Cos' I Said So...
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
Since the start of the school year, seniors have begun the excruciating process of college applications. After coming back from the October break, application deadlines became a lot closer than we’d thought and the stress of completing them has gotten much higher.
As I’ve been working on college applications, there is a lot of information that goes into it. I felt like I was prepared for it, having friends who were seniors last year, but I was a little surprised. There is everything from academics in high school, to extracurriculars, to scholarships, and more. Always more.
I’ve realized that all of the information that you put, the essays you write, the grades you have gotten throughout high school, doesn’t sum up all that you are. It seems like there is a huge chunk of who I am that can’t make its way into an application because you can only experience it in person.
The Personal Information Questions used for the UC applications are able to give the admissions counselors a peek of who the applicants are, but it is nothing compared to meeting and talking with someone in person. This entire application process, I’ve been trying to figure out how to fit all of my likes, my dislikes, my struggles and my best moments into four 350-word essays. Long story short, it has not been easy.
And then there is the constant stress of not feeling like the application will be good enough once it is submitted. Yet, no matter what, come November, I think I will be more ready than ever to submit these applications.
As I’ve been working on college applications, there is a lot of information that goes into it. I felt like I was prepared for it, having friends who were seniors last year, but I was a little surprised. There is everything from academics in high school, to extracurriculars, to scholarships, and more. Always more.
I’ve realized that all of the information that you put, the essays you write, the grades you have gotten throughout high school, doesn’t sum up all that you are. It seems like there is a huge chunk of who I am that can’t make its way into an application because you can only experience it in person.
The Personal Information Questions used for the UC applications are able to give the admissions counselors a peek of who the applicants are, but it is nothing compared to meeting and talking with someone in person. This entire application process, I’ve been trying to figure out how to fit all of my likes, my dislikes, my struggles and my best moments into four 350-word essays. Long story short, it has not been easy.
And then there is the constant stress of not feeling like the application will be good enough once it is submitted. Yet, no matter what, come November, I think I will be more ready than ever to submit these applications.