My dad’s cancer started out as a dry cough that wouldn’t go away. We thought it could have been pneumonia or a cold at first and his doctor had an X-ray done but it showed nothing. He started to lose some weight and felt tired as well. Four months later he had to have an x-ray done…
One of my favorites was a student who sent in a CD of them singing in Japanese. We don’t offer Japanese at our school. Another sent in an essay about being abducted by aliens who wanted to use them as a slave but tried to convince the aliens to use their “lesser aliens” for that kind…
I worked in our Financial Aid office and a student came in wanting to add a loan to her account. We took a look at the document she brought in and realized it was a scam. Since it was just us student workers manning the front desk at that time, we couldn’t tell her why we couldn’t…
Like I said, not every school if going to do that. Schools will pay the most attention to a students academic record, activities they were involved in (sometimes), and the personal statement is a way for a school to understand a student’s background (can be used to explain poor grades,…
Also definitely remember that schools can track where you’ve attended college. If you decide to transfer, be honest about where you’ve gone or it’s going to cause you problems down the road.
So I’ve worked in college admissions for 10 years and I’ll give some of the kids out here a little breather: not every school will reject you if you accidentally put the wrong school name in your essay (trust me it’s happened before and with things like Common App it’s an easy mistake),…
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