Comments on: College Applications Season – Are You Ready? http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/ Personal Finance + Savvy Living = Save for Tomorrow, Enjoy Today Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AliceRouland http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-23 AliceRouland Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:38:29 +0000 http://wellheeled.wordpress.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/#comment-23 I just find out there's nothing to be worry about. Everything is ok. My SAT tests is good enough. And so will yours. Take Care I just find out there’s nothing to be worry about. Everything is ok. My SAT tests is good enough. And so will yours. Take Care

]]> By: strange bird http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-21 strange bird Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:17:09 +0000 http://wellheeled.wordpress.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/#comment-21 Thank GOD I started the college application process last century ;). When I see how competitive kids are now, I don't feel like I would have had a chance. My grades were great but I wasn't the valedictorian, and my SAT scores were high but I was no 1600-er, and I managed to get my undergraduate education for free... now I would have been lucky to be admitted to some of the schools that were offering me money to study with them only seven years ago! Now that I'm applying for graduate schools, it's much harder... I felt that I had no choice but to fork over $1250 for LSAT prep classes (which seems to have paid off...), and apply to 13 different schools just to make sure I had a chance somewhere strong. Maybe we're all imagining it, but it seems that it's harder than it ever was and requires more of an investment BEFORE EVEN STARTING than it ever did. Thank GOD I started the college application process last century ;) . When I see how competitive kids are now, I don’t feel like I would have had a chance. My grades were great but I wasn’t the valedictorian, and my SAT scores were high but I was no 1600-er, and I managed to get my undergraduate education for free… now I would have been lucky to be admitted to some of the schools that were offering me money to study with them only seven years ago!

Now that I’m applying for graduate schools, it’s much harder… I felt that I had no choice but to fork over $1250 for LSAT prep classes (which seems to have paid off…), and apply to 13 different schools just to make sure I had a chance somewhere strong. Maybe we’re all imagining it, but it seems that it’s harder than it ever was and requires more of an investment BEFORE EVEN STARTING than it ever did.

]]> By: Golbguru http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Golbguru Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:06:48 +0000 http://wellheeled.wordpress.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/#comment-20 Your parents did an awesome job and I am pretty sure you deserved it :)..sometimes I wonder..if most parents do it..it might just save a whole generation from student debt. Of course I am talking about those who can afford to do it. Your parents did an awesome job and I am pretty sure you deserved it :) ..sometimes I wonder..if most parents do it..it might just save a whole generation from student debt. Of course I am talking about those who can afford to do it.

]]> By: Kira http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Kira Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:54:17 +0000 http://wellheeled.wordpress.com/2006/12/02/college-applications-season-are-you-ready/#comment-22 If you're looking at a school which decides scholarships based on SAT scores, it might actually pay a good return to take those classes and boost your score. I would have gotten one of those, except the school I went to gave automatic scholarships based on your class ranking, not your GPA - and I went to a school similar to yours and with a 3.75 was only in the top third. But if I had gone to Univ of Dayton (which offered me a ranked scholarship in 10th grade!) I would have gotten a full scholarship had my SAT been 60 points higher, so that would have paid off handsomely. If you’re looking at a school which decides scholarships based on SAT scores, it might actually pay a good return to take those classes and boost your score. I would have gotten one of those, except the school I went to gave automatic scholarships based on your class ranking, not your GPA – and I went to a school similar to yours and with a 3.75 was only in the top third. But if I had gone to Univ of Dayton (which offered me a ranked scholarship in 10th grade!) I would have gotten a full scholarship had my SAT been 60 points higher, so that would have paid off handsomely.

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