<p>If so, where are you going in the fall and what was your SAT?</p>
<p>I know a guy from my school who got rejected to the top 25 schools he applied to and will probably end up going to usc, he had 1500.</p>
<p>Take a look at this thread:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=47867%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=47867</a></p>
<p>I know a 1600 who got rejected from all the Ivies...either he lied about his 1600 or he had awful recs</p>
<p>Carolyn's link says it all.</p>
<p>And in case you think that is an unusual story, we have at least one story like that every year here on CC. If you go to the old archives, and do a search on the parents board using the terms "Rutgers Bowdoin" you will turn up another example: a girl with 1400 plus SATs who applied to all top 25 LACs and was rejected or waitlisted at every single one. She ended up squeeking into Rutgers at the last minute. But, as I said, there have been cases like this every year here on CC. So it does happen.</p>
<p>Even top students need true safeties and they need to treat those safeties as if they were the schools they might end up at --- and take applying to them just as carefully as other schools. If you end up getting into the lottery schools in the top 25, terrific - you can send a nice note rejecting your safeties. But if you don't win the top 25 lottery, it's nice to have some other options.</p>
<p>I was rejected/waitlisted at all top 25 schools I applied to, and I have a 1490 SAT. I'll be going to BYU in the fall, unless Harvard decides to take me off the waitlist :)</p>
<p>Flipchick, Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you that you get off a few of those waitlists. Good luck!</p>
<p>mine's a 1410 and i got waitlisted at chicago, reed, and smith..</p>
<p>yes, I know people stuck going to SUNY (State Uni of New York) and CUNY (City Uni of New York) who had 1400+ and even 1500+.</p>
<p>Yeah, I've got a friend that is in a similar situation. He has a 4.2 GPA and 1550 SATs with pretty good recommendation letters, and he got rejected from all his schools. He pretty much applied to just Ivies and stuff, though. Now he's applying to some large out of state publics with rolling admissions. You definitely don't want to forget about actual safeties, and never blow off essays. After I finished applying, I felt like an idiot for not having a real safety. I applied to NYU, Oberlin, Occidental, and Denison. Luckily the frist three accepted ed me. I could have easily been rejected to all of them with my 1280 SAT and 3.8w GPA.</p>
<p>Perhaps part of the problem with many 1400+ SAT's who did not break 1550 is that they are unrealistic about where they can get in. This is not a negative about those who have posted on this thread. It is just a hypothetical. I have spoken with many 1400+ students who applied to top 10 schools and were rejected. To me this was not surprising. There is an overall trend for high school students to be unrealistic about where they can get in. They tend to forget that reach schools are just that...reaches. Many feel entitled to the ivies because they broke a certain score. I know many who have 1520+ SAT's, outstanding GPA's, excellent recommendations, and numerous ec's who were rejected or waitlisted by many of their top choices. The most important thing to remember is that you will end up where you are meant to be and that one must make the best of their college experience. I know of several ivy graduates who are no better off than their state school counterparts in their careers. Best of luck to all of you!</p>
<p>Princeton University rejects more applicants with 1600s than it accepts. It should be no suprise that you didn't get in. A high SAT score does not entitle you to a top university education. There are many, many other factors involved, and if they aren't there, than your SAT does not even matter. You can whine about being white or being from New England all you want, but you had the opportunity and you got unlucky. My sincerest regrets, but its bound to happen sometimes.</p>
<p>It's especially likely in these days of students applying to SO many schools, resulting in inflated competition all accross the board.</p>
<p>Check out another thread on this forum. The OP is a troll.</p>
<p>Actually, anyone that got over 1400 is still a good candidate for an elite school in my books. Anything higher shouldn't really affect your admissions. It's all about GPA, essays, recommendation letters and ECs. The problem a lot of those kids with solid SAT scores and good GPA have is that they don't stand out. They're just another good student. They want kids that stand out and are exceptional for reasons other than their academic performance.</p>
<p>^very true</p>
<p>Kinshasa,</p>
<p>what exactly is a troll in this regard? Thanks.</p>
<p>I got rejected from Penn with a 1430 (but it was Wharton so I don't feel too bad), got in at all my other schools.</p>
<p>SATs aren't everything. . . . .most schools care about how you spent the last 4 years, not the results of a 3 hour test.</p>