<p>Hello fellow CCers. So long story short: I applied to several very selective schools because my parents wanted me too. Too late, I realized that I didn't apply to back ups- unless you count Emory (with its acceptance rate of 20% as the highest on my list) as a back up. </p>
<p>So I was mulling all this over, and I wondered, come April, what would happen if I got rejected from every single college. All in all, I applied to 15 schools, so statistically speaking I should get into at least one. However, they're all extremely selective; my parents refused to let me apply to any schools that weren't brand name (HYPS etc) using their credit card.</p>
<p>I just recently obtained a credit card, so I'm now free to apply anywhere I want. Unfortunately, the deadlines are past for most of the schools I had in mind. Are there any good schools out there (preferably ones with liberal arts programs) that I can still apply to?<br>
I figure that if I have at least one safety, I can stay there for a couple of years then transfer. My parents wouldn't be happy, but they'd have to live with it.
Community college and taking a year off is not an option; I'd probably get thrown out of the house if I suggested that.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help. I'm really worried about my future right now.</p>
<p>EDIT: don't get me wrong, I love my parents. But they're the type of people who will settle for no less than Ivy League, and have been pretty unreasonable throughout this whole application process.</p>
<p>From a different thread:
02/12 - MICA (priority, 03/01 regular)
02/15 - Allegheny
02/15 Catholic U
02/15 - Earlham
02/15 - Muhlenberg College
02/15 - RISD
02/15 - Rollins College
02/15 - Southwestern
02/15 - Ursinus
02/15 - Wooster
03/01 - Agnes Scott College
03/01 - Hanover
03/01 - Ohio Wesleyan
03/01 - Siena College
03/25 - East Carolina
04/01 - Colorado School of Mines (priority, regular 05/01)
08/01 - Fort Lewis
rolling - Alabama (priority 02/01)
rolling - AQUINAS MI
rolling - Gustavus Adolphus
rolling - Hendrix
rolling - IU - Bloomington
rolling - Illinois Wesleyan
rolling - Northern Michigan</p>
<p>GPA: Unsure on the 4.0 scale, but I have a low A (92-3 ish)</p>
<p>Class rank: Top 10% ish out of 500. </p>
<p>SAT 2290. 750 CR 740 Math 800 Writing</p>
<p>SAT II: 660 Math 2 690 French 750 Literature</p>
<p>ECs: Newspaper Editor, Piano, Young Dems president (forgot to list it on application, but talked about it in some interviews), Future Stockbrokers of America president (a club a couple of friends and I founded- not a big deal at all, listed it last)</p>
<p>Awards/ Summer: Piano related awards (National Festival, Royal School, etc), National merit commendation, AP scholar with honor, Le Grand Concours: certificat d’honneur (some French national test) / EPGY at Stanford sophomore year, Governor’s Honors Program junior year</p>
<p>Volunteer: Local community work, Habitat for Humanity. 200ish hours total?</p>
<p>Recommendations: Didn’t read one, other one was pretty good</p>
<p>Essays: I’m proud of my work! </p>
<p>Overall, I felt like my essays were pretty strong; maybe the strongest points of my application. My weakest parts are probably in my GPA and my ECs; pretty major areas.</p>
<p>Look into schools that have rolling deadlines. There are probably a lot more than what sunshower posted, but many may have awarded most of their merit scholarships by now. Alternatively, you could apply for spring entry instead of fall entry for some schools.</p>
<p>Haha, alright. I’m going to seem really obnoxious though. I apologize in advance.</p>
<p>Brown
Cornell
Dartmouth
Emory
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Princeton
Stanford
Swarthmore
U. Chicago
U. Penn
Washington and Lee
Williams
Yale</p>
<p>They’re reaches, I know. At first, my reaches were Stanford, Swarthmore, Emory, and U. Chicago, and then I was planning on applying to a couple of safeties. But over winter break, my parents ‘suggested’ all these other schools for me. I’d love to go to anyone of them, but I’m afraid I’m not good enough and I’m afraid my parents wasted a lot of money on applications and are going to be sorely disappointed when decisions come in.</p>
<p>One thing I forgot to mention: I’m Asian and male. Just in case that becomes a factor.</p>
<p>This is not useful logic unless admittance to a college were by random lottery. I think it’s one reason so many students now apply to so many schools and its probably not a good idea for anyone to use this logic. But maybe you were really just hoping for reassurance (sort of like a chances thread?). </p>
<p>Yup, I’ve re-read this… Just another chances thread.</p>
<p>as I thought, there is no rhyme or reason to your list…urban/rural. large/small…apply to some OOS public with a rolling date as a safety…doesn’t matter since you really have no idea where you want to go…</p>
<p>@ starbright: Hence my disclaimer but you’re right. If I had straight Fs and applied to 15 different tier 1 schools, my chances would be about 0%.</p>
<p>Trust me, I wasn’t planning on applying to so many schools… it was exhausting. Reassurance is nice, but false hope won’t help anyone. I’m trying to figure out what my options are in the worst case scenario where I am am universally rejected.</p>
<p>There are still some good options including the ones on sunshower’s list. I think that you might get into some of your choices, but you do need a safety to make sure that you have somewhere to go. I’d even go for two safeties to force you to make a choice. </p>
<p>Are you full pay? Do you need financial aid? Do you need less expensive schools? Do you care about location? religious affiliation? size? What state do you live in?</p>
<p>Could you add your state of residence? A safety needs to be a reasonable distance from home. For example, East Coast schools like Drexel are still accepting applications but I wouldn’t suggest it if you lived in CA.</p>
<p>Sure. I’m from Georgia. I need financial aid; my parents make about $40,000 a year combined. I don’t care about location or religious affiliation as long as it’s a mostly secular institution.</p>
<p>Please let me stress that it was not my idea to apply to all these schools. I know you guys must be pretty cynical what with all the annoying chancers and overworried kids flooding the forums. I’m just an ordinary person with strict parents. I was asked to give my stats and list of schools; I’m not trying to prove anything here.</p>
<p>You’re going to need to find a financial safety also, so how much you can afford with no aid. </p>
<p>On the USNews list of National Universities, in order of ranking</p>
<p>Penn State #47 (Huge!) rolling</p>
<p>University of Pittsburgh #56 rolling admissions (Very good honors program, this could be a good option because there are a lot of bright kids who go here because they get full rides. You might even qualify for the Honors College. You did miss the merit scholarship deadline, but you may still get need based FinAid. Very wealthy public school because of the Heinz family)</p>
<p>Clemson University #61 - Nice honors college, deadline for honors college is March 1.</p>
<p>University of Minnesota #61 - One of the cheaper options, huge school, rolling admissions. </p>
<p>Southern Methodist #68 - Mar 15
Indiana University #71 - no closing date
Michigan State #71 - no closing date
University of Iowa #71 - no closing date</p>
<p>USNews Liberal Arts Colleges
Rhodes College #54 - no closing date
Wabash College #54 - no closing date (men only)
Southwestern University #61, Feb 15
Beloit College #62 - no closing date
Earlham College #62 - no closing date
Illinois Wesleyan University #62 - no closing date
Austin College #68 - May 1
College of Wooster #68 - Feb 15 - but they accept late applications
Drew University #68 - Feb 15
Muhlenberg College #68 - Feb 15
St. John’s University (MN) #68 - no closing date (men only)
Thomas Aquinas College #68 - no closing date
Ursinus College #77 Feb 15
Gustavus Adolphus College #80 Apr 1 (underrated - don’t cooperate with USNews)
Hendrix College #80 - no closing date
Allegheny College #85 - Feb 15
Cornell College #85 - Mar 1 (maybe your parents won’t know the difference!)
Juniata College #85 - Mar 15</p>
<p>For very inexpensive but good public liberal arts colleges look at
Truman State College in Missouri
University of Minnesota-Morris.</p>
<p>University of Tulsa is also surprisingly strong. People overlook it when they see the name “Tulsa”, which is really quite a shame. It has one of the highest quality of living ratings in the nation.</p>
<p>You sound just like me. I applied to 12 schools that are far reaches (many of the same ones on your list) and only one safety (Ohio University). Anyway, here’s a website that lists all late application things and rolling admission colleges.</p>
<p>I thought that Toronto moved their deadline to Feb 1, but the other Canadian options mentioned by starbright are very good options for liberal arts schools at a very good price!</p>
<p>^ re: U of T. As with most Canadian schools, you apply to a faculty, not the university as a whole. Moreover, at U of T, there are different deadlines, depending upon which faculty one is applying to (its all very confusing!). So, for example, the official deadline for Arts & Sciences is Mar 1 (I just checked to be sure).</p>
690 French 750 Literature</p>
but you’re right. If I had straight Fs and applied to 15 different tier 1 schools, my chances would be about 0%.</p>