Applying To Colleges

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Now, how about Michigan and Virginia?

I hear from Michigan in the next week - I expect to get rejected.  I think I'll get in to UVA, but they'll tell me on January 31.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Why do you expect rejection? Michigan is probably easier to get into than UVA (though you are in-state, so that may be a different story). Your SATs line up well, too.

I didn't put a lot of effort into the application, especially the essays.  I'll probably get Deferred, but I assume Rejection.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I got in to Michigan!

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Now onwards to... what else? UVA, Northwestern, and the Ivies?

I will hear from UVA on January 31.  If I get to be a Semi-Finalist for the Emory Scholars Program, I'll hear then as well.  Otherwise, it's nothing until April 1.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Yale is submitted.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

And everything is submitted.  Thank God that's over.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

And everything is submitted.  Thank God that's over.

Which application did you put the most work into?

Columbia, by far

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Congrats, Ben!  Feels good, doesn't it?

Yep.  Now the four week wait until I hear back from UVA, and then nothing until April

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Due to what they require, or out of personal desire to make it exceptional?

I remember you stated that your number one choice was Harvard. Is that still your number one choice?

Both, and yes, Harvard is still #1

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I applied to six colleges.

Got accepted into West Virginia University, and the University of Alabama. Along with 2 deferments and a rejection.

Where are you attending?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Most likely WVU as it's cheaper.

My junior year was miserable. Marred by bad grades, and depression. Killed my chances of getting into top tier schools like UNC-Chapel Hill or Michigan.


But oh well, life goes on. Gotta work with what I got

Community College?  Could you do 1-2 years, and then transfer to UNC?  Or is that not an appealing option?  I have some friends who did that with NOVA - going to UVA, W&M, JMU, etc.  Worked brilliantly for them.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

@ Ben: Nah, Commity college not really an option i'd like. But I did apply to App state (in state school), which is a UNC system school so i could go that route (I get a response  on the 26th)

Ah, okay.  Well, best of luck.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

where did you apply/get in?

I applied to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, UVA, William and Mary, Northwestern, Emory, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, and Michigan.  I've gotten into Michigan, and deferred at Georgetown; I'm still waiting on everyone else.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

You got into Williams but not Rutgers? That alone proves how much of a crapshoot this process is.

Yeah, that's... bizarre.

Extremely bizarre.  And terrifying.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

You should try and transfer to Duke - it's one of the best schools in the South, easily the best school in North Carolina and the ACC.

Not easily the best.  UVA, William and Mary, JMU, Washington & Lee, UNC, Emory, Vandy, Sewanee, Rhodes, UK, Centre College, UT-Austin, Rice, and Texas A&M all resent you ignoring them.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Very well, withdrawn.  But I mostly just wanted to list how many great schools the South has.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I got in to UVA!

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Thanks all!  I must say, I've lost a lot of motivation in the last 3 days

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Unless I get into an Ivy or Georgetown, I'll be attending UVA.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Did you get into Wake Forest? I wouldn't recommend going there unless you don't care about sports. Our basketball program is in shambles thanks to our inept AD.

I ultimately never applied.  I was never terribly interested in Wake, so I decided not to bother.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

One more month. Most of my senior friends are on edge. When I talk to them about college, they don't want to think about it. Any similar thoughts, seniors?

Kind of, but not really.  UVA has always been my realistic first choice, so there isn't as much stress about reach schools like Harvard and Columbia.  It's nice

[Kaine for Senate '18]

11 days until Ivy decisions.  Stressful, to say the least.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Rejected by Northwestern.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

This Thursday, at 5 PM, the Ivies announce.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Are you nervous? I'd be freaking out right now... Of course, you already have two excellent acceptances, so maybe your mind is at ease.

I am freaking out, but it is tempered by the fact that UVA is my default, and UVA has also always been a top choice of mine.