<p>To all of you accepted to Occidental, I’m really happy for you and imma let you finish, but my wait list offer was the best of all time and I need you to respond quickly if you don’t want to go so they can remove my name from the wait list :)</p>
<p>My rejection letter just came.</p>
<p>My business has been taken elsewhere.</p>
<p>Accepted with $10,000 scholarship. Unfortunately, I will not be following my dad’s footsteps by attending Oxy. Great school, but I’ll probably go to Wash Univ or Princeton/Dartmouth (if they make an accident and accept me).</p>
<p>Congrats and good luck to all acceptees!</p>
<p>Yes to WLer’s I’m trying to get the withdrawal of my application portion done quickly so you can hear back! Best of luck to you!!</p>
<p>Accepted with a Dean’s Scholarship, and most likely attending! Waiting on Columbia still, but uhhh yeah ha about that whole getting in thing… So basically I’m going to Oxy!
Yay for getting 3 rejections and an acceptance in one day. :]</p>
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<p>lol… the best line ever!!! i have to say DITTO!!!..</p>
<p>I am on the waitlist and I do hope they will accept me eventually.</p>
<p>S2 will not be attending Oxy. He has decided to attend Tulane. I like Oxy and so did he, preferring it to other acceptances to USC and UCB, but Tulane won out on size and location.</p>
<p>Waitlisted… lame</p>
<p>OXy rarely takes students off the waitlist, unfortunately…</p>
<p>From [Occidental</a> College Guide](<a href=“http://www.enotes.com/occidental-college-guide]Occidental”>http://www.enotes.com/occidental-college-guide) @ enotes.com</p>
<p>Applicants Place on Waiting List:</p>
<pre><code>724
</code></pre>
<p>Applicants Accepted from Waiting List:</p>
<pre><code>280
</code></pre>
<p>Applicants Enrolled from Waiting List:</p>
<pre><code>19
</code></pre>
<p>The page doesn’t cite what the year was but I’m guessing it should be 2008 or 2009.</p>
<p>So maybe I underestimated Occidental. I was accepted to Tulane, waitlisted at Reed and Emory so I thought I had Occidental in the bag, but then a rejection letter came my way and I was jolted… lol How competitive is Occidental? What do they look for?</p>
<p>I was accepted to Occidental with a Trustee Scholarship! </p>
<p>Not bad for someone who scored a 1790 SAT 
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<p>Math: 500
Critical Reading: 610
Writing: 680</p>
<p>@Jrose, Occidental is a good school.
I got into Emory, but Occidental seems like a much better and happier environment in my opinion. I hope I get to go to Rice next year, but I may just end up at Oxy based on financial aid.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if financial aid is available to students accepted off of the waitlist?</p>
<p>I was rejected, my scores were decent, but I think the school did not think my personality would fit :D</p>
<p>Just my understanding of colleges, but may prove to be inaccurate:
If you are accepted off the waiting list, and don’t get the financial aid you want/deserve call them and negotiate. I’ve heard that it makes a difference.</p>
<p>I love Oxy, I hope you guys going there next year have a great time :)</p>
<p>Another plus for Oxy for those of you that have not made up your mind yet: The Daily Beast has just come out with its annual list of the 100 happiest colleges in the country. Occidental was ranked #12 in the country, with very high marks for student housing and nightlife! The weather is also a big factor, which is why all of the Claremont colleges placed in the top 10. USC, however, was ranked #31 due to its chronic problem with having enough student housing.</p>
<p>See: [The</a> Daily Beast](<a href=“http://www.dailybeast.com%5DThe”>http://www.dailybeast.com) for more details!</p>
<p>not to rain on the parade, but i’m a current oxy student and that rating is pretty bogus.</p>
<p>[Rachel</a> Baer (first-year, Undeclared) - Letters to the Editor](<a href=“http://media.www.oxyweekly.com/media/storage/paper1200/news/2010/04/14/LettersToTheEditor/Rachel.Baer.firstYear.Undeclared-3905794.shtml]Rachel”>http://media.www.oxyweekly.com/media/storage/paper1200/news/2010/04/14/LettersToTheEditor/Rachel.Baer.firstYear.Undeclared-3905794.shtml)</p>
<p>that letter to the editor sums it up pretty adequately.</p>
<p>Sorry that you feel that way. One letter by one freshman should not speak for the entire student body. I know a lot of students that love Oxy.</p>