#1 Regret from your transfer app process

Transfer Students
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<p>What's your #1 regret, the thing you wish you'd done (or not done)?</p>

<p>For me, I wish I had applied to Brown. After seeing all of the acceptances this year, it seems like I would have had a shot. Though I don't like it more than Wesleyan, it would have been an equal competitor and I would have had two schools to compare. I guess a broader moral to this story is to apply to as many schools as you want and don't let low transfer rates get you down because things can vary a lot from year to year.</p>

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<p>I turned in my cal update app two weeks late. Not sure if that's the reason I got rejected. I had no intentions to go there.</p>

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<p>yeah brand you may have gotten in there..oh well wesleyan is awesome still. where are u headed to worriedsenior?</p>

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<p>uc los angeles</p>

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<p>congratulations, whered u go before that?</p>

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<p>I dont have any regrets except for the fact I wish I had applied to Stanford, I mean you never know....</p>

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<p>u c irvine</p>

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<p>wish that I didn't apply to bowdoin, amherst, stanford, or yale. lol.</p>

<p>Would have saved at least $300.</p>

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<p>lmao at jimmy</p>

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<p>Wish WildChild hadn't started the Yale app and abandoned (after the money sent, of course). Wish he tried harder to find a prof on campus who could actually write a decent rec and knew something about him other than that he got an A in the class. Wish he had gotten into Williams.</p>

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<p>I regret that Harvard and Stanford both cut admissions rates in half on me (read: destiny).</p>

<p>I regret not applying to UVA! Would have loved the chance to choose between McIntire or McDonough.</p>

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<p>yeah i was about to bring up the application fee thing. It would suck to just lose 300 dollars. there's so much s**t I can use that money for.</p>

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<p>I regret not paperclipping $20 with my application.</p>

<p>I also regret sending in an app after smoking silly weed. The app smelled like it for days. Especially in a sealed envelope.</p>

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<p>lmao doryx, whered u send that to? did u get accepted?</p>

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<p>I did it in HS when I applied to USC. I got rejected but my 3.0 GPA didn't help much.</p>

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<p>not getting my green card in time (much like last year's reg. decision round)</p>

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<p>i wish i applied to UCLA and UCB</p>

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<p>I crammed in too many units during application season.</p>

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<p>Definitely focus on why you are applying to each specific school. As a former believer in statistical probability, I applied to 9 schools -- I was rejected at 6 and waitlisted at three.</p>

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<p>I wish I applied to Stanford. Yeah, seeing the 20/1400 admit rate and the crazy 3.97's getting rejected made me feel like I ended up saving the application fee money, but you never know what would have happened.</p>