Hey everyone—I can speak for @"J.Y. Ping" when I tell you that this advice from six years ago is no longer valid.
The writing sample matters.
Some admissions officers read all writing samples as a rule; some only read it for certain applicants und…
Sorry I missed this! If you call a school and tell them that you want to switch your application from ED to RD, the school will probably let you do it, but it won't look great.
We're hoping to open the package back up in early or mid September. If you'd like to join our waitlist, follow the instructions on our enroll page, and we'll keep you updated.
We're very sorry for the inconvenience this has caused, but it's importa…
@Louislepauvre it's still available! But we've raised the price to $599 (sorry—it turns out to be a lot of work!) and we may match you with one of our other former admissions officers.
@username_hello some readers have different preferences than other readers, but I've never yet encountered a reader who's operating by a secret dogmatic set of rules that she applies with merciless inflexibility to every file that comes across her d…
@sygolub Yes. It's a little more forgiving now. We think it's more accurate except in cases where you're below both medians, in which case the school is a reach no matter what the predictor says. We're working on making the model smarter.
@jessicalauren216 "probable target" is just my way of saying "you'll prooooooooooobably maybe get into this school but I'm not quite comfortable calling it a safety." A target means "you have a good chance based on your numbers, so it's probably goi…