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For me, the offer process (Google Dublin) was done in three steps:A few days after the interviews, I received an e-mail from the recruiter saying that I was the preferred candidate for the role and that I would receive an offer conditional on approval by his manager and on passing the "background check" (checking that you didn't lie on your resume and that the formal requirements are respected)A few days after that, I received another e-mail from the same recruiter saying that he had received a response from his manager and that he would call me later in the day to tell me the result (making the wait for the phone call quite stressful). He then called me to announce the good news, together with a few practical details such as the salary. He asked me if I was still ok to proceed, and that if yes I would receive a contract soon.A few hours later, I received a link to the digital contract that I had to sign electronically through DocuSign.net.The contract had 14 pages, starting with a nice logo:The first section (6 pages) was the actual contract, with all the terms directly relevant to the internship (location, salary, start date, end date, etc.).The second section was called "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, NON-SOLICITATION AND INVENTION ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT" (5 pages) and is meant to transmit to Google the list of all potential inventions, patents, etc. you would have before the start of the internship (or full-time position) so that it is clear you won't try a Patent Ambush against them later for example.The next section (2 pages) was a welcoming letter with a list of links to useful information for the start of the internship, such as how to find accomodation, what to wear, what to bring on the first day, etc.The last page was the classic NDA (governed by the laws of the State of California, even though the internship is in Europe). Which is why I won't be able to give more details :)

Nope they don’t, and considering she crossed the street both times and ignored looking at you, I’m very confident that she hasn’t forgotten you :)The last four years I have been counselling in quite a small rural area which meant that the likelihood of bumping into someone down the street or at public events (or even private events unknowingly!) was very real.To counteract this, I would discuss this in the first session and explain that I won’t initiate conversation with them or acknowledge them down the street unless they take the initiative to do so (for all the confidentiality reasons explained by others here). I would also emphasise that if we were to have an outside conversation, if I asked them how they were (as usual conversation etiquette), that they know I am not referring to anything we discuss in sessions at all - that they are welcome to say they are great even when we both know they aren’t.I’ve also built this into my client agreement so we are all on the same page and we don’t have to deal with that awkwardness of “should I acknowledge or not”. The tricky thing is if I am with my husband he asks me how I know them. To avoid this, I have explained to him not to ask me how I know someone - I will volunteer the information if it is relevant.

A little context before I begin:I am a white male from a large suburban area in the Northeast, and we typically have one Ivy League acceptance from my school every year or two. I applied for financial aid (but did not receive a lot), but was able to use a few fee waivers anyway. For all my schools I was looking to go on some sort of biomedical/biochemical engineering path, so my intended major for each school was related to this field.Academics: I was salutatorian of my class with a weighted average between 101 and 102 (my school doesn’t do 4.0 GPAs). My highest SAT was a 1560 (780 on both sections) and my only ACT was a 35 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 36 S, and 9 on writing). For my SAT Subject Tests (SAT II’s), I sent my 770 on Chemistry and my 740 on Math 1. For Georgetown exclusively, which requires scores on all tests taken, I also received a 1440 and a 1490 on my first two SATs and got a 670 on my Biology M Subject Test, a 620 on my World History Subject Test, a 610 on my US History Subject Test, and a 540 on my French Subject Test 🤡. For my AP Tests, I took World History in 10th grade (the only one offered at that time by my school) and got a 5; in 11th grade I got a 4 on Bio and a 5 on Chem, US History, and English Lang; for 12th grade I got a 3 on French 🤡🤡🤡, a 4 on Macro, and a 5 on Calc AB, Micro, Music Theory, Physics 1, and English Lit. (I hadn’t taken the senior year ones by the time I sent my apps, but I just wanted to note that I received A’s in all of these classes.)Extracurriculars: My biggest activity would probably be music. I am an all-state level French horn player and am a part of multiple out-of-school groups (both orchestra and band). I’m also very involved in trumpet, particularly in jazz groups, the drama club’s pit band, and my school’s marching band. I know a few other instruments as well, and I’ve performed in groups with the baritone horn, piano, and accordion. Other than music, I am an Eagle Scout, and this was a big part of my essays. I was a member of my school’s Varsity Badminton team, and an officer in the French and Tri-M Honor Societies. I was a part of a number of other clubs as well, including Mathletes, (regular) National Honor Society, Newspaper, and a few others.Awards: A number of regional and county music awards, a handful of school awards, and a few academic ones (AP Scholar with Distinction).Letters of Rec: I genuinely don’t know, as I never got ahold of any of them. I alternated with which ones I sent to colleges, as I asked my 10th grade English teacher, my AP Bio teacher, my pre-calc/AP Calc teacher, and my music teacher to write a letter on my behalf. I believe I had a pretty good rapport with each of the teachers, so I felt confident in my letters. (I also got an academic award from each of them except the math teacher earlier in high school.)Essays: I’ve definitely had better pieces of writing, and I ended up rewriting my overall Common App essay after the ED/EA decisions came out, but I’d give my first essay a 6.5/10 (I had had too much confidence when I sent it, then realized afterward). My second essay for RD was definitely a lot more well-written and candid, and I felt it showcased a deeper side of me, so I’d say it was more a 9/10. For all my college-specific essays, I’d say they’d range from about a 6/10 to a 10/10.~FINALLY~Colleges:Early Decision:Dartmouth College- I loved the campus-feel and the programs when I visited, and I really liked the commitment to the undergraduate program. I know that there are better places for a STEM-related major, but I felt that the stellar undergraduate experience would have made up for it. I also thought that it’s secluded nature-y feel would suit my Scouting experience well. I thought my interview for Dartmouth was the most candid, so I’d had pretty good hopes opening this one. Well, it turned out I’d gotten DEFERRED, so there were definitely things about my application that needed tweaking for the next round. Pretty bummed at first, but I had to move past it and focus on other apps.Early Action:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Kinda procrastinated this application a little bit. It didn’t have an “essay,” but it instead had a list of “extended-response questions,” so I thought it would be a bit easier and quicker to fill out. Well November 1st comes along and I’m taking the day off from school to fill out the application because I had wanted to spend my last Halloween with my friends (and because I left it to the last minute). My responses were on the okay side, and I didn’t get an interview in time for the release of the decisions, but at least I got DEFERRED when I ended up opening it.Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) - I actually really liked this school when I visited it, and I was so happy to hear that I was ACCEPTED, as it was the first college that had taken me up to that point. My mom had gone there for grad school, so she had said that their commitment to preparing you for a job was outstanding. In regards to my interview, it was my first one, so I ended up overdressing a little, but my conversation with the interviewer went well.Northeastern University - I LOVED this school. I really liked the co-op program and experiential learning aspect of the university, and the whole vibe seemed to really fit my personality. Also, Boston is amazing. One of my only qualms was it’s lack of a significant music program, but I was willing to get past that. The site kept crashing when I went to open my decision, but I was more than excited to hear that I was ACCEPTED and even given a spot in the honors program.Regular Decision:SUNY Stony Brook University - This was kinda my safety school, as it’s local and I’ve taken classes here for a while. So I did get ACCEPTED, but I also applied and got into their honors program, so I had a really nice backup.Rochester Institute of Technology - My guidance counselor had nominated me for a scholarship from them back in junior year, and I ended up being chosen for it, so I decided to just send an app to them for the heck of it. They sent me a likely letter a few weeks before the decision, so I was glad for the early ACCEPTED notification. They later sent me something about getting into the honors program as well.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - My mom also went here, but for her undergrad, so I decided to also send an application here. I’m not crazy about the area, but the school is good for STEM, and they had sent me a special “Candidate’s Choice” application instead of the Common App. I ended up getting ACCEPTED, so I was pretty happy to have a number of great options to choose from.MIT - The beginning of the quarantine decisions. I still had not gotten an interview since the deferred decision, so my application really had not changed except for an update on my new status as an Eagle Scout. Needless to say, I didn’t have high hopes for the second round of decisions. I remember opening the decision while helping someone else with their Eagle Scout project, and it was kinda embarrassing to announce that I’d been REJECTED.Georgetown University - Full disclosure. I learned a bit about Georgetown at a college fair the year prior, so I knew it was a good school, but I ended up paying to access the application earlier than I should have. For those of you that don’t know, Georgetown does not have an engineering program. I expressed an interest during my interview to gain a background in biochemistry from Georgetown in order to go to grad school on an engineering track, but I feel like this may have shown disingenuous sentiments toward being at Georgetown. It wasn’t meant to be, anyway, as I ended up getting REJECTED.Carnegie Mellon University - I’d been hoping to get a good engineering and music experience by going to this school. Unfortunately, I’ve heard that students at one undergraduate college are typically not allowed to take courses at another undergraduate college in Carnegie Mellon. I still would have considered it for their stellar engineering program, however. A few days before the online decisions came out, I received my “Fat Envelope” in the mail, which confirmed my being ACCEPTED at Carnegie Mellon.Yale University - I loved this school, but my hopes had been dashed after a not-so-great interview, and the fact that someone from my school had been accepted to run track there. I also submitted this app an hour before the deadline, so I was sure my chances were extremely low, which is why this was the first decision I opened on Ivy Day. I was, of course, REJECTED, but at least I was able to anticipate it.Duke University - I hadn’t originally intended to apply, but I had finished all my other applications, and they sent me an email saying that they were extending the deadline for me, so I just figured I’d send an application in. I didn’t interview with anyone, which I thought would have sunk my chances, but lo and behold, the WAITLISTED decision popped up on my screen, so there must have been something promising in my application.Tufts University - A little background: Tufts Syndrome, or yield protection, is when a college will reject an applicant for being overly qualified to attend their college, because they know that the applicant will be accepted to and choose another, more prestigious school. Tufts is notorious for this (hence, Tufts Syndrome). However, I am not one of those applicants, so I felt pretty good about my chances at Tufts, especially with a solid interview. When I opened the decision and saw the ACCEPTED screen, I was relieved to have been chosen for at least one school on Ivy Day.Columbia University - I had originally applied for a weekend-long engineering program back in the fall of my senior year, and was subsequently rejected, but given a fee waiver to apply for Fall 2020 admission instead. I hadn’t originally planned to apply, but I didn’t want to let the fee waiver go to waste, so I submitted my app, and waited patiently for an interview that never came. Again, I thought the lack of the interview or demonstrated interest would’ve tanked my chances. So upon opening the decision and seeing the “Welcome to Columbia” video on my screen, you couldn’t imagine the flood of emotions I felt, realizing that I had been ACCEPTED at one of the top schools in the country. I guess I definitely did something right in my regular decision apps.Cornell University - This was another fee waiver situation, so I hadn’t originally planned to apply. The only interview I had had was a 15 minute phone call, so I wasn’t overly confident, but had been at least a bit more confident about this one over Columbia. Yet after opening the last one, I couldn’t care less about the rest of Ivy Day. However, I was still shocked to see the WAITLISTED message on my decision screen.Harvard University - Thought my interview was pretty good, but then again, Harvard’s acceptance rate was miniscule. Maybe, just maybe, I had a chance of getting in? My computer screen said otherwise when I opened the REJECTED decision.Dartmouth - Here was my great folly. As I mentioned before, I wrote an essay for my ED/EA schools. After their decisions, I rewrote my essay, putting a lot more thought and expressing more vulnerability in the essay. However, I sent the new essay to Dartmouth, with the thought that they would re-evaluate my application with the new essay. Looking back on it, I can see from their perspective that it seemed like me, the applicant, was really just trying too hard to appeal to the pathos of the admissions officer, even if that wasn’t my intent. So it wasn’t too much of a surprise to see the REJECTED decision on the computer, albeit still hurting a bit.Rice University - This was the one school I applied to that was the furthest away. In going through my emails, I saw that they had given me a fee waiver, so I just decided, why not? I even applied to a BS/MD program, as I hadn’t yet counted out becoming a physician. After looking at the school some more, I saw that they had a school of engineering, medicine, and music, so I realized that it was probably a good fit for me, despite being far away and in warm weather. However, I forgot to schedule an interview (because I was being stupid as usual), so once again, I thought my chances were low. Yet once again, my interview-less self gets WAITLISTED once more at a school I thought was out of reach. Maybe I’m just a terrible interviewer?Waitlist Decisions:Rice - I decided not to accept the waitlist offer, although, looking back on it, I think it would have been cool to have been accepted later on, just to say I’d gotten in.Duke - Someone from my school got in, so I wasn’t overly confident about my odds. I sent a letter of continued interest, just for the heck of it, but they REJECTED me all the same.Cornell - Still had high hopes for this, and was checking the College Confidential page quite often. Someone else from my school had been accepted to Cornell, but I sent the letter of continued interest anyway with my hopes still high. REJECTED anyway, but at least I was considered well into July.DECISION:After deliberating a bit, I had narrowed it down to Northeastern and Columbia. In the end, I felt that Columbia offered what Northeastern did, and more. I thought that Columbia’s location in New York would allow me to get an internship not too differently from Northeastern’s co-op program, and Columbia’s music program outshined Northeastern’s. So I am thrilled to announce that I will be (remotely) attending Columbia University in the Fall of 2020!Thank you to everyone for reading (especially if you’ve gotten this far), and I’m really glad everyone else’s answers have encouraged me to share my own story!