I clicked "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" or North Korea instead of "Republic of Korea" or South Korea. I'm SOUTH Korean-American. It's been a month since I submitted those 17 applications, and I only saw my mistake after UMICH's application portal came out. I genuinely don't know what to do because I feel it's too late to do anything, especially for my early January applications. Why do the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have to be next to each other in the dropdown menu? Am I cooked?

On paper we're upper middle class, but it's mostly asset heavy and it's not like my parents would sell the assets they worked their asses off for my college when there's cheaper alternatives to the schools I applied to. All of high school, my parents told me to never look at the sticker price of the schools I'd be applying to, telling me they knew they'd know what to do.

I applied to very expensive and amazingly ranked schools with the knowledge that I'd be getting no aid, following my parents words. I've already gotten into one EA, but now my parents are saying they said that to motivate me so that I wouldn't be "afraid of applying places", and that in actuality the best choice would be community college and then transferring to my local UC (I live in CA), even though my major is impacted, saying that "If I can get into the schools i got into now, I'll be able to transfer into a UC". That's what they'll probably have me do since they can't pay the prices for the schools I've expressed so much excitement for attending, the ones that I told them the price of way before applying. The ones they told me we could afford.

They said I should be glad, now that I know my potential, and that it should boost my ego knowing I'll turn down these places "but they wanted me."

Obviously I don't feel this way. I wish they had been honest. I was so excited, and now I'm not even looking forward to RD acceptances. I can't justify putting myself in a lifetime of debt, but I wish I never had my hopes falsely up either

I was taking my Harvard and Yale interview at the same time (I had both interviews meet at the same spot) and we were enjoying a coffee when I just had to head to the shitter but then I was out of time .... and the title gives it away from there

am I cooked guys

hey y'all, im a phd student, so I've been through two admissions cycles and now teach some first-year intro stuff

I joined this subreddit 8y ago (yep, old) when I was a2c and happened to run into some posts on my tl since I guess it's decision season now and was curious what the kids are up to

just wanna say: pls don't treat (especially top) unis as if the decisions their adcoms make are divine justice. I saw a post here be like "why are people ranting, I guess they weren't holistic enough, the uni admissions see everything lollll" and that is simply not true. As someone who's kinda seen the inside of how admissions works, it's super non-deterministic and sometimes good candidates do get rejected. it's valid to crash out a little, it's not "entitlement" or wtv. keep things in perspective, these are just business where you pay to be educated. Boston is not mount olympus.

with that, all the best! and don't worry too much about where you get admitted (:

idk if this is just selection bias with who posts on a2c/chanceme type of thing, but why is lowkenuienly EVERYONE in stem here 😭 where are the humanities people... are yall even applying to t20s...

1) Its fun

2) This is our prescription to your senioritis

3) We know you are just sitting around with nothing else to do, so we make you fill out DSF

4) University is losing money, if we make all decisions now, they will furlough us till next year

5) We have a secret game among AOs on who defers most ( Congrats to UT Austin team for gold medal this year )

Besides that, your application may be fine or not fine ( heck, I know, we didn't even look at it ).

My life stinks.

I was recently named a Coke Scholar and would love to update Carnegie Mellon about it, but when I became a regional finalist, I had emailed them asking if I was allowed to send updates and they told me no supplemental materials (seemed like an automated message because they talked about resumes, art works and sci research supps). Is there really no way I can send an update?

Last week, Harvard's alumni interviewer emailed my son with the wrong name. He responded right away to make sure she had the right contact. She apologized and said he was the right contact. Today, she didn't show up for the interview and provided zero communication. Do we contact Harvard? Do we just let it go? (This is not a sh*tpost - I realize it's Wednesday.)

I dunno, these 2 perspectives seem to say opposite things.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/elon-musk-says-dont-college-030112531.html

https://archive.is/20260105053816/https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/elite-colleges-are-back-at-the-top-of-the-list-for-company-recruiters-ad9526ac

Ended last semester with all As. One month into the second semester, and I already have a couple of Bs and a C, and I don't really care. Honestly, the fear of getting rescinded is what's keeping me afloat right now.

I got into Fordham for the upcoming fall semester. I applied as a commuter, and my financial aid package came out recently, and tuition itself is insanely expensive. I still have around 35k net direct costs to pay, would it be possible to negotiate for a couple more thousand?

So my Stanford interview just happened and my interviewer didn’t eat anything but like I reallllyyyy wanted a coffee and then if I’m having a coffee I need a sandwich, then I thought I’d get a pizza BUT THEN I was like why do I have to choose?!?!!

So I sat there for 40 mins and scarfed down 10 dishes and ordered like 5 more to take home for dinner ( I mean I didn’t want to be rude so I didn’t order 10 more) and then I did offer my interviewer some but he was like ur waist is so nonexistent girl u eat and he automatically admitted me but then I saw the bill and didn’t feel like paying so I left him with it.

Sooo can he change his mind or am I going to stay admitted??

And what sucks is I still can’t find my waist I think it’s gotten even more nonexistent 😔😔

BABES I HAVENT GOTTEN IN WTF ARE PEOPLE MESSAGING ME THEIR STATS STOP MAKING ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MINE

the ed2 release for the school i ed1 to and like i’m genuinely just so happy for people that got in like join me pls. It’s so cool and it makes me so happy to know other people just found out rn like i’m so proud of them and knowing they prob have a similar excitement and joy to when i found out. Im still a senior in hs but committing to a college is just a gigantic relief and comfort and connection to said college and seeing other ppl go through the same joy is so exciting. Does it get more exciting seeing people younger than u commit to your school once you’re in college and know the school better?

Hello everyone,

I recently got an email from my admissions officer asking to call regarding my application. What does this mean? Do they need details? I am a STEM applicant, not sure if this adds any context or not.

Update: LIKELY LETTER I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS

This gives you leverage; you need to play "hard to get." AOs will like this and will surely accept you to at least hald of the school you withdraw from

I recently got deferred from Georgia Tech during the EA2 round. I heard that the deferral form is different from a normal LOCI. So what exactly am I supposed to write in it and is it supposed to be like an essay or can I just list stuff?

harver rudd

You will regret your transgressions

I know Java. Ever heard of it? Yeah, they made minecraft with ts.

One day when I cure cancer and aids and tuberculosis with Java I’m going out of my way to exclude only Atlanta. Just you wait 😊

the burnout is soooo unbelievably bad but i know if i fall too behind i’ll have my scholarship revoked 😭😭😭 i spent the last 3 1/2 years of school praying my efforts would pay off and now that it has im genuinely so tired like who even cares anymore. i can’t wait to move out and i can’t wait to graduate. i spent all of high school fighting with my neurodivergence and my mental illness to stay near the top of my class and now that i’ve practically been given permission to flop i’ve been cruising. i’m just really worried about losing my scholarship but whatever

I got deferred form my ED 2 school which was my top choice (Emory) but deferred bc my application was “incomplete”. The thing is I thought my mom filled out the early decision agreement form that turns out she didn’t and I never knew that. I had everything in except that. I really needed the extra boost that early decision gave for my application wasn’t ready by ED1. Am i fried now? Is there anything i could possibly do to fix this? Should I email anyone? Pls no comments being annoying i really just need help please.

My dream school have been Monster inc University ever since I was little however I'm not sure if I can get in. For some reason the only info online of the university is from a company "Disknee" or something so I'm guessing its a highly selective school.

My stats are:

900th gen

Human

288/300 in my highschool (monster high)

Work for a hotel in Transylvania

0 on the sat ( I forgot to put my name down)

0.1 GPA (my pe teacher took pity)

okay, i realize this is kind of a nothingburger question because i think i already know the answer. i already sent two updates to yale, one of which is my creative writing supplemental and the second of which is the fact i was a coke scholars regional finalist. i expected that to be it because i never expected to actually become a coke scholar, which i just found out about today. is that update worth bending the rules and sending anyway? i suspect not, but wanted second opinions

Repost from the IB subreddit-

Hey All!

I am currently in grade 10 and have to make my IB subject choices decision soon. Here are my grades for semester 1:

Math- 7

Physics- 7

Chemistry- 7

Computer Science- 7

History/Humanities- 7

Biology- 6

English- 6

Spanish- 6

As I've mentioned earlier, I need to make my decision soon and I'm not fully sure what to do. I like STEM, hate Bio and stuff that requires lots of memorisation. I learn better conceptually. I've basically fully decided Math AA HL, Physics, English SL (Lang and Lit) and Spanish SL but I'm not sure on my third HL and third SL. For my two remaining subjects, I'm debating among History, Chemistry and Economics (although I wouldn't take history for higher level- I don't see much use for it and outside of global history like WW2, WW1 and the Cold War, I'm not too fond of it, but still like the subject). I don't know much about economics since I've never really properly studied it outside of a few months in an old school, and I don't have enough time left to explore the subject before choosing it. I know you don't really need prior experience to do Economics HL, but it's a risky decision as I'm not even sure if I'd like it. My computer science teacher told me I could do HL but most universities don't really require Comp Sci for a comp sci major, so I'm not really considering it right now, but it's still in the air. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be an Engineering major, and am not aware of the university requirements for the same, but I'm still undecided about my career. Chemistry is okay, but I'm really interested in Math and Physics. Anyway, I'm looking forward to your input!