<p>Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the forum, new here. Anyways..</p>
<p>I have this gut feeling that I won't get into any of my top 5 choices that I applied to. After I got rejected by my ED1 school, and deferred by my ED2 school, I've pretty much lost all confidence. My stats were below average at the time of getting rejected from my ED1 school, and I would say slightly below average for my ED2 school. For the rest of my top choices, my SATs and ECs would all be above average (near the 75th percentile) but my GPA is slightly below average and my senior year grades weren't good, however I still have a gut feeling that I won't get accepted to any of them. They're not ivys or MIT status but they're all great LACs with 30-40% acceptance rates (plus or minus a few points). Anyone else also second doubting themselves on if they can get into any of their top choices? I just kinda wanted to know if this was normal, or if maybe I'm finally coming to my senses.</p>
<p>Oh and the only school I've been accepted to is the honors program at one of my safetys (which is an above average state school), so at least I got there to fall back on.</p>
<p>btw my ED2 school I was deferred from has about 50 points higher median sats than the rest of my schools. In a way, I was already expecting to get deferred/rejected there since my SATs fell probs in the 40th percentile or so with a not so good GPA.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on what you mean that your senior year grades weren’t good. If they were line with your past grades, then you probably will get into some of these schools if your test scores are in the 75% precentile and you have good ECs. But if your grades slipped a lot senior year, that could affect your chances. In general you are going to have a better chance where your stats are higher – so you likely will get some acceptances from the RD schools. I know it is hard to wait… best to go find something else to do to keep you busy until late March. 
Good luck!</p>
<p>Well they slipped in that instead of getting As and one or two Bs, I got a b and a C+ to go along with As. Haha believe me I’m trying my best to pass the time between now and late march</p>
<p>Any other college bound seniors second guessing themselves?</p>
<p>You should find a safety school with an above 50% acceptance rate. Perhaps an in-state school just as a backup. </p>
<p>I’m kind of in the same situation. I took God awful hard classes and I ended up with 21 A’s and B’s, 4 C pluses, 2 C’s, and 2 D pluses over my high school years. I’m not attempting the tough schools. Luckily I got into my saftey but I’m terrified about not getting into my first and second choice schools. The things that sucks is I have a decent GPA, a good class rank, a rigorous course load, great EC’s and essays and recommendations, and pretty good SAT scores, but those darn letter grades!!! Ugh!!! I have the same gut feeling as you. For me, it’s the math. I just can’t do it. So all my math courses and the science with the heavy math courses…yeah I’m not doing so well. I’m super stressed out. I definetely feel your pain.</p>
<p>But honestly you seem to be in a fairly decent boat. I’d definetely pick a saftey or two (a lot of schools have rolling admissions so it’s not too late to apply) and hopefully you’ll get into one of your first choice schools. I’d sorry about you rejection/deferral. I hope you bounce back! Good luck!</p>
<p>…are you me? This is exactly my conundrum; rejected from ED1, deferred ED2, above 75% percentile SAT scores, pretty good ECs, and below average GPA applying to similar schools, hell, even accepted at the state school. I’m in the same boat as you and I’m honestly slightly worried as well. I wish I could say more than hope for the best but it’s so incredibly unpredictable at times. If all goes wrong, look at the possibility of going to the state school; look at all the positives of going there for your undergraduate experience. That’s what I’m doing and it’s really helping me cope with inevitable rejection from a majority of the colleges. Just know that you’re a good person in your own right, even if the colleges don’t see you as the best fit for their campus.</p>
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Then you are home free. If you are willing to attend that school then everything else is gravy. I know right now you don’t feel “validated” in the application work you have put in but it all comes down to “can I go off to college”, and you can.</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, I was super happy to hear from this state university that I got accepted. Thing is, I was already 99% sure I was going to be accepted there (the honors program was a nice surprise… made me reconsider where it stood on my list of colleges). I’ve gotten that “can I go off to college” thing past me a long time ago (I never really had that thinking). It’s moreso can I go to the college of my choice, one that is more prestigious and to my liking. I’m really looking for a small LAC that I can form close relationships with professors as well as it being as prestigious to warrant the extra cost. I definitely feel like I have the stats to get into one of these schools, but I feel like my ECs (4 year varsity letterman in 2 sports), and SAT scores won’t put me past the point that my GPA + my senior grades aren’t too good, my class rank is just a mere 30%, and the fact that I am asian.</p>
<p>Did you apply to Davidson? They look at course rigor as very important and GPA as only considered and, when I visited, it definitely felt like a school that you could get close with your professors easily. It’s not as prestigious as AWS but it definitely has somewhat of a name (if for Stephen Curry). Plus, they’re pretty dedicated to improving diversity there, so being Asian is probably a plus for them.</p>
<p>I did look at Davidson but in the end I decided not to apply. I applied to 9 schools, with now only 5 in relevance because since my safety offered me a pretty good scholarship and into the honors college, that pretty much beat 2 of my match schools and my other safety. The 5 schools I have left have a 25% to 42% acceptance rates but they all either have an average (8%) or super below average (3-5%) Asian population so would that hurt my chances or help them?</p>