x10I have finally given over to college fever and am slowly battering away at the wall of applications before me, gradually leaving the comfort of procrastination behind.
Honestly, I've been good. As of now, the only things left remaining for me to do are to:
1 submit my common application
2 complete all supplements
3 finish making all the payments
In terms of #1, all I have left to do are to triple check my essays and to complete the clubs and activities section. I know, I know. Why haven't I done the clubs and activities section yet? Well, I did! I finished it, pressed submit, and commonapp gave me an error message!!! >O That page of my app was cleared and since then, I haven't had the heart to redo it.
As for #2, I am working my way through them slowly and steadily. Borrowing from my friend Donkey, it's like peeling an onion.
Ah, #3...I've spent the past few nights ensuring that all my scores are sent correctly and making as many payments as I can. Some people say not to send payments until after you've completed the supplement for a college, but I'm making the payments first. I'm 99% confident in the college list I've compiled and want to pay now so that I'll have an incentive not to cop out later on when it's really late, I'm extremely sleep deprived, I just want to say "screw life", and give up on said supplements.
For those not currently in the application process (lucky bastards), here's an idea of the costs you will incur:
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| Get these suckers ready! |
12/6 - $230
75 AP
100 SAT
55 Wash U
12/7 - $315
15 stamps (40)
15 AP
75 UPenn
75 Yale
70 NYU
65 Williams
12/8 - $75
75 Duke
By the end of this whole ordeal, I will easily have spent around $1000 before receiving even one acceptance letter (other than from Rutgers that is). But let's not dwell on that because for the time being, I have
5 down, 7 more to go!Food for thought:
Seniors, how painful are essays?
How are you doing with the whole process?
Would it be blasphemous to turn in a Harvard application without doing the "optional" essay?
the costs make me cry
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7 to do total
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haha i saved $75 and a whole month of time by dropping UPenn. Laziness prevails for me in the end. :)
ReplyDeleteIf i'm done with all my other apps early, i'm going to fork some moolah and apply to Harvard to mess with them. Total BS ftw. :)
it's a good thing you're not applying to art schools cause every time you submit a portfolio it costs another $20 :'(
ReplyDeleteno way! that sucks!
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