<p>did u apply anywhere else?</p>
<p>for me -> i only applied to those 2 schools..</p>
<p>Hopefullapplican: DON'T hate yourself....there are MANY, MANY factors outside of your control as to why some people get accepted and others don't.</p>
<p>Try to focus on that you have a chance at Middlesex....what did the wait list letter say? Do they ask you to send any additional materials? If so, do it! Express your interest....it is possible at some schools to move off of the wait list, but it DOES take action on your part. So, be active!</p>
<p>I can imagine that this has all been very stressful, try to turn that into positive action that may help you!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>i applied to six
groton-w/l
middlesex-w/l
hotchkiss-w/l
lawrenceville-reject
tabor-accept
andover-still waiting, but i REALLY REALLY want to go to Andover</p>
<p>I'll definitely send in the card that they sent me, which gives me the option to stay on the wait list.
The things that I've though up of doing are :</p>
<p>-Call them up and tell them how much I really want to go.
-Tell them that if I get accepted that I definitely will go.
-Say that I really want to go.</p>
<p>Any comments, or suggestions???</p>
<p>call middlesex, definitly, and how did you have your interview at andover?</p>
<p>what do u mean about my interview...??</p>
<p>did you do an alumni interview, or did you visit the school and do it there?</p>
<p>i visited the school... it went pretty well</p>
<p>I have written some emails to different people in the admissions office at Peddie but I haven't received any answer yet.</p>
<p>What should I do ?</p>
<p>hopefullapplican, I think that appealing a rejection could end badly. They already have a file on you, and it would take little effort to note, "difficult student/family."</p>
<p>If you really want to attend Andover, your best bet is for a parent to call and ask, politely, if there's anything about your application which caused concern. Also, keep up your grades and ECs, and do your best, wherever you end up. Andover does accept students in later grades, and a good attitude will put you in a better position for the next admissions cycle.</p>
<p>I have written some emails to different people in the admissions office at Peddie but I haven't received any answer yet.</p>
<p>What should I do ?</p>
<p>thks periwinkle... ill do that... (politely)</p>
<p>Do not "appeal" Andover's rejection. For whatever reason, the admissions office has considered your application and decided that they are neither going to offer you a spot nor put you on the waiting list for a spot. Calling the school and whining, pleading, begging, crying, threatening, yelling, or imploring the admissions office is not going to convert a rejection to an acceptance. They probably have dozens, if not scores of kids they've waitlisted. There is a fair to good chance that none of these kids will eventually be offered a place at the school. They are certainly not going to jump over all those kids to offer you spot simply because you contacted them to express you're disagreement with their decision. </p>
<p>I don't mean to be harsh, but someone has to give you a reality check. If you want to go to BS you need to focus on the school that waitlisted you, not the one that rejected you.</p>
<p>If you've really got it into your head that the only school that's right for you is Andover, you need to reapply next year. However, contacting the school to appeal the decision they made this year and to demand an explanation of why you were rejected will not help your efforts to get in next year, it will hurt them. You will definitely make an impression on the admissions office - a negative impression.</p>
<p>personally, i can't see how it would hurt if you asked politely for some reasons why you were rejected. Begging to be accpted might not do you any miracles, but asking politely could help you for next year. Getting upset ove rthe phone will show that you don't have much emotional control and that you're not good with dealing with such a kind of situation, but asking (POLITELY) if they could give you some reasons why you weren't accpted could help you for next year's application as well as showing them that when something goes wrong in your life, you think of good ways to try and solve it.</p>
<p>And this is completely off the topic from what I said above, but does anyone know if appealing for a friend who got waitlisted will do me any good? I want to give her a leg up if I can, so I'd be willing to contact the Andover admissions office and ask tell them about why she deserves to go. She's really worked so hard on this that it wouldn't be fair for her experience to just end like this.</p>
<p>I got waitlisted at Andover as well, but I got accepted to some other schools so I don't care too much about Andover anymore. Would telling the admissions people this (in a polite way) and to appeal for my friend be not a good thing?</p>
<p>I sound confusing, don't I...but can someone please give me some advice on this?</p>
<p>oh shoot. I've got so many typos up there. </p>
<p>Sorry, that comment was completely random. But yeah, could someone please give me some advice?
Thanks :)</p>
<p>I got waitlisted for exeter and rejected by lawrenceville, choate and sps. Still waiting for word from Andover... I think that maybe if you meet with alumni who interviewed you (for people who interviewed with alumni) they might have some tips. Or maybe you could call the school/email them and try and persuade them to accept you?</p>
<p>for waitlists, not rejects</p>
<p>OP and anyone else contemplating appealing decisions: I'm really sorry for your disappointment but I agree with those advising not to appeal. I personally would not even call or email the admissions office! You knew going into this that you might get rejected. You have, as far as I know, zero information that something untoward occurred during the process, that the decision not to accept you was in any way, shape or form questionable. Besides, you pretty much know what they'd tell you. There were so many qualified candidates, they had to turn some down. Do you think they're going to elaborate? No! I'm sure their lawyers tell them not to. If anyone's going to appeal, they'd have to have cause. t</p>
<p>I know how rejection feels. I am smarting a bit for my son, who was rejected by a top day school in my area. I knew it was a long shot, but his interview went so well I thought he might, just might, be waitlisted. It wasn't even his first choice, it was his second choice by a hair. Anyway, we're set. He was accepted to his second second choice school, waitlisted at his first and third choices. We're hoping he gets into his first choice school.</p>
<p>I've been reading and I just wanted to clear some stuff in my head.</p>
<p>So let me get this straight. If you are rejected it is completely ok to ask for reasons, yes?</p>
<p>If you are waitlisted then appealing the decision can't do much harm either, right?</p>
<p>I just wanted to know since I applied to the 11th grade year at Andover and only Andover so I don't know about my chances.</p>
<p>I suppose you could ask for reasons. But I'm not sure that schools would be terribly forthcoming. And if your tone is confrontional, this could backfire. As for "appealing" waitlist status, what do you mean by that? Challenging the decision? Or campaigning for acceptance? They strike me as quite different. We're campaigning for acceptance at a school that waitlisted my child. Good luck!</p>