<p>My child applied to bs last year and was not admitted to any of the highly selective schools on his list. He decided to reapply this year and came up with a much better list of schools, thankfully. </p>
<p>However, there is one school from his original list that he reapplied to, despite the denial last year. He truly feels this school is an excellent fit for him and he has the stats. He figured, what the heck, they aren't going to invite me in if I don't knock on the door. I was hoping he'd just skip it. I think it'll be especially heartbreaking if they say no twice. </p>
<p>I'm wondering if anyone is ever admitted to a school that rejected them in a previous admissions cycle. I'm guessing the odds are not in his favor. </p>
<p>Aralyn…one of the CCers was rejected from lawrenceville, reapplied, and got in. People have done it before-in fact, my friends older brother got into Exeter as an upper after being rejected the first time.</p>
<p>I believe Mountainhikers child was both denied and waitlisted at several schools and was accepted to almost all (or all) of them the following year, including Thacher where they attend now.</p>
<p>I have a friend who’s daughter applied for 9th to a number of boarding schools and was rejected at all schools. Current school was not helpful with the process and that was part of the problem. They talked to the current school, got them to work with them for 10th. She applied to 8 top boarding schools and got accepted at all and went to Deerfield. So yes, it can happen.</p>
<p>^^To clarify, DS applied to only Exeter and Choate the first time around, and was waitlisted at Exeter and denied at Choate. Second time around, the list of schools was much broader; he visited 8 schools, but he chose NOT to apply to either Exeter or Choate again (other schools he visited were higher up on his list!) and ultimately applied to four schools and was accepted at all four: Deerfield, Loomis-Chaffee, Ridley College - Canada, and Thacher (where he is now attending and thriving).</p>
<p>Sometimes the rejection is poor fit. Many other times the rejection is because the student is a good candidate but the school just doesn’t have room for them all.</p>
<p>Doesn’t hurt to try again, if the student has a healthy attitude about the process and sees it for what it is - highly competitive among hundreds or thousands of qualified candidates. A “no” may be dissappointing, but by no means is a negative reflection of the student.</p>