#College Admissions

[sunshiinnne]

Pasandida mard this, Pasandida aurat that, bhai mujhe pasandida college chahiye!!!! 😭

[cant-say-tomorrow-day]

next essay I write is gonna be an analysis of FHJY and how Kipperlilly's viewpoint and perception parallels what students are taught to value and emphasize when it comes to the college admissions process and writing college essays (aka trauma is a golden ticket)

[lifewithchronicpain]

Affirmative action was never about picking a black person for a college based on just being black. It doesn't "take a spot" from deserving white people.

It acknowledges that unconscious bias will lead people to overwhelmingly discount POC candidates who are more than qualified. Their race is used to color all their accomplishments, and usually negatively. Also that race and racism affect how much access to a good education they have. Affirmative action attempted to negate that bias and allow access to POC who Are qualified and deserve a spot.

Meanwhile, without affirmative action, more of the most pathetic white boy rich kids will get into Harvard and totally think it was because they just worked really hard.

Fuck the Supreme Court

[bitchesgetriches]

Hello lovely bitches! I need some advice 🥲

Basically, the FAFSA fucked me over. They didn’t fix their algorithm to account for modern poverty and inflation, and I’m currently ineligible for Pell. This is an issue because—spoiler alert—I’m poor! I am financially eligible for Pell! I’m contacting FAFSA and my local senators about this really grave computer error.

Is there anything I can do financially to help save money in this time? Or at least anything I can do to freak out less 😅

Darling, we are SO PROUD OF YOU for contacting your reps and the FAFSA people. That is exactly what you should be doing, and it's not easy so good on ya. Let us know how it goes.

Other than that, this is everything we know about paying for school:

How To Pay for College Without Selling Your Soul to the Devil 

Also, the comments are open if anyone else has ideas!

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[2amcheese]

curious about how this skews on tumblr so:

[commonsensecommentary]

The disastrous decline of American higher education has been obvious for decades, but it has been in everyone’s career and financial interest to ignore it. Now we are living with the consequences.

(From my blog archive)

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

For the heck of it

I read through the requirements and application process for a PhD at a damn fine Ivy League university- , not my present one. There’s a section devoted to telling my story of my struggles and how that has shaped me. I’m fucking serious. So I’m writing “I was fairly dim and pleasantly lit throughout most of my formal schooling and that definitely interfered with my ability to earn better grades. Plus I got “invited to not return” to my first college because I was too cool for those lame-o’s.

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[bixiebeet]

Question for the fandom: what do you think the Ghostbusters wrote about in their college/grad school admissions essays?

[metis-metis]

If you’re looking for resources for access into studying Classics/Archaeology/Ancient History at university, and/or access into Oxford University, watch this space!

@thatbarrowgirl and I are working on something, coming soon!

[hotvampireadjacent]

I’m asking leddit since they’re good for advice like this but I’ll post it here bc there’s more trans people who might know here. Copy and pasting what I posted:

Hello, I’m going to be applying to law school in the future but I’ve had a name change since my undergrad degree. My question is how should I present my degree? Do I contact the university I graduated from’s office and ask for an updated one? Is that a thing I can do? Anyone who has applied to something similar like a masters or phd program have advice? It’s a first name change and not a last name.

[popcorn-plots]

[lifewithchronicpain]

So when are we going to remove legacy admissions? If anything is unfair in the college admissions process, it's children of alumni, typically white and wealthy, can have that be used in their favor. Any plans to do away with that? No? Typical.

[theyuniversity]

You probably know this already, but just in case you need a reminder, there are thousands of amazing colleges in the US.

Apply to the Ivy League schools if you’ve been dreaming about them for years, but don’t apply to only them if you’re just chasing after the brand name. Believe it or not, not everyone at Harvard or Yale is happy with their decision. They might have had a much better college experience somewhere else. Everybody is different. Find the best schools for YOU. 🎓  

No matter where you end up applying to, good luck! 🙏

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[unusuallysubtext]

Hey, does anyone have a list of college admission essay writing prompts? I have some ideas but they all sound soo stupid. I'll go first:

The way performing arts make you feel (on stage, free?)

Comparing yourself to the people around you (your parents may not have worked white collar, but you want to?)