Advice please!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I got into 6 out of 16 schools…
Here was my college list</p>

<ol>
<li>Columbia- Deferred then rejected
2.-Brown-Rejected</li>
<li>Tufts-Rejected</li>
<li>Dartmouth-Rejected</li>
<li>WUSTL-Rejected</li>
<li>Cornell-Rejected
7.Emory-Rejected
8.Northwestern-Rejected
9-University of Michigan-Accepted
10.GW-Waitlisted</li>
<li>Brandeis-Accepted
12.Rochester-Accepted with Merit $$$</li>
<li>SUNY Binghamton-Accepted</li>
<li>UVM-Accepted</li>
<li>NYU-Accepted</li>
<li>American-Waitlisted</li>
</ol>

<p><em>Numbers 8 to 16 are pretty interchangeable</em> </p>

<p>I know this seems like a weird list, but size or location never really mattered to me. What I cared most about was the quality of the programs I was interested in.
One part of me is utterly miserable. I feel like I have worked way too hard to be in this situation. I could have gotten into half of the schools I got accepted to without nearly as much work. I was VERY unhappy at my high school. It’s like all of that horror was for nothing. The other part of me is saying hey, some people would love to be in your situation. Unfortunately, I cannot get myself to think this way. I know I should be more grateful…I just feel jipped. To be honest, a lot of these schools seemed amazing to me until I realized I might have to attend. Ugh, just reading this makes me see unappreciative I’m being. I just don’t know what to do. I’m now having regrets! Should I have applied to Emory or Tufts EDII? Would I have gotten in? UGHHHHH. Where do I go from here? Is it worth it for my parents to pay big $$$ for a school that I don't even want?</p>

<p>Thanks for reading, that must have been long. Any suggestions for a deeply upset and nervous senior?</p>

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<p>No it is not worth it to pay for a school you don’t want. The real question is why on earth you applied to places you don’t want to attend. Even your rock-bottom safety should be a place where you know you can be successful and that you would be happy to attend if everything else goes wrong in the application process.</p>

<p>If there is no place on your list that you are willing to attend, it is time to track down places you’d like that are still accepting applications, or to plan a gap year.</p>

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<p>I felt really good about all of these schools while applying, but now that I am faced with a decision I feel like I am settling.</p>