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Dear Michael: Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2015 at Northwestern University! On behalf of the Northwestern faculty, students, and alumni, it gives me great pleasure to inform you that you have been admitted to the the School of Communication. The admission committee evaluates tens of ...

Well, it's been a while, so I figured I'd come give you guys an update! I did win the Park Scholarship at State! I was one of 45 scholars selected out of 1,300 applications nationwide. Obviously, this is a huge honor to receive. However, I'm still waiting to hear from Duke, Stanford, and Northwester...

Well, I was accepted into NC State's college of Engineering as an undecided engineering major. I was also recently named a finalist for the Park Scholarship — the only one selected from my high school. As a finalist, I already receive $10,000 ($2,500 a year) should I choose to enroll. The funny thin...

Submitted! March 29th is D-Day. Wish me luck!

Just got the email for my Duke interview! Very excited, although my interviewer and I are meeting this week! I expected it to be after the holidays but I'm still looking forward to it! A little nervous, though. A side note: I'm a semifinalist for the Park Scholarship at State. I was selected as a se...

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Hey everyone! Man, this process is really stressful — but I'm getting through it day by day. I decided against ED for Duke — my mother and I attended the open house for North/South Carolina applicants. Basically, there's a 2% difference in the admittance rate between regular and early decision for a...

You guys are the best. Thanks for the well-wishes!

YmoBeThere wrote:Oh, next time, demand some face time!

I mean, they put me as the cover picture for the article on their website, so I can't really complain.

Highlights from our school's home opener last night. The N&O rated our opponent as #6 in the Triangle and we were unranked -- and we beat 'em. That's me in the viking hat at the end doing our now-famous cheer, the Rollercoaster! Fast-forward to :38 to see the coverage of us. http://www.highschoolot....

There is such a thing as what you're describing. I think it's called "dry drowning." (Mom was watching Oprah one time, don't ask me how I remember these things -- I just do.)

Since we're on the golfing subject: Two men are out golfing together. There's a pair of women ahead of them on the course who are taking an extremely long time to finish. One of the men says to the other, "Go over to those women and ask if we may go ahead of them, so we can finish faster." The man a...

Keep in mind that if you decide to apply ED at Duke I don't think you can apply for the Robertson. I checked the website and this is what it says: Do I have to apply early decision/early action to be considered for the Robertson Scholars Program? No. Although the deadline for submitting Supplementa...

I hope I can get some scholarship money as well -- I'm not looking for a full ride (although, that would be fantastic!) but there is also a financial element to this that, like the admissions process, is out of my hands. I'll probably apply for the Robertson Scholarship as well -- couldn't hurt, ri...

I agree with the others that on paper you really don't have anything going against you. You know you need to work on the SAT/ACT and I'm sure you will. Since you're also going to apply to Stanford, I'll say that I sent basically the same application to Stanford and Duke and I got rejected to Stanfo...

So here it goes guys. Y'all (ahem, you all) have been a great support group over the past year and a half! I don't know if you realize the magnitude of the impact you had on my college applications, and as a result, my college acceptance/decision. Don't worry, I'm not leaving crazietalk or anything...

Awesome advice. When it comes time to revise my essays I'll definitely shoot a PM your way and have you take a look. What sort of EC's/volunteerism did you have? While I have volunteered in the community plenty, my resume seems to be more school-based, and I just hope they're not looking for someon...

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I could definitely get the principal of my school to write a recommendation for me; however, my grandfather teaches at Duke and I'd also like for him to write a Personal Recommendation. However, the Admissions website states that I can have four recommendations: two from teachers, one from my guida...