[Discussion] A LitFic Query Journey (Q4 2025 – Q1 2026)

This has been an invaluable community and resource for me, and I’d like to pay it forward. To keep this organized and scannable, I’m going to forgo the typical narrative structure to these posts and use separate sections and bullet points. There's a lot here; bounce around as desired. # Housekeeping:  **Background**: Previously unagented and unpublished. Been writing seriously for a little over six years. No formal writing education (degrees); have attended workshops and conferences. I wrote

Hookless Wasian Defies All Odds and Gets Accepted (practically) Everywhere

**Demographics** * Gender: Female * Race/Ethnicity: Wasian * Residence: CO * Income Bracket: High * Type of School: 2 yrs Public school and 2 yrs Art Boarding School * Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None **Intended Major(s)**: Architecture, Urban Studies, or Fine art **Academics** * GPA (UW/W): 3.99 UW * Rank (or percentile): unranked school * \# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: First two year were all Honors courses, transferred to an arts boarding

half-international asian male gets CARRIED by awards

not sure how doxxable I am? whatever **Demographics** * Gender: Male * Race/Ethnicity: Asian * Residence: International, citizen of country X * Income Bracket: between 100k and 200k * Type of School: Attended noncompetitive private school in America for junior + senior year * Hooks: None **Intended Major(s)**: (Applied) Mathematics **Academics** * **GPA (UW/W):** 4.0 UW, school does weighting weird so weighted is like 4.4 or 4.5 which is at least like top 10% idk * **Rank (or percentile):**

Colombian R2 Visa Int'l gets 3 Ivy/Ivy+ and 2 Ivy/Ivy+ waitlist via QBRD

**Demographics** * Gender: Male * Race/Ethnicity: Colombian/Latino * Residence: NJ (Colombian citizenship, R2 visa, green card estimate for Feb 2027) * Income Bracket: low-income ($34.5k) * Type of School: Christian Private School * Hooks: Low-income URM (not First-gen, my mom has a master's) **Intended Major(s)**: geology/geoscience/physics (QB); varies per college (e.g., geochemistry, Earth & Atmospheric sciences, etc.) **Academics** * GPA: 3.97 | 4.4 (A-'s Freshman year during parents

long-time lurker goes 0/8 on ivy day (and 0/12 in general!)

**Demographics** * Gender: Female * Race/Ethnicity: Asian * Residence: International from Canada * Type of School: Uncompetitive, non-feeder public school * Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): none **Intended Major(s)**: biochem or molecular bio (depending on the majors offered) **Academics** * Rank (or percentile): school doesn't rank GPA: 4.0, school doesn’t tell us if it’s weighted or not **Standardized Testing** 1550 (790 M, 760 RW) (first attempt) *L