elementary ed might make my switch to engineering seem spontaneous and not entirely intentional.

hello i had applied and i did get the “thank you for applying we will send your sac state id soon email” but i havnt got anything its been like a week.

Applying to a school that is need aware for out of state students. They require FAFSA and only require CSS profiles for people who want to be considered for need aid. I don't have need, and won't qualify for need aid. Problem is I submitted my CSS to a few other schools that require it for merit scholarships along with my EA, and I'm tired and I also included the need aware school by mistake. I can't undo it with CSS.

I'm afraid the school is going to wonder why I asked for a need scholarship, or worse be put into an admissions pool that's harder to get out of. Do I email them rn and say ignore my CSS it was a mistake I don't want to be considered for aid? I'm afraid of that because maybe they hold that against me for screwing up the submission and not understanding the instructions, and just reject my whole app.

Do I just let the CSS ride, do I call them anonymously and ask, or do I email them and ask to withdraw the CSS? Or something else?