College Decision Reactions 2022 ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

HELLO, i’m benham and applied to 12 colleges, ultimately deciding to attend williams college in the fall 2022 MOO MOO COW! thx for watching-- here’s some reflection/stats if you’re curious :)
TIME TO PONDER
i’d say i had a positive experience with the overall college process. of course, i wonder had i broadened my list (i procrastinated a lot LOL, like one college i started its essays jan 1 aka the deadline hehehe) or started a grand non-profit or this or that, would i have played the game better? who knows. but, i’m actually glad i stayed true to myself throughout it all (my essays/application portrayed my silly, enfp, curious self and not someone I wasn’t #collegefit). and i’m so incredibly happy with my options/decision in finding the right place for me. tbh i knew almost nothing abt college apps until the end of junior year (when we wrote our common app essay bleh), which i’m rlly grateful for because i lived high school to j learn and have fun!
goodbye college apps!! And best of luck to those applying in the future :D
STATS (numbers don’t define us boooo, j add some context)
academics (public high school in northern virginia)
math & language focus
thru junior year, weighted gpa: 4.6
in total, i took 43 high school courses
→ 17 of which were 5.0 classes (college-level)
testing: college board's scam aka the sat (2nd try) 1520
APs submitted (scam #2): 4 (world), 5 (seminar, calc bc, calc ab sub, research, spanish, english, comp sci pri)
extracurriculars
prez of spanish national honor society/french club
swim (swimmer, captain, coach)
coding research/education/competitions
french governor’s school
optimist/ap/calc awards
clubs/jobs (e.g., cooking school)/trips (e.g., korean exchange, mission trip)
xoxo,
go piss girl
timestamps:
0:00 - intro
0:07 - george mason university
0:23 - stanford university
0:40 - university of north carolina at chapel hill
1:42 - university of virginia
3:09 - college of william & mary
3:29 - mit
3:42 - williams college
4:25 - boston college
4:40 - emory university (main)
5:17 - ivy day (harvard, princeton, brown)

[@hannahcarmen8686]

Stop why am I crying at the Williams one and then Marg ahh I can’t this is the best

[@reganhau7437]

I’m loving this content

[@elizabethchuang4970]

hi benham!

[@margaretshi]

march 18th was a good day 😌

[@Duffasaures29]

‘twas indeed 🤧

[@rachelschlueter961]

AHHH YES SUCH A GOOD DAY

[@rachelschlueter961]

Definitely bc it involved the crumbl parking lot

[@margaretshi]

quality content 🤌

[@margaretshi]

rachel had a lot to say ab the ivies 🫣

[@rachelschlueter961]

No pls I skipped those parts bc I was cringing too hard at myself

[@reganhau7437]

She was so quick with them

[@elizabethchuang4970]

unc was funny

[@elizabethchuang4970]

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