<p>I only applied to Wharton at UPenn-got rejected. That was expected though. I still got into Lehigh CBE, Union NY Scholars Program, Northeastern, Binghamton SOM, and Quinnipiac 4 year MBA program. It is a toss up between Lehigh, Union, and Binghamton</p>
<p>I was rejected from Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth. Accepted at Cornell. Waitlisted at Penn. Kinda upset about Dartmouth, but expected it.</p>
<p>Waitlisted by Harvard, accepted by Cornell…my only rejection was Princeton, and then I found out why: in my engineering essay, I typed “Cornell” in every place I meant “Princeton”…
I guess my subconsciousness knew where was best for me already?</p>
<p>Rejected by Yale, my ex-dream school. How nice.
Waitlisted by Harvard, Princeton and Brown</p>
<p>@Cortana431 I think you’re misinterpreting my statement. I never said I wasn’t proud/ungrateful to have been accepted to UVA, Emory, and Williams. I was just expressing my disappointment at getting rejected from the six schools that I was most excited about potentially attending. Getting six rejections (even if they are to a certain extent expected due to the fact that these schools have such low acceptance rates) in a two hour period would be hard for anybody, so please don’t call my attitude “disgusting”. Just like anyone else rejected from their favorite schools, I believe I have the right to be upset. I’m sure you would be too.</p>
<p>@TheIllusionist that would be me! </p>
<p>Accepted: Northwestern, Vandy, BC honors program, UMich
Waitlisted: Dartmouth, Brown
Rejected: Cornell, Yale, Columbia </p>
<p>Overall I wasn’t upset because Vandy has been my top choice for some time now. I was pleasantly surprised to even be on the WL for Brown and Dartmouth but I think I’m a 'dore at heart :)</p>
<p>Quick Info- Asian. F. 2360 SAT (First sitting). 3.8 GPA. Lots of ECs & National Awards. </p>
<p>Rejected: HYP, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn (Wharton ED), Duke, JHU, NU
Waitlisted: Wash U, Rice
^Whatever -_- It is not my loss for I know I can accomplish my goals no matter what school I attend.</p>
<p>Accepted: VANDERBILT, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, and a couple safeties</p>
<p>@TheIllusionist & kmiller716</p>
<p>And possibly me as well! I don’t know much about Vandy but I’ve heard great things so I plan on visiting soon 
Also, any ivy rejects/to-be-Wolverines out there???</p>
<p>Rejected: Princeton, Yale, Darmouth, Brown, Amherst</p>
<p>Accepted: Uchicago, UCB, UCLA, NYU, some safeties</p>
<p>Uchicago was sort of my top choice all along, though the difference between it and my second choices (ivies) was very narrow. I guess I should be thrilled to get in to my top-ish choice but I feel bad for my parents now that I have probably no chance of good financial aid b/c some of the ivies have piles of money.</p>
<p>My son applied to the Ivies on a lark, knowing the chance was not great since he did not have a 36 on ACT and perfect grades. He did not get admitted and knew this was probably going to be the outcome, but found the process valuable–particularly the interviews, where he had the chance to learn how to comport himself with individuals from some of the best universities in the world. He still was admitted to highly selective universities–just not Ivies. I was sorry that he did not get Cornell or Brown, as I knew he would be happy there, but c’est la vie. Next.</p>
<p>This is the true story of a friend’s foster child. His college application year was six years ago, when it was a wee bit easier. He applied to six Ivies and MIT only. The thing is, he had PERFECT STATS, and a sad life story. He needed a full ride and felt he would do best to attend a top-of-the-heap university. Sure, there were other options, but everyone told him he will likely get into a couple of those.
He got NOs from all of them. Lesson learned for us, when DS with strong stats but no sad-story was applying last year.
But here’s the reason I’m posting here: The boy rejected everywhere went to CC for a year, transferred to Rice the next year (full ride) and graduated in two years, and is now in graduate school at Princeton, studying physics. No small achievement.
The three from his class who got into Ivy League universities have not done nearly as well.
Chin-up.</p>
<p>Rejected- Princeton, Yale
Waitlisted - Harvard, Brown, Columbia, Tufts, Williams
Accepted - U Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Georgetown SFS, Dartmouth (one out of 6, hardly a very succesful rate)</p>
<p>Honestly, I’M very happy with my options, but it kind of sucks for my parents when a lot of their friends’ kids went to an Ivy (as amazing as it is almost nobody has heard of, much less attended Dartmouth here). Again, though, I know I am very fortunate to have the options that I have and that the education I’ll be receiving at any will be outstanding. Given how many qualified people are being rejected at these “top” (and by top I mean most prestigious, not necessarily superior academically) schools, the colleges receiving them will benefit from their talents and hopefully a few years down the line the perceived gaps will be much smaller. Congratulations to everybody on your acceptances, I’m sure that if you continue to perform at such a high level you’ll excel at whichever college you choose to attend.</p>
<p>Accepted: USC (the other one), Clemson, Furman, Emory, Duke
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt, UNC
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth</p>
<p>rejected: HYP, Columbia
wait-listed: Johns Hopkins, Cornell
accepted: NYU, UMiami, BU, Northeastern, UConn</p>
<p>it was really disappointing not to get into ONE Ivy but at this point, I don’t care. I did all I could, I’m valedictorian with 3.9 GPA, great SAT scores, many ECs, I’m just extremely unlucky. Oh well… NYU BABY!!</p>
<p>Even if the average acceptance rates are low, rejections are hard to take.</p>
<p>I think one of the problems is that a lot of people apply to ivies due to prestige factors rather than purely due to what they offer. The ivies are each very different, and some may not be a good fit, and a less “prestigious” school would be more appropriate for a lot of students’ needs.</p>
<p>Secondly, i think a lot of guidance counselors are pretty clueless, and inflate students’ beliefs about their ability to get accepted. Just because someone has a 2000+ SAT or 3.8 GPA with some decent ECs does not mean they stand much of a chance, sadly, in terms of getting into an ivy. This leads to a lot of wasted hopes and dreams, not to mention application fees. There was a boy at our h.s. who was a NMSF, but who had a 2.8 GPA due to motivational issues. His GC actually recommended that he apply to an ivy due to his NMSF status. Fortunately, he was smarter than her, and realized this was a ridiculous recommendation.</p>