<p>Premed -- you don't want to go to Colby, my friend will be going there! You will be a much helthier person now.</p>
<p>As far as everything else goes, I agree. I didn't try too hard during high school, took a few AP's, wish I had taken Calc BC though, what I am in now is too easy, and even Calc BC looks easy (no offense to those working on it, I know I wouldn't want to do the homework or take the tests after I got into it), but for me, I hate High School. I go to one where the majority of people have had the same group of friends since they were 5, those that don't fall into that group conform to them or are cast out as rejects, and everyone save a small group of people is rich and can use daddy's money to buy their way out of anything that goes wrong.</p>
<p>Yeah, I feel like a failure right now. I got rejected from UCI. It is UCI, I am not Asian, and I have good ACT scores with a decent GPA. Unfortunately for me, I live 30 minutes away from the campus and they don't want too many locals.</p>
<p>I didn't try too hard during high school, and while I do wish that I had put in more effort and taken harder classes, after reading this, I am somewhat happy I didn't. If I had, I would be rejected from the schools I chose just as badly. In high school, I did waht I wanted as far as my EC's went and had fun with them. I have over 300 hours of volunteering in high school alone all for the simple reason that I like doing it.</p>
<p>Do I feel like a failure? Sure. Would I change what I did if I could? Sure. Can I? No, and for that reason I have to deal with what I was given. I am at the point where I couldn't care less about college besides the fact that it decides the rest of my life. The process is horrible and really needs to be changed.</p>
<p>Now to start writing and editing so I can feel like a failure all over again.</p>
<p>Being turned down by your safety doesn't mean anything. Some schools tend turn down overqualified applicants to save their yield rate. Please see the "tufts syndrome" thread.</p>
<p>But I know what it's like to not get into THE college. The admissions process is slightly quirky, mysterious, and heavily biased. Even after 5 rejections or 5 wait-lists, you still can't predict how the next school will decide.</p>
<p>There's also a general consensus that this year is the "wait-list" year, because of the increased amount of applicants. An admit from last year would have had a much harder time applying this year.</p>
<p>I almost feel like settling for some high acceptance rate state school in November would have been a much better alternative to the stress, agony, and (so far) the disappointment that has accompanied this entire college application process.</p>
<p>I'm second in my class, I have a 97% unweighted average, I have the highest SAT score at my school (though it barely scratches most of the scores of other CC posters), I've killed myself staying involved in TONS of ECs throughout high school, and so far I've been waitlisted at three schools (including my two safeties) and rejected at two others. I'm still waiting on two more schools, but I'm beginning to feel like this was all for nothing.</p>
<p>pamplemousse, i have decided that you are one of my favorite people on CC and i feel sooooooooooooooo bad for you. you're like my best friend - she got rejected to every single OOS school she applied to - including her dream school. her stats weren't the absolute top but she worked so much harder than most people at my school (a school which is known for people working ridiculously too hard.) i wish there was a program where people could give their acceptances to the next most accepting person.</p>
<p>aw thank you. that's so sweet! i wish schools would've increased their acceptance numbers as the population and applicant numbers increase. i mean, after all, why wouldn't they like an extra $30,000+ a year from each student?</p>
<p>i'm at least lucky that i'm now excited and set for my safety. granted, tomorrow i'll be depressed when I receive my 4 last rejections, but time helps heal the 'pain', i guess. i'd get my hopes up for the last letters, but if i did, i'd fall twice as hard when i get rejected, so sarcasm and no optimism is the path i have to follow.</p>
<p>i'm going to law school so prestige is a big factor for me and I think about this issue everyday</p>
<p>i was rejected from my top 5 choices</p>
<p>georgetown
brown ( will be rejected tomorrow)
rice
northwestern
uchicago</p>
<p>but i got into all the UC's</p>
<p>this may seem dumb, but i'm still kind of depressed that I have to settle for my 8th choice (UCLA)... DON'T GET TOO ATTACHED TO A SCHOOL</p>
<p>but for me it's quite simple. I could go to junior college... transfer to UC davis get a high gpa at an "easier" school.. study HARD FOR THE LSAT (aim for 170+) and go to harvard law or a t14 school</p>
<p>if your going to grad school ( and to a certain extent even if your not) and you KNOW your smart... don't every worry</p>
<p>well, after researching my safety school, I am starting to really like it. I will go to that school instead and do my best and get the most out of it when I spend next 4 years of my life. ^^ good attitude huh?</p>
<p>When Yamaha pianos first came out- people were hesitant to buy them but now Yamaha has made a name for itself. Many of us will not attend those famous named schools and will attend a college. Who knows, maybe our college will become the next named school.. Why? Because they admitted students like us. My parents keep telling me that it's more important getting a good college education than what the name of the college is. Someone (overseas) once posted that they were happy just to be admitted to a U.S. college. I'm sure today will be full of rejections but I'm lucky I do have a couple of good schools to choose from. They wanted me and I appreciate it and I will be happy attending whatever school I choose.</p>
<p>"The worst feeling is when your best friend gets into a college you both mutually want to go to. You check your notification and find out you were rejected, they instant message you and ask if you got in. And you just sit there. Staring at your screen. Waiting for DENIED to morph into ACCEPTED. It never happens, and you slowly type "I...didn't...get...in."</p>
<p>That sucks."</p>
<p>It's actually worse when they don't want to go to the school at all, which just happens to be your dream school. They IM you saying "you got in right? I did!" and you just sit there and stare at tehscreen wonderingg, why did they get in when they didn't even care?</p>
<p>I feel for you pamplemousse, but remember that it doesn't matter where you go. it's what you do once you get there. </p>
<p>I know people who went to "bad" schools for undergrad, then went on to top ivies for grad. The one thing they had in common was a fixed goal, and the drive to achieve it.</p>