Wisconsin Supplemental App

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So I'm a procrastinator/really busy except now that it's a holiday and I'm still working on Wisconsin's supplemental app.

Of course, I have a question on Thanksgiving, when I can't call them, so maybe someone here knows.

In the Personal Section, they're asking their tax questions only regarding Wisconsin state income tax returns, right? So when they ask if I'm a dependent or if I filed my own, I don't need to answer since I'm out-of-state and have never filed a return in Wisconsin?

And if I listed when I last voted, I don't need to list when I last registered to vote (since I don't remember anyway)?

Blehhh. Happy Thanksgiving though!
 
Well, you aren't alone! I'm still working on it too.
I was under the impression that those questions were to determine if you were a Wisconsin resident. So if you're out of state, and aren't trying to be in-state, I guess those don't matter that much? I haven't looked at that page that closely yet, but I think for the "tax return" question it was addressed to Wisc. residents only? I'll have to look at it again.
 
Okay, so for the question
"Have you filed a State of Wisconsin (not federal) Income Tax Return" I selected "No" and then left the rest blank...I assumed it only applied to Wisc. tax returns.

For the voting, I'm registered in New York, so just put that. I haven't voted in like five years (I know, I know, I should, but I'm too lazy to worry about it while I'm out of state). I just put the the registration dates.


ETA:
For the contribution to diversity question, do you think medical history/challenges could apply? I guess it makes me "different" but I'm not relaly sure if they're looking for something in particular or not.
 
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Guess I'll just leave the tax and voting sections as is, then.

The diversity question sounds very open ended. I haven't written mine yet. It may end up being very similar to the one I did for CSU. I think as long as you express yourself well, what exactly you write about isn't such a big deal.
 
I just paid my $ and hit submit. Woohoo! last application is in and done.

Does anyone else think the $56 app fee is kind of a random number? NOT complaining as it is cheaper then many other schools but how do they come up with $56... not 55 or 60 but right in the middle.
 
HandD42 said:
I just paid my $ and hit submit. Woohoo! last application is in and done.

Does anyone else think the $56 app fee is kind of a random number? NOT complaining as it is cheaper then many other schools but how do they come up with $56... not 55 or 60 but right in the middle.
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Maybe that's exactly what it costs to pay someone to look at the supplemental and they decided not to round up? 🙄
 
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I assume there is some shady back room where they just roll a pair of dice each year.
 
That's a good point, logic would make far too much sense. Maybe it's one of those future predicting cow deals, where they set a cow loose in a pen with a grid and the first square with a plop is the lucky number?
 
PicklePie said:
That's a good point, logic would make far too much sense. Maybe it's one of those future predicting cow deals, where they set a cow loose in a pen with a grid and the first square with a plop is the lucky number?
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Don't be ridiculous. Everyone knows its a monkey shooting darts at a dartboard with all our names on it.
 
No no no, we're talking about how they decide fees. The admissions decisions are a whole different kerfuffle.
 
I just submitted mine. I hated that stinkin' diversity question though, it about killed me.

Guess we get to wait until March now. :whistle:
 
Blah, it has been done.
I'm hoping that the diversity stuff will help me out, but I'm a little worried about the whole "what has adversely affected your qualifications" thing. It feels a bit like a trap, but that's probably because I'm paranoid. :scared:
 
badcats said:
I just submitted mine. I hated that stinkin' diversity question though, it about killed me.

Guess we get to wait until March now. :whistle:
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I totally agree with you.. My brain is fRIED from finals and since I procrastinated this one stupid question ... my answer is c.r.a.p. IMO....
The diversity questions alllwayss kill me...🙁

Do any of you guys "recycle" your answers from supp app to supp app? For example, I used a ginormos chunk of FL's supp and I put it in my WISC supp application...😛
 
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i recycled everything lol i dont have time and im lacking motivation to write something new. i used my diversity Q from missouri/(i think colorado too). Then for my extra experience section/work/animal i used something i had previously written up for my research and my "journal" of new animal experiences lol
 
Yeah, I think my answer to the diversity question was quite possibly the worst answer to an essay question I have ever written, it was very short and probably seemed as though I had something other going on other than dedicating myself to the essay...oh yeah....FINALS:meanie: Why do you have this thing due when finals are coming up? I know we had time to do it before, but that time was used for studying for FINALS.

Sigh
 
psjlg2 said:
Yeah, I think my answer to the diversity question was quite possibly the worst answer to an essay question I have ever written, it was very short and probably seemed as though I had something other going on other than dedicating myself to the essay...oh yeah....FINALS:meanie: Why do you have this thing due when finals are coming up? I know we had time to do it before, but that time was used for studying for FINALS.

Sigh
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Glad im not alone!!😍
 
I'll join you guys in the "my answer to the diversity question was pretty lame" category. Haaaate questions like that (mostly because I don't think I really have anything diverse to write about). Definitely recycled a lot of material from my Missouri and NCSU applications - why start from scratch for the same question?
 
Was I the only one that used nearly every available letter for the diversity question? The question was a blank check really, you could talk about anything that makes you special compared to the rest of the applicants.
 
PicklePie said:
Was I the only one that used nearly every available letter for the diversity question? The question was a blank check really, you could talk about anything that makes you special compared to the rest of the applicants.
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Nah, I used it too. I talked about my geographic diversity from the normal applicant and also about how my life has been a bit different than your average applicant.
 
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