College Applicants Stressing Over Applications
13 posts across 3 communities since Jun 2026; 85% from r/ApplyingToCollege.
“What universities should I consider applying to for an economics major in the US and Europe? I’m currently in 12th grade, doing a US honors high school program, and have a 4.0/4.0 GPA”
“Hi everyone, I'm an international student planning to apply to US liberal arts colleges (mainly Williams and I'll need substantial financial aid) even though I am aware that it's extremely competitive My plan is Political Science for undergrad, with law school (JD) down the line…”
“Name itself, no, nobody will care you went to Slop Ivy League for the Gifted 95% of the time. What matters the most is experience. Someone coming from a community college with an internship has better odds getting a job than someone from an Ivy league with 0 experience. What…”
Many applicants are expressing anxiety about college admissions, focusing on factors like LSE comparisons to US schools, the impact of medical conditions on applications, humanities research evaluation, and concerns about NYU Shanghai placement. There's also a significant focus on extracurricular activities and demonstrating interest.
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“What universities should I consider applying to for an economics major in the US and Europe? I’m currently in 12th grade, doing a US honors high school program, and have a 4.0/4.0 GPA submitted by /u/Successful_Lab7920 [link] [comments]”
fyi: currently in highschool submitted by /u/Siaashah [link] [comments]
“Hi everyone, I'm an international student planning to apply to US liberal arts colleges (mainly Williams and I'll need substantial financial aid) even though I am aware that it's extremely competitive My plan is Political Science for undergrad, with law school (JD) down the line Current A Level subjects: Economics, Law, English I'm considering swapping English for Maths. I'm not naturally strong in Maths, but I'm willing to put in the work and honestly, English (Language”
Basically the titlr submitted by /u/Financial_Donut_8531 [link] [comments]
“Name itself, no, nobody will care you went to Slop Ivy League for the Gifted 95% of the time. What matters the most is experience. Someone coming from a community college with an internship has better odds getting a job than someone from an Ivy league with 0 experience. What really matters from these more "prestigious"/expensive schools are the connections, most can set you up an internship fairly easily whereas regular colleges will hardly do shit for you. Past your first job, it won&”
“What colleges are LSE (London School of Economics) compared to for their flagship courses e.g. Econ, PPE. Are they mid ivy level, low ivy level..?? submitted by /u/Legitimate-Chef7115 [link] [comments]”
“I'm an incoming high school senior seeking a career in Speech Language Pathology. Physics seems to be the usual 3rd lab science and the most recommended from research I've done previously, but Anatomy & Physiology seems to be more directly related to my intended major so I'm not sure which would look better when applying to college. They are both lab sciences and are weighted the same. Physics has an Algebra 2 prereq and A&P has a Bio prereq and Chem prereq. All answers from”
“I have had chronic migraines since 7th grade. Junior year, they were pretty debilitating and I missed around 25% of the school year. My grades ended being alright (3.9 UW, 4.2 W) but I didn’t have the energy throughout the school year to apply to any summer programs. No jobs will hire me, there are no open volunteer opportunities near me, and I have no ECs to put down. My application is literally subpar and I want to go the pre-med route. Everyone is telling me not to worry because I have migrai”
“I get the impression that colleges are fatigued by “research” in STEM done by high school students, which is understandable; many high school ”researchers” who have ”published” in STEM either come from a place of extreme privilege or nepotism, or their ”research” is of poor quality and does not add anything. However, what do colleges think of humanities research done by high school students? It takes less resources to do (all you really need to prove a theorem or write a good paper in the humani”
“im planning to ed to the collage of arts and sciences. jamie lee josselyn is writing an unofficial rec for me (i dont rlly understand how it works but she’s sort of recruiting me) and a member of the board of trustees might be writing for me (if he’s allowed to). is this going to make a big difference? Im not legacy but i did do the adroit summer mentorship and the iowa young writers studio. my grades are mostly As (lowest grades are two B+s in math which isnt related to my major) and i take the”
“does nyush accept you for your money and if they couldn’t put you in main campus? i applied for main campus but they put me in shanghai (i did indicate that id be fine anywhere), and i saw somewhere that they’re js tryna get money from those students that couldn’t get into the main campus so they put them in shanghai, idk if that’s true or not, i js wanna make sure im celebrating for a good reason😭 submitted by /u/ContestEasy2778 [link] [comments]”
“ok so for a bit of context im 16, turning 17 this october, from pakistan and i just finished my a2 exams in maths, physics, chemistry and biology and im currently taking a gap year. im looking to apply abroad for software engineering, architecture and maybe data science. the thing is i was never really told how important extracurriculars and all that other stuff is for university applications because here all we really have to do is give an entry test and get in based on merit. thats one of the”