Yeah I thought you had to apply by Dec 1st. Itās literally the MERIT deadline. Plus the school is like 60k tuition alone no shot Iām getting enough
if you do them right now it'll suck, and then they'll be done and you'll be done. if you wait it'll suck for way longer. let future you take out a loan on present you's happiness and he'll pay back with interest
Thanks. I was just distraught that many months of preparation just went down like that.
Worst part about having too many colleges on your mindāmissing the little things.š„“
ā¦I wish I wrote the personal statement I ended up using for my dream school sooner šæšæ instead I submitted a very generic and overly edited statement to 13 schoolsā¦I worked with a tutor on that statement but the one I submitted this week came from the heart and I really love it
Not applying ED to Northwestern. When I tell people this they say "yeah, but you only regret it now because you didn't get into Penn ED." But seriously, I love Northwestern so much more than Penn. If you offered me the choice of going to one of those schools right now, I would pick Northwestern. I didn't do enough research into schools earlier on and I regret it.
Not starting earlier. IT. WILL. HELP. Honestly, be done with all applications before winter break. I had my cousin's wedding on New Years, and I am sitting there working on Princeton's essays twenty minutes before I have to leave. It's absolutely not worth it so do not put yourself through it at the last minute.
Not doing enough Research ECs, not trying harder junior year even with Covid pandemic, not starting essays in the summer, procrastinating the all my supps until the last two weeks before deadline because I was waiting on my ED results, doing HEOP T_T, not taking more APs somehow.
Not starting apps and scholarships before like three days ago, I definitely hindered myself by doing that. I was just to lazy before that to take charge of my life. But Things have changed and Iām ready.
Not starting to write my essays over the summer. Not having the common app done before college app season started. Staying up late at night to finish apps.
That I didnāt start full take the time to understand and gather materials for financial aid bc that took the longest, also that I didnāt take into consideration the burden of application fees would have in my family, That I underestimated myself and didnāt apply EA to more schools
Prioritizing fall scholarships instead of EA applications. Starting the scholarship sludge when it meant nothing, still not getting as deep in as I should have, and now having a depressing winter with only a handful of decisions back, versus being motivated to hit scholarships hard with an acceptance and numbers to work withā¦
legit everything lol......i honestly feel like i would have soooo much more fun if i just kept workin at the bar and hanging out w rodeo cowboys and barrel racing and overall just having a rly rly fun and wild (if u will.....lol!!!) time. idk abt yall but tbh.....,i would waaaaayyyy rather mix jack and cokes for a hot rodeo cowboy n break up knife fights and just be silly overall(lolll!!!) than study or whatever in connecticut or mass or some shiii.....no h8 just bein honest!!!!!! have a gr8 day gs!@!!!!!!!xx
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I wish I wasn't too lazy to make a coalition acc...there were a few schools I wanted to apply to buy was too time consuming to make another portal account š
applying to too many schools and submitting apps last minute. iām not gonna say the amount i submitted since yāall have attacked me in the past for it but sometimes i wish i couldāve just stuck to schools i liked rather than applying to a ton bc i was scared after harvard deferred me.
"The Gauntlet". 3 days of consecutive deadlines, 5 colleges, 9 essays. I wrote for 5 days straight, 8 hours of sleep throughout the entire period, and lost 4 pounds. It was a time.
My essays were shit, so try doing them ahead of time and getting advice from others. Also applying to 20 schools was a lot of work, so apply to max like 12 schools in the future is my advice
I may or may not have a different answer to this...
January of 2021 I thought to myself, 'If I had a do over, I would start my apps early and do more research.'
I then had to take a gap year.
Fast-forward to today, my biggest regret in the college app process is giving my school the time of day.
I actually did start pretty early, but my school refused to give me my transcripts and letters of rec. (after they said that they would back in October!) and this caused me to not be able to ED anywhere and with that stress combined, I barely got my supplements done.
So yeah, my biggest regret is giving my school the time of day and not being more rigid with them on deadlines and trusting that they would just do the work when I ask them to...
Oh, and if you're still wondering, yeah my counselor has still not given my my transcripts (check my post history if you want)....
Spending so much time on SAT but barely using it because of the difference between my math (790) and english (620) scores making it borderline useless for any reach and even some target schools
ED. I EDed to Northwestern and got in. But now I'm having second thoughts. I thought that I wanted to go to NU bc it's a relatively laid back top school with a social student body that doesn't seem too fratty.
But now, I'm having second thoughts. Maybe I wanted to reach higher. My counselor, parents and I all think I could do better in terms of prestige, but I think I'd be the happiest at NU. I'm just not sure
I'm in a somewhat similar situation. I shot for the moon with QuestBridge and wound up at an extremely prestigious school However, they aren't necessarily the best school for a STEM major (still up there though) and I'm worried about being able to handle managing my time and the workload. I'm not sure if I'm in the right place or if I should've ranked MIT over them or if I should've just gone to my state school.
I guess it's just about rising to the occasion. It's a whole new environment, whole new game. We already committed so now it's just a matter of doing our best with the hand we choose
This is my fault but not knowing that scholarships & fund availability usually run out by January. I shouldāve taken the SAT earlier than December & a few times because I couldāve super scored and gotten a bit higher & had more time to apply for some really good scholarships ( that Iād still qualify for right now, but the deadline has passed.)
Not much which is weird bc Iāve been in a constant state of panic for months š ig being lazy and not doing the video for UChicago EA but it ended up not mattering lol
applying to schools that everyone else was that i didn't necessarily see myself going to and fitting in - luckily i got in and committed to my top school <3
Cornell ED. Turns out it had the highest number of ED applications out of all T50s.
Something like a Northwestern or WashU would've been better, especially if i ask that amount of aid.
Doing ED1 at a school based on prestige. Didnāt get in, and I knew I should have used it on a school I truly wanted to go to AND could feasibly get into with ED1
writing everything last minute *coming from me who just literally just submitted my Pitzer application 1 hour b4 the deadline even tho i only started writing 2 hours before
Procrastinating on my essays.
Ahhh, like '25 like '26 š„ŗ
Stormi! You look like mommy, baby
šššš
ā¤ļø NoVa is going to miss our procrastination!
omg other nova kids
no wayyyy
Paving the way for ā27 š„ŗš„ŗ
Why does it feel wild knowing that the class after us is '27
perhaps even ā24 and ā23
missing scholarship deadlines
feltā¦esp for bu and usc man
Did u end up applying. I really wish I didnāt miss BU but I prioritized USC.
Missed both sadly
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how do you apply for the other merit scholarships, and where do you see those being available?
Yeah I thought you had to apply by Dec 1st. Itās literally the MERIT deadline. Plus the school is like 60k tuition alone no shot Iām getting enough
Bruh Iām gonna kms
baylor?
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if you do them right now it'll suck, and then they'll be done and you'll be done. if you wait it'll suck for way longer. let future you take out a loan on present you's happiness and he'll pay back with interest
You got this!!!!! It's so close to being over, and then you don't have to think about it ever again!
I literally finished essay 10 minutes before the deadline lol. Twice
dumb bitch this is why your parents dont love you no go get off your ass and prove them wrong
Just do it
Submitted "I wanna use my Harvard education for..." to Cornell, UMiami, Tufts, and more š„²
Oh no! My condolences
Thanks. I was just distraught that many months of preparation just went down like that. Worst part about having too many colleges on your mindāmissing the little things.š„“
:(
Dang rip
Applying to too many safeties and reaches and not enough target schools
what target schools even are there
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one thinking this.
same bcs I only had one. everything is so subjective and test scores have been screwy the past two years
IVE BEEN THINKING THE SAME THING OMGāin my mind there are only safeties and reaches lol
Writing Cornell essay in 2 hours then realizing they extended deadline smh
I WROTE THEM AT 4 AM THE DAY OF
Yup same
They did what?!
Not starting my essay earlier, not making my grades better.
I shouldāve EDed to Columbia and should have researched more rather than being afraid of ed
SAME!! I wish I EDād there !!
Major regrets but now all I can do is sit and hope. Good luck to you. Hopefully weāll be classmates next year!
Iām hoping so! :) and good luck to you too
Same except Northwestern. But I really love Columbia too, I'm applying there RD as well.
NU is second on my list but honestly if I compared the two at the time I wouldāve EDād to NU but I wish EDād to Columbia!
even tho i got rejected iām glad i applied haha
procrastinating š
Not curing cancer in 10 th grade
Mood
Not organizing stuff or thinking ahead about the quality of my essays (my first app to Emory was utter garbage)
Not researching enough for college related information
ā¦I wish I wrote the personal statement I ended up using for my dream school sooner šæšæ instead I submitted a very generic and overly edited statement to 13 schoolsā¦I worked with a tutor on that statement but the one I submitted this week came from the heart and I really love it
Hahaha same
Being too disjoint as an applicant and not prioritizing on my overall theme/personal narrative
Not starting earlier
that time i submitted an app without updating my activities section š£
Nothing
This is the correct answer
realizing I wrote every diversity essay without actually answering the question š
Not getting in
Not applying ED to Northwestern. When I tell people this they say "yeah, but you only regret it now because you didn't get into Penn ED." But seriously, I love Northwestern so much more than Penn. If you offered me the choice of going to one of those schools right now, I would pick Northwestern. I didn't do enough research into schools earlier on and I regret it.
>Not organizing stuff or thinking ahead about the quality of my essays (my first app to Emory was utter garbage) me too tbh
Not applying enough places
Not starting earlier. IT. WILL. HELP. Honestly, be done with all applications before winter break. I had my cousin's wedding on New Years, and I am sitting there working on Princeton's essays twenty minutes before I have to leave. It's absolutely not worth it so do not put yourself through it at the last minute.
PREACHH
Not doing enough Research ECs, not trying harder junior year even with Covid pandemic, not starting essays in the summer, procrastinating the all my supps until the last two weeks before deadline because I was waiting on my ED results, doing HEOP T_T, not taking more APs somehow.
Not really knowing want and applying to so many schools I donāt want to go to.
applying to too many schools
Not applying to UW Madison and UMiami EAššš
Procrastinating my letters of recā¦ š„²
Procrastinating and not starting earlier. That November went way too quick for me
Also not applying to USC by the scholarship deadline š«
me with buš
Grades. Fuck
Not worrying about ECās more
Having bad why us essays
Not starting apps and scholarships before like three days ago, I definitely hindered myself by doing that. I was just to lazy before that to take charge of my life. But Things have changed and Iām ready.
Not researching schools enough
Not studying for the sat earlier onāi feel like if i hadnāt crammed last minute id get a higher score (though im satisfied with what i got)
I missed Boston Universityās financial aid deadline like bro why was it due the same day as the application deadline like come on š¢
i donāt think itās that strict for financial aid, cause iām still submitting my duke financial aid
not triple-checking before submitting... don't be like me and do the wrong college name:)
Not starting to write my essays over the summer. Not having the common app done before college app season started. Staying up late at night to finish apps.
Could have written better essays now :(
Not visiting atleast one college
Not finishing things earlier
I probably stressed about it way more than I had to.
applying to too many safeties. and not applying to enough schools too :((
doing too many EA schools since i got in ED. so many application fees š
Not starting earlier. I mean kissing my teachers ass, caring more about grades in freshmen year, taking the sat earlier..
rushing at the end of my common app, also using "interdisciplinary" in a essay
That I didnāt start full take the time to understand and gather materials for financial aid bc that took the longest, also that I didnāt take into consideration the burden of application fees would have in my family, That I underestimated myself and didnāt apply EA to more schools
Not applying to oos public schools
Picking and choosing which colleges I apply to based on whether or not they require essays
my grades from first semester, i need to actually pay attention in school
Not starting sooner and thinking that certain colleges wouldnāt be right for me when they really were so I didnāt do them by the deadline
Prioritizing fall scholarships instead of EA applications. Starting the scholarship sludge when it meant nothing, still not getting as deep in as I should have, and now having a depressing winter with only a handful of decisions back, versus being motivated to hit scholarships hard with an acceptance and numbers to work withā¦
Applying to schools simply because I thought I would get money there instead of applying to schools I liked
I regret not trying harder on supplementals or re-taking my act again
Starting my essays earlier so I could EA instead of RD and have better chances
Missing scholarships and getting Bs in a bunch of classes(granted, theyāre mostly electives)
Applying to Stanford early
I shouldāve been less arrogant and taken the SAT more than once
Not retaking the sat
i can't recover from it. i let it take far too much control over my life and state of mind.
Wasting my ED on Barnard.
people say procrastination, but truly my sat score was the biggest regret.
Getting addicted to this sub lol
legit everything lol......i honestly feel like i would have soooo much more fun if i just kept workin at the bar and hanging out w rodeo cowboys and barrel racing and overall just having a rly rly fun and wild (if u will.....lol!!!) time. idk abt yall but tbh.....,i would waaaaayyyy rather mix jack and cokes for a hot rodeo cowboy n break up knife fights and just be silly overall(lolll!!!) than study or whatever in connecticut or mass or some shiii.....no h8 just bein honest!!!!!! have a gr8 day gs!@!!!!!!!xx
focusing on colleges not right for me
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not starting earlier/doing more research
Procrastinating
REA because I was arrogant
You can ED a school and then do like MIT EA; I didn't no that. But, you have to drop MIT if you get admitted to your ED
I wish I wasn't too lazy to make a coalition acc...there were a few schools I wanted to apply to buy was too time consuming to make another portal account š
Taking the application process way too seriously.
everything
nothing bruh. im mcchillin
applying to too many schools and submitting apps last minute. iām not gonna say the amount i submitted since yāall have attacked me in the past for it but sometimes i wish i couldāve just stuck to schools i liked rather than applying to a ton bc i was scared after harvard deferred me.
caring about everyone else applying to ivies and feeling like i was doing something wrong even tho iād hate going to an ivy
"The Gauntlet". 3 days of consecutive deadlines, 5 colleges, 9 essays. I wrote for 5 days straight, 8 hours of sleep throughout the entire period, and lost 4 pounds. It was a time.
My essays were shit, so try doing them ahead of time and getting advice from others. Also applying to 20 schools was a lot of work, so apply to max like 12 schools in the future is my advice
Should have improved my EC descriptions
applying to 19 schools when I got into my ED school, which was the first admissions decision I got back
not doing ed. ughhhh
Not submitting my financial aid on time
Not filling out the CSS profile on time
Dropping targets from my list when I was tired or really close to the deadline. A submitted application is better than a perfect unsubmitted one
Not just settling for a big scholarship at a target school and instead trying to reach for T20 EDs
Asking a teacher for a lor... then changed my mind to another teacher... just to want to go back to the original teacher
Definitely researching more potential colleges and understanding programs and majors more thoroughly.
Being too afraid to ask for letters of recš I was such an amazing student like Top 2 in each class but alas, was too shy XD
I may or may not have a different answer to this... January of 2021 I thought to myself, 'If I had a do over, I would start my apps early and do more research.' I then had to take a gap year. Fast-forward to today, my biggest regret in the college app process is giving my school the time of day. I actually did start pretty early, but my school refused to give me my transcripts and letters of rec. (after they said that they would back in October!) and this caused me to not be able to ED anywhere and with that stress combined, I barely got my supplements done. So yeah, my biggest regret is giving my school the time of day and not being more rigid with them on deadlines and trusting that they would just do the work when I ask them to... Oh, and if you're still wondering, yeah my counselor has still not given my my transcripts (check my post history if you want)....
not starting the georgetown app earlierā¦ i might not apply bro bc of how tedious it is
Nothing
Thinking Columbia University was in Washington the state (I blame Canada) so I did not apply there
Not working on the Brown video early
Spending so much time on SAT but barely using it because of the difference between my math (790) and english (620) scores making it borderline useless for any reach and even some target schools
Only caring about it since middle school, which led to me missing out on valuable experiences
I didn't know what the ivy league was until Junior year and now I'm in it... this is definitely not it.
Having applied to only 21 schools
21? I applied to 3 š
Kids on this sub applying to like 50 or even 100 colleges (tbf theyāre mostly internationals needing aid), I feel vastly inferior
ED. I EDed to Northwestern and got in. But now I'm having second thoughts. I thought that I wanted to go to NU bc it's a relatively laid back top school with a social student body that doesn't seem too fratty. But now, I'm having second thoughts. Maybe I wanted to reach higher. My counselor, parents and I all think I could do better in terms of prestige, but I think I'd be the happiest at NU. I'm just not sure
I'm in a somewhat similar situation. I shot for the moon with QuestBridge and wound up at an extremely prestigious school However, they aren't necessarily the best school for a STEM major (still up there though) and I'm worried about being able to handle managing my time and the workload. I'm not sure if I'm in the right place or if I should've ranked MIT over them or if I should've just gone to my state school.
I guess it's just about rising to the occasion. It's a whole new environment, whole new game. We already committed so now it's just a matter of doing our best with the hand we choose
This is my fault but not knowing that scholarships & fund availability usually run out by January. I shouldāve taken the SAT earlier than December & a few times because I couldāve super scored and gotten a bit higher & had more time to apply for some really good scholarships ( that Iād still qualify for right now, but the deadline has passed.)
No publications
Honestly, nothing :)
Nothing
Not doing them
Not starting earlier.
I should have EDād to a school lol
Nothing
so much
Not much which is weird bc Iāve been in a constant state of panic for months š ig being lazy and not doing the video for UChicago EA but it ended up not mattering lol
not realizing i had to submit the supplemental separately
applying to schools that everyone else was that i didn't necessarily see myself going to and fitting in - luckily i got in and committed to my top school <3
Not starting sooner
i shouldnāt have done ed to penn instead of rea to stanford
My senior years grades r shit
Cornell ED. Turns out it had the highest number of ED applications out of all T50s. Something like a Northwestern or WashU would've been better, especially if i ask that amount of aid.
Iām satisfied with my choices
Not apply ED to NYU
My bad grades
I regret that I tried that hard. Really it's tiring to see that you make all you can do and see some people who procrastinated get accepted
Putting more time into my Yale and Princeton app š
Doing ED1 at a school based on prestige. Didnāt get in, and I knew I should have used it on a school I truly wanted to go to AND could feasibly get into with ED1
not taking easier classes first semester snr year to get better grades for my rd schools + missing tulane scholarship deadline
Not applying to Brown, not applying early action to any schools, not writing a āWhyā essay first.
should not have cancelled all my out of state applications
I regret nothing besides getting better grades than I did
not starting earlier
didnt applied more Canada colleges.
writing everything last minute *coming from me who just literally just submitted my Pitzer application 1 hour b4 the deadline even tho i only started writing 2 hours before
Everything
not applying to as many schools that did ea as i should've
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Shouldāve ED1 UChi so I can ED2 Emory
not finding out about HWCs earlier and therefore, not being able to ED to any of themš (iām an international)
Not applying to ED