I was feeling pretty awful the day of my ap exam and unfortunately got a 3 😭 so now i have to take the placement exam IRL (i scored CDP). do you guys have any tips on what i should study/make sure to know, or if the exam was hard etc.? i want to place into spanish 3 at least since i intend on completing a minor.
Keep getting the cloudflare screen 💔. Registration isn’t till later, so shouldn’t at least some of them be working?
applied on june 5th and still don't have a house...will i even be placed on campus i'm starting to get worried 🥲 i've heard of vacancies in places such as webb, parkside, cale & irani, etc. but it's been like 3 weeks and I haven't heard back from them. any other spring to fall admits going through this too??
I usually see artists in a diff region, but the LA venue doesn't have pricing listed. anyone have any estimates?
rising freshman at dornsife.
I was told that I needed to take placement exams for math regardless of ap scores, but when i go onto the registration faq website I see that I don't need to take it if I scored 4+ on BC or AB. I don't need to take the math exam then, correct? sorry if this is so obvious I just feel like they info dumped a ton of stuff and aren't super clear about it 😭
Im ethnically Indian and while I may not be incredibly tapped in to my culture, it is a part of who I am obviously.
Regardless, the amount of hate I see for people of my kind online is absolutely insane ☠️☠️☠️ it feels like out of nowhere one day the entire internet decided to dogpile on us ✌️
And sure there’s a truckload of issues within Canada and issues regarding civic sense and what not, but that’s no fucking excuse to say bigoted and awful things about a literal group of people. Before people say this is only an online phenomenon, the amount of microagressions and racist shit people say to my face has exponentially SKYCROCKETED in the past few years. This is literally so insane to me because I don’t even live in a homogenous area—literally other ethnic minorities are also jumping in on the Indian hate train
I remember exactly a year ago I made a similar rant on a different subreddit and the reception it got was genuinely diabolical ☠️ I had people jumping over so many hurdles JUSTIFYING that it’s actually okay to be racist to Indians because of xyz reason. I had people in my DMs calling me awful things and sending death threats to me, ALL because I said I was tired of the increase in racism I’ve seen to my own kind??? It got so bad to the point where I had to completely delete my account.
If it’s not ok to be racist to any other ethnicity, then why does everyone get a pass to fucking hate us???
I'm an incoming freshman this fall as a biochem major, but was thinking about adding a spanish minor. I took spanish for 4 years in high school, but i kind of struggled in spanish 3 honors & ap spanish ( I don't know if that's because I don't know the language that well or if it's because I went to an incredibly rigorous high school.) Regardless, I'm fairly confident I scored a 5 on the ap exam this year.
If I were to add a spanish minor, would it be best to start in spanish 1? Or should i use the ap credit to skip a few levels? if it helps, for the past 2 years my spanish classes have been in 100% spanish (no english used at all). I have a meeting with my advisor sometime next week so I might just be overthinking this lol 😭
I'm a rising freshman and also a California resident. My family has Medi-Cal so I can opt out of USC's mandatory insurance. I was wondering if there's any downside to doing so? Is the USC insurance better than Medi-Cal?
Hi there!! Now that I've graduated (congrats 2026!), I wanted to share part of my life & advice surrounding college apps. I think my story is fairly interesting & maybe may serve help to someone else later down the line. (if you know me irl please don't read this 💀)
Warning: this is fairly long, so if you want to cut to the chase, just read the last paragraph.
I've been reading subreddits like a2c, chanceme, college results since 10th grade/the summer before 11th grade. You best bet when I saw all the kids with insane non-profits, research accomplishments, olympiads, etc. I was SCARED. I was so so so scared because I had literally nothing on that level. I remember having like 3 different reddit accounts and I'd make a post on a different one, trying to garner advice about my profile & if I even had a shot at a top school.
Well, to nobody's surprise, my 3.6 unweighted GPA ass had only negative feedback. I'd only get into a t50 if I was lucky in fact! On paper I seemed like such a mediocre applicant. To break it down, my grades were pretty shitty, I went to a (very well-known) rich competitive feeder that sent a huge chunk of its kids to t30 schools. To provide a summary of what it was like there, basically just imagine everyone from A2C on one campus. People with award-winning research, olympiad campers, people taking BC in 9th grade: truly brilliant kids. The academics at this school were so much harder compared to a public school in our area (which were incredibly grade inflated compared to mine). I lost so much sleep and mental sanity taking endless honors and APs while also dealing with my personal issues, working a part-time job, and making sure my family was still intact.
I had no business even being on that campus. I was low-income, one of my parents had just passed away, didn't have any support, had an unhealthy living situation, and basically had nothing going for me. Everyone felt so different from me. While people were worried about academics, ECs, and what not, I was struggling to even get through the next day because of how tired I was with myself and everyone around me.
The summer before 11th grade, I went all out. I miraculously got this competitive internship and applied to programs like Matchlighters, Matriculate, etc. I applied to 38 schools in total. I was a nervous wreck while doing the college app process, I couldn't even get into how brutal it was. I didn't even get into Questbridge, something that I idolized for such a long time and thought would make me complete.
However, remember the 3.6 gpa I mentioned? This felt like my achilles heel. Even though I had a 35 ACT and almost all 5s on my AP exams, that 3.6 gpa was dragging me down. I watched rejection after rejection pile up, from schools that my highschool fed even its least locked in kids to. I was so worried and placed my worth in college apps to the point where I lost purpose in my life. I was rejected by 23 schools and only accepted by 6 (I did have a ton of waitlists & even an ivy waitlist! But as we all know, waitlists don't really mean anything in the moment). I didn't get into a single UC or even a t50. Everyone was right, I was a fool for trying. I couldn't even get out of bed while I saw rejection after rejection in each inbox.
So I decided to choose community college. Living in California, our CC route is known to be incredibly strong and sends so many students to amazing UCs and other unis. Having a sibling recently transfer from CC to a UC, I knew the methods. I researched TAG for hours on end, read through an insane amount of advice from random forums, and consulted various teachers. Sure, it was the right choice, but having gone to such a strange high school, I couldn't feel anything except disappointed and the feeling that I was a failure. I had wasted my parent's money, and my deceased parent wouldn't be proud of me if they could still see me now.
Words cannot express how horrible I felt throughout this. While my friends were off to their dream schools, I couldn't help but feel like bursting into tears every single day. Decisions day was truly the worst day of my life. Everyone was asking me where I deposited, and I had no way to explain that I was going to enroll in community college. I am absolutely not saying that CC is a bad path; in fact, it's one of the most cost-effective ways to get a beneficial education.
However, going to a privileged rich high school like that filled with people who's only worries are superficial, the judgement would be unbearable. I was honestly so awful to be around during this time. I couldn't even hang out with friends without feeling depressed & I couldn't even smile even though they were trying to convince me it wasn't the end of the world. But nothing made me feel better, because at the end of the day, it didn't mean anything if I was a "great person" but had nothing to show of myself. In fact, this time showed me who my real and fake friends weren't.
Then it came.
One random night in April at 2 AM while working on a waitlist letter, I remembered hearing about USC taking appeals for rejections. I thought to myself, might as well. I had 0 hopes, but I had nothing left to lose at this point. I literally copy pasted that waitlist letter I was working on into another Doc, spent another hour crafting an appeal letter and adapting what I had, and finally uploaded it onto my portal.
Weeks went by, and I had long forgotten I had even sent this letter in. Literally on the last day of school for seniors, I was sitting in class on my laptop and remember seeing a random email in my inbox from USC. With my heart pounding, I opened it. And there it was. "Congratulations (Name), your appeal for xyz major was successful." I almost cried tears of joy in the middle of the classroom when I saw this message. My aid was affordable and I had a scholarship which would let me graduate debt free. My worries were pretty much resolved, all within a week. I could even enjoy my school's senior trip without a care in the world.
Even though there are so many people that debate the ranking of USC and clown on its reputation, I couldn't love the school any more. I love the campus, the spirit, the environment, LA, California, etc. I couldn't have asked for a better school that fits my needs perfectly. I literally cannot express how excited I am to be a Trojan this coming year ❤️💛✌️
So what's the point of me saying all of this? Well, I want everyone to know YOU'RE WORTH MORE THAN YOUR GRADES & GPA. As cliche as it sounds, it is true. Even I couldn't believe it at some point of time, but I'm living proof that YES, IT REALLY IS TRUE. There will be a school willing to see past that if you're able to prove yourself in another way, be it insane ECs, a banger essay, impressive awards, test scores, etc. There's truly no harm in applying to a college even if you don't think you're gonna get in. And even at the end of the day, there are still so many pathways to success (community college, transfer process, etc.) that even just having a college education is a privelage and can open so many doors in a country like the US. Shoot that shot, and I want my story to be living proof that even if someone tells you you're nothing or that you won't make it, you WILL, one way or another 🫶. My DMs are always open for support if needed.
currently admitted as spring 2027 admit! i have a -1500 SAI, parent is unemployed and has a 5000 AGI, but we have stocks. Don't own any other assets (no house, no business, nothing). USC NPC says my tuition would be 38k a year...
was the net price calculator similar to the aid you got? 38k seems incredibly high 😭 i haven't gotten my package yet but i'm so stressed out bc i cannot afford 38k at all
disclaimer: i am on the waitlist for CALS but got spring admit for usc...I want to be prepared to make a decision if i do miraculously get off the CALS waitlist. I'm not sure about my career so I'm just trying to explore things if that makes sense
Cornell CALS (biological sciences)
pros:
cons:
USC Dornsife (biochemistry)
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link to original post with all my decisions!!!: https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1q110c2/lowincome_kid_at_rich_feeder_applies_to_39/
These might be repetitive but I'll repost anyways
Demographics:
Intended Major(s): chem, bio, biochem, cell bio depending on school
Academics:
Standardized Testing
35 ACT single-sitting, 5s on AB, APUSH, CSA. 4 on Euro.
Extracurriculars/Activities (not in order)
Awards/Honors:
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.
Letters of Recommendation:
APUSH teacher - 10/10. had a somewhat relatable story to me so his letter was pretty darn good 😭
Bio teacher - 7/10. he's alright w me he prob just didn't like me as much as my apush teacher did.
Essays
Personal statement - i talked about how my family fell apart after one of my parents passed away from cancer. talked abt how i built my living space and helped bring my family back up from their depression (9/10)
Supps:
these were pretty interesting too imo. I talked about some of the relationships i built with the kids at my job, working to support my family, how it felt volunteering at the same hospital i watched my parent pass away in, or i want to study cell bio/bio chem so much bc of my parent's passing to a cellular disease
most of them were 7-9/10
So where did I end up committing??
Drum roll please....
>!USC!!! FIGHT ON!!!!!!!<
>!I appealed my rejection and got in!!! I was so shocked I was genuinely shaking. I had committed to community college in my mind already so this was such a shock to me genuinely...I had cried so much bc I went to a feeder school and everyone else was going to a great school besides me. Yet it all paid off. Everyone told me I was cooked and that it was over. BUT I PROVED EVERYONE WRONG HELL YEAH!!! GO TROJANS :D!<
I (17F) have one living AP and one older AS (sibling). One of my AP's passed from a disease a few years back and apparently only they are allowed to have sad feelings about it. AP holds this against me, in literally any argument where I call out their bullshit their argument is always "oh my spouse died and I'm the only one suffering in pain" It gets so fucking old after some point of time. I get it, it sucks losing someone, they were MY parent too, not just your spouse. But after some point of time, you need to get over it bro like genuinely it shouldn't be hindering your life to this point half a decade later.
AS does the exact same thing. They do horrible things and have 0 anger regulation, breaking shit and laying hands when they're mad then I'm forced to fix everything that they break. They grew up so fucking spoilt the MOMENT they don't get anything they have to be so violent and it all ties back to "Oh I lost my parent when I was younger, and everyone else still has their parents"
When I show ANY sort of emotion that's not happiness, I'm somehow an ungrateful bitch. I'm tired of being everyone's emotional regulator despite being the youngest. AP is a narcissist with weaponized incompetence who's babied the shit out of my sibling. I grew up as a glass child; entire childhood was catered toward my sibling, who caused so many problems in all of our lives. The pain is so much that I genuinely just start to forget all the horrible things he did to me, I think it's some sort of trauma response. Putting his hands on me, getting me in trouble for everything, commenting on my body, saying horrible shit, being verbally abusive, etc. I forget it all until I remember each horrible memory random nights.
I know this is an Asian parents sub but genuinely it's so awful seeing your sibling turn out the same if not worse than your APs. I might even hate my sibling even more than AP. They get in petty trouble all the time and leaves my AP to clean up after them. No matter what awful thing they do, fucking AP will always forgive them.
I wanted to give AS another chance and maybe think that they're misunderstood. Except, they're always working against me. They always want to get me in trouble with APs, snitching on EVERYTHING I do, somehow getting mad at ME for calling their selfish asshole self out, and then acting like I'm at THEIR mercy. They threatened to cut me off for "fake accusations" which made me scoff, because you can't tear my life to pieces then act like you're doing me some sort of fucking favor.
Maybe it's because I'm young but I can't decide if I should go no-contact when I'm financially stable. When they're good to me I change my mind and think it's not that bad, but when we're at our worst I swear to myself I'll never speak to any of these vile shits again. It's not uncommon to hear of terrible APs, but rare to hear of such shitty siblings.
Won a scholarship for low income student(like 15k a year? comes with some extra stuff too) and was wondering if I should update my waitlist college with this info?
For more context, I’m FGLI and I’ve heard waitlists are need aware, so not sure if this would help or hurt me. I’ve also already sent in LOCIs last month.