I was placed into dining for my first year job placement, and I genuinely don’t know what to expect 😭 I’m wondering how long the average shift is/what they expect us to do. I said I didn’t want to be out in public so will I just be cleaning?
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I am from Pakistan and have studied in the national curriculum.
I first time heard about common app and SAT test a month ago , and I started preparing my essays , and application and also preparing for SAT
My goal is liberal arts colleges like Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin , Wesleyan. I know they are reaches for every applicant on Earth.
But , my question is that they all list they have a contextual way of evaluating the applications and have admission officers trained for students coming from different contexts and curriculum.
They explicitly also list that not submitting the SAT will not hurt your application.
But in all majority posts on Reddit everyone say it isn't even possible to get admitted without SAT.
My question is from who already have experience or gone through the applications to these colleges.
"If someone is coming from south Asia ( developing countries like India , Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan), and he with reference to his curriculum has excelled and applying from a college on his own effort which has no history of sending kids to USA and put effort in his essays and application, is there still no chance at these top Liberal arts colleges."
I just wanna know if there is zero chance there without sat and to Cambridge or IB scores to confirm whether the effort I put in my applications - essays, and all other stuff, guiding teachers and counselors for recommendations,
Is it really worth putting my effort and time or is it completely out of reach.
Hello everyone!! I’m a hs grad planning on applying ed1 to bowdoin and it’s genuinely eating me alive. Bowdoin is THE school for me. I don’t mean this lightly at all, my wallpaper is bowdoin, my pfp (insta) is bowdoin, my Pinterest is bowdoin, every damn thought is bowdoin rn. I love this place so so much and would honestly do anything to get in. My bday is on Dec 5 but I’m planning on putting off the celebration to Dec 12 when the results come out and only going out if I get in. I love this college so so much and atp it’s the only place i think id feel happy enough to spend 4 years of my life.
I have my SAT in 5 days and all i can focus on is bowdoin for some reason lol. I’ve only wrote the offer supplement till now and nothing i write feels good. No matter how good it is, whether it be my personal statement or the diversity supplement or even the already drafted offer supplement, i just can’t look at my writing anymore which is really ironic since my whole profile is basically built on writing and how much it matters to me. I can’t stop thinking about this and it’s really impacting me negatively bc at this point, i can’t manage to do a single thing for my application :(((
Hello everyone! Looking for some feedback on my application before I go for ED1. I love Bowdoin and I do think I have a shot, but I still wanna be realistic. Will be a bit unspecific about certain things for privacy. Thanks a bunch! :)
Demographics
Mixed queer Female, Super Small Suburban Uncompetitive Public (Class Size <70), Northeast (Competitive State), First Generation
Intended Major(s): Theater, English, Cinema Studies
Academics
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.5 Weighted; No Class Rank
APS: Only taken one: APUSH(5). School doesn’t offer a lot of APs (~11) and basically limits them to upperclassmen. Counselor says I’m great for rigor though; 15 honors classes so far. (7 classes/yr)
Senior Courseload: Dual Enrollment Class (S1) AP stats, AP lit, and AP art. Chorus (H), Spanish V (H), study hall, PE (S2; forced to take…)
SAT/ACT: test optional
Colleges
I’ve done three summer programs, all at art colleges. Won’t say for privacy, but I list two of them on common app (one was a pre-college one and offered credit, but I have no clue how to access it 🤦♀️)
Honors (not super confident about these): Special Congressional Recognition for Congressional Art Competition, Regional Drama Festival Award in Set Construction, National Recognition Program (First Gen & Academic Achievement), English 10 Bard Award (Best writing in grade), Academic Excellence in Multiple Classes (English 9 & 11, History, Biology, Theater)
Extracurriculars
Will have done 9 productions, 4 acting & 5 stage crew. Set designer & costumer for one show. Poster and program designer since sophomore year (3/yr) Illustrated official drama program logo.
Participated in 15+ community events. Developed and ran children’s art activities. Curated my own art exhibition, written 3+ museum labels; currently developing a teen art event for post-grad.
Performed at concerts (3-4/yr); graduations & town event. Nominated for regional honors choir (11; soloist) Awarded choir spirit award (11). Hope to be a section leader this year!
Proposed and founded club. Recruited ~20 members, screening monthly films to make community cinema more accessible to teens.
Made ~$150 in paid commissions and ~10 hours in community service for volunteer commissions. Drawn logos packages, illustrations, decorations, and posters. Presented class seminar about freelance work.
Will have 24+ hours by application deadline. Tagged clothes, organize items/clothes/books for front of house. Packed recycling for local foundation.
Currently partnering our NHS chapter with same local non-profit! I’ll be honest our NHS basically died last year since our officers didn’t do anything…so mainly I’ll be supervising meetings and small fundraisers.
Worked at a new cafe in a gym. Made food & drinks, worked register and performed inventory, restock and closing activities. Drew cafe menu.
Made espresso drinks & served food to customers. Performed late closing activities and restock. Basically all ordinary barista activities…I describe these way better in common app lol.
I’m always drawing and developing stories! I got 4 in the works so far. Made concept illustrations, visual mood boards, and developmental writing for most of them.
Letter of Recommendations (praying they don’t use ai 🙏)
Counselor: I don’t know her super super well, but she’s always been super supportive of me.
English/Drama Teacher: known her all four years I adore her!! She’s so nice and will definitely write me a good one, I just need to remind her early so she’ll have time to write it. Also won excellence in her English class so that’ll definitely help.
Museum Job Supervisor: known her since 8th grade and she seemed excited to write my recommendation. I’ve done a lot of stuff at the museum, so I hope it reflects well in the letter. I also thought doing an employer would be more unique than just another teacher.
Essays/Supplementals (not rating these, I’m always wishy washy on my own writing)
Personal Statement: I wrote about how when I have art block I go back to my first sketchbook to remember why I loved drawing in the first place. It’s basically about doing things for the love of creation/experimentation rather than focusing on the final product. Family & a writer friend approved, but I’m checking in with English teacher for final revisions.
Supplementals: haven’t started yet 😀 will be doing both essays, art supplement (theater), and the video response. Will definitely have both essays brainstormed by senior year.
Interview/Interest: on the mailing list, toured, signed up for two webinars. I did an in-person interview and went great! It was a bit awkward at first but it lasted around 40 minutes and they said I did amazing at the end.
Additional Info:
schedule conflicts led me unable to take Spanish freshman year and chorus in sophomore year. And I had to take an online honors algebra II class to maintain rigor since it conflicted with an art class. Finally im also in National Art Honor Society but we do absolutely nothing in it so I have no clue where to put it. 😅
So that’s it! Due to our schools lack of resources and population I feel kinda inadequate compared to most competitive applicants, so I’m hoping for some honest feedback here.
Hello!
I was wondering if I should summit a 1390 SAT score to Bowdoin. I know that they are really big on test optional, but would my score be fine to summit even though it is below the sat range of the average summited SAT score? I am planning to take the August and September SAT, but that is still a lot way to meet the margins. For reference the average sat at my school is ~1160.
Thank you!
Awards/EC's
John Locke Essay Competition 2026-27
Shortlisted in Economics, Science and Technology and Philosophy. Waiting for the final results.
Cleared MVPP (State level, 0.04% selection rate) and Got 1,00,000 INR Scholarship for a STEM course in grade 9.
English All Nation Merit Holder (0.1% students are awarded)
I know German and won an award for theater competition by German Embssay.
Essays: Strong / hopefully distinctive
LORs: Excellent hopefully and not generic
Intended area: Political Science / International Relations / related humanities
Do I have any chance in Bowdoin? It has been my dream forever but I feel my final year STEM grades ruined a lot of things. And suggestions to improve it? I would love to hear from you all.
Class 10
Eng -91
Hindi -95
Maths -91
Science - 68 ( suffering from typhoid not even able to walk )
Sst -94
Rank 3
Class 12
Eng -87
Hindi -97
His -94
Pol -97
Eco -84
Phy edu - 93
Rank 1 in entire school
Test optional
Honors and awards
JMI ballb air 5 Law entrance 99.999 percentile
Jmi ballb air 2
Got selected into ashoka in round 3
Ailet 99 percentile
Cuet Gat -99.5 percentile ( maths reasoning gk)
Won debates in school held on lgbt constitution etc
Won inter school debate on environment
Class head for 11-12 class
Monitor
Student of the year in entire batch
Extra
Done 4 months long internship with constitutional lawyer
Wrote a research paper in political science with teacher comparative analysis on bill of rights in usa and fundamental rights in india
Campianed along with local political official in 200 houses and yeilded him votes ( wrote slogans managed social media )
Lor
each lor mentions
Seen a few in carrier
Constitutional lawyer ready to give lor that I worked with mentioning very good analytical and communication skills
Going test optional and want significant almost full ride
Will apply in ed 1
For people that are planning on majoring in philosophy/have taken a class in the department, how are the professors and what are the classes like in general? (Difficulty, discussion, writing heavy?)
Hi I’m considering applying for explore Bowdoin but at the same time I’m concerned if I get in I’ll be super busy with college apps at the time the visit is. What r peoples experience with the program?
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