*creating* my college list (im screwed)

[wheat violet]

also if its relevant im an asian woman lol

[daring ether]

how tf are you screwed

ope, and it is gone

[wheat violet]

wtf where did it go

[wheat violet]

i have not put any thought

into applying to college

[daring ether]

ahhhh, I thought you were referring to your stats

[wheat violet]

no i have decent stats

Location/Region: preferably somewhere with decent weather, in-state is good (california), preferably not somewhere super rural

Major: anthropology (or something related like human development) minor: history ? psychology ? classics ?

GPA/Test Scores: 4.0 UW/4.8 W
ACT: 35 (35r 35e 34m 34s)
SAT: 1500 (retake score out next week)

Curriculum: i don't want to die because of a super difficult course rigor but other than that i don't really care

Size: doesn't really matter i don't mind big class sizes but i like small classes too

Costs: i need fin aid, so im hoping to stay in state
income <75k, ill be applying for scholarships too i think
also i plan on going to law school so that's something to factor in

Schools You're Currently Looking At: (these are schools i looked at but not sure which to apply for)
(I ALSO HAVE APPLICATION WAIVERS SO I CAN SHOTGUN ? )

UCLA
UCI
UCSD
UC Berkeley

SDSU
Cal Poly SLO

Williams
Bowdoin
Amherst
Pomona
Georgetown
(LOL)
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Princeton
Stanford
Dartmouth
Brown
Cornell
UChicago

Additional:
I'm not probably gonna apply to many safeties because I'd rather just go to CC and transfer to a UC after two years

[daring ether]

yeah, i'd choose just one though

[wheat violet]

one what

[daring ether]

safety

responding to the end of your message

[wheat violet]

also i feel like my major isn't super competitive so i have that going for me

[wheat violet]

yessss

[daring ether]

mhm true

what ECs do you got?

[wheat violet]

i think sdsu is a pretty good safety

[wheat violet]

i do taekwondo

and im csf president

😭

[daring ether]

hmmm

besides that?

[wheat violet]

umm

nothing

[daring ether]

I see

sometimes it just takes more thinking to remember everything

[wheat violet]

i have good grades but thats it

[shrewd willow]

hm

[wheat violet]

well i have like nothing really meaningful

[daring ether]

SDSU is not really a safety-- even though you are likely it is still a competitive school

a safety should be, like

one you can 100% get into basically

[shrewd willow]

https://blog.prepscholar.com/colleges-with-the-best-financial-aid

i think you should consider this

just all the unis with most aid

some alr are in ur list

[wheat violet]

oh wow thank you so much

[shrewd willow]

but since u have waiver, u can prob just shotgun everything

[shrewd willow]

[wheat violet]

yeah thats what im planning on doing 😭

[shrewd willow]

ye

but

the burden would be

[wheat violet]

yeah ur right

[shrewd willow]

all the essays

[wheat violet]

what schools would you suggest

[shrewd willow]

like 20k+ words to write lol

[wheat violet]

YES bro esp bc i hate writing too

[shrewd willow]

you dont need saftey since going to cc and transfer to a UC (like berk or la) is an ez in

especially from cc inside cali

(assuming that you maintain ur stats)

[lilac trellis]

Rutgers
Grinnell
Carleton
Claremont McKenna
Vanderbilt
USC
Pepperdine
Duke
UNC
Emory (both)
George Washington
Haverford
Swarthmore
Bryn Mawr
Wellesly
Barnard
NYU
Fordham
URoch
Colgate
Hamilton
Union
Vassaar
Bates
Colby

[wheat violet]

bro pepperdine 🔥

if the dorms suck next week im not applying

[wheat violet]

yess thats what i was thinking

[lilac trellis]

Out of these, I think the following would be an especially good fit (ignoring weather):
Hamilton
Colgate
Bates
Wellesly
Swarthmore
Haverford
Emory
Grinell

[shrewd willow]

i think just

choose randomly lol

[daring ether]

CSU Long Beach is a good safety for you

[shrewd willow]

the ones that u like

that also has aid

my personal advice would be to just create a sheet

put everything in

[daring ether]

It has a good academic environment and is strong in things like anthro and sociology

[shrewd willow]

and rate them out of ur chosen characteristics sorta

like aid, location, cost, dorms, majors, ....

[daring ether]

I still need help on my college thread post aaaaaaaa

[wheat violet]

ohh i see that would be good

im making a sheet rn

thank u for the suggestions

[wheat violet]

im writing them down in my sheet ty 😎

[lilac trellis]

W

use notion

[wheat violet]

yay thank u

csus dont require essays right

[wheat violet]

what.

[daring ether]

uhhhhh

[wheat violet]

what is notion

[daring ether]

idk

[daring ether]

wtf is notion

[lilac trellis]

notion!

https://www.notion.so/

notion.com

[wheat violet]

is it free

[daring ether]

idk what this is and this makes me irrationally angry

just make a google sheet

smh

[wheat violet]

i have a really ugly google sheet going on

[lilac trellis]

:((

[lilac trellis]

REAL

[daring ether]

like

i dont need a different app for everything i do

[lilac trellis]

yea im a cheapskate

[daring ether]

my adhd brain cant keep up 😭

[lilac trellis]

thats exacrtly what notion is for 😭 its supposed to be an all-in-one app

[shrewd willow]

im doing one too lol

i just put acp rate

[lilac trellis]

but i udnerstand

the notion community is so bad

[shrewd willow]

ranking (subject and overall)

[lilac trellis]

well they are big and helpful

but so toxic and cult like

[shrewd willow]

other categories that i like

[shrewd willow]

dont even know how to use it lol

[daring ether]

but google is integrated with everything else

[shrewd willow]

this is mine

[daring ether]

mine is on a notes app

[shrewd willow]

its stacked

[lilac trellis]

W but that font

[wheat violet]

WHOA

thats so cool

[shrewd willow]

its just sheet lol

[shrewd willow]

the font is fine

it looks fun

[lilac trellis]

:(( u should use like

[wheat violet]

is that roboto or something 😭

[lilac trellis]

raleway

or Noto

[shrewd willow]

no its verdana 💀

i searched up

the best fonts for stats

usually i use lora

[lilac trellis]

ooh good choice

[shrewd willow]

or open sans

[lilac trellis]

i like cormorant

[wheat violet]

i fuck with arial but i hate times new roman

[shrewd willow]

lol

[wheat violet]

helvetica is so godo

good

[shrewd willow]

arial is like npc mode

it feels default

i wanna be more than an npc

[wheat violet]

it gets me in the mood for boring stuff

liek college applications

.

[shrewd willow]

lol

its kinda fun tho

thinking abt the future

not the process itself

fuck the process

[lilac trellis]

are you applying to rice

[wheat violet]

does it use common app

[lilac trellis]

yea

but im doing scoir

[wheat violet]

then sure

[shrewd willow]

do you want mine as a template :>

[lilac trellis]

real

[wheat violet]

whats scoir

[shrewd willow]

oh ye u should also do

questbridge

[shrewd willow]

another app place

[wheat violet]

oh yeah

[shrewd willow]

schools can contact u on it too

[lilac trellis]

common app alternative

you get some extra perks its nice

[shrewd willow]

real

[wheat violet]

i was gonna apply for cps but i got too busy

[shrewd willow]

i use it for only 1 school

[daring ether]

questbridge is for people in need of fin aid yeah?

[lilac trellis]

child protective services 🔥

[shrewd willow]

cuz caltech doesnt do anything but scoir

[shrewd willow]

ye

[wheat violet]

yeah

[shrewd willow]

like disadvantaged ppl

[wheat violet]

but the match shit kind of scares me

[lilac trellis]

whenever somone says "CP" in the context of cal poly i just think of the other thing

[wheat violet]

LMFAOO

[daring ether]

match stuff?

[shrewd willow]

its fun tho

they match u :>

lowkey like tinder lol

is that how it works?

[wheat violet]

like what if i get my like 10th ranked school taht secretly i didnt like as much

😭

[shrewd willow]

u can reject them lol

[wheat violet]

wait really

[shrewd willow]

i mean u'd put ur wanted majors and stuff up

and then

they just admit u if they think u're a good fit

[shrewd willow]

yes

anyways u want my sheet for the unis :>

ill dm u the link

[wheat violet]

i thought u like rank ur colleges and u get matched with whichever the highest rank college is accepted you

[shrewd willow]

nono lol

[wheat violet]

YES PLZ thank you so much

[shrewd willow]

u just present urself

like a product

if they like u

they "purchase" (admit) you :>

early*

often get full ride or sth along that line

[shrewd willow]

okok

[wheat violet]

oh cool!

a lot of the schools i like are on qb which is cool

i also dont think i fit their criteria

im just really middle class

[shrewd willow]

ye

ig so

but u can try lol

[lilac trellis]

cutoff is 75k i believe?

Oh

65k

[shrewd willow]

no clue lol

[wheat violet]

i think ill try though

[shrewd willow]

https://www.questbridge.org/educators/who-are-we-looking-for#:~:text=Household income is less than,of four%2C with minimal assets.

[wheat violet]

they review holistically anyways

[shrewd willow]

this is what they say

[wheat violet]

"with minimal assets"

my family owns a house 😔

do they take into consideration like

real estate too

cuz like

i dont think my mom will sell her house to pay for my college

[shrewd willow]

ye

idk

u prob should talk to a representative at questbridge