<p>so... what if your dream school is an ivy league, like say... harvard? is it still worth it/ is there any chance? This is actually the case for me, but I submitted the wrong version of the commonapp to them, so they received the wrong essays... is that a legitimate excuse/reason for re-evaluation?</p>
<p>You should have notified them earlier.</p>
<p>A lot of people on these forums seem to want their rejection appealed because they (the applicant) think they should have been admitted. Well, unfortunately that's not really a valid case for appealing a rejection nor does it stand much of any chance of resulting in a successful appeal. There really needs to be some evidence that the application materials were mishandled or some other extreme circumstances to justify a rejection appeal. If the review committee felt you were borderline and warranted a future re-review of credentials then they would have waitlisted you.</p>
<p>Submitting the wrong application isn't really a valid reason either and if anything is going to weigh against your application... not to be blunt but given the competitive nature of most schools why should they bother with someone who couldn't even complete the application correctly? If you made a mistake you should have corrected it right away... not wait till rejected and then raise a fuss about it.</p>
<p>Yes well the NROTC application is pretty strenuous in itself...I'm sure Anonagron could vouch for that because their son has been accepted recently as well :P. Also I have a Letter of Recommendation I sent in to apply for the NROTC which praises my leadership/ drive / working well under many activites at once. So I think that could only help. Then again everyone hopes to be the selective few with an overturned appeal, I just wonder my chances =x</p>
<p>how about appeal to a school need-aware to internationals ( only take a few internationals with FA per year) by changing from needing a full ride to not applying FA at all?</p>
<p>I agree with rocketman. And do you have any idea how many people didn't get into their "dream school"? If everyone appealed, it would be a nightmare. You need to have a legitimate reason; if you just continue to reiterate that you want to go there and deserve to, it won't make a difference; after all, you were already rejected once. Also, if you do happen to try transferring/reapplying, an appeal could weigh against you in the process (it can show that you are not mature enough to handle rejection).</p>
<p>Christina--That may actually may be a legitimate reason to appeal, because I know financial aid weighs greatly on the decision to accept international applicants.</p>
<p>If your in somewhere else, don't appeal, just be thankful for what you got, and move on. There's no need to spend your time further congesting the applications mess, unless there was an error. I mean... A very, very low percentage of people who appeal get admitted, and those people are those with compelling, real cases, like my school sent the wrong scores, or I just took another 5 ap exams and got selected for the usamo. If you feel it was an upset, then sure, try your luck, but no one who got rejected by Stanford was an upset, unless it was a technical error.</p>
<p>I am on a medical school admissions committee. If a parent appeals, it goes into the trash. If a Dean calls and says "hey I think you missed something special about Bob" we will listen. If the student writes, we will think about it, but rarely change our minds. About the only time we do is if the Dean or Principle or Counselor (whom we know) calls,</p>
<p>Does an appeal often lead to reconsideration if there is a documentable error? I overheard a conversation today at D2's school in which two students with almost identical names in the same grade had documents mixed up in connection with something else. Now, I know these boys and they're very, very different but you'd have to look very closely to see the tiny difference in their names. If portions of one applicant's application is mixed up with portions of another's would that be grounds for an appeal that might lead to reconsideration? I'm just asking for nosy reasons because when I heard about the prior mix-up it made my blood run cold!</p>
<p>Hey, should I try to appeal? I got into American, Northeastern, Boston University, Vassar College, Georgetown University, and Amherst College. However, I was rejected by Brown University. Before today I wasn't going to do anything but then found out that one of my peers who has never taken no ap classes, has a low eighty average, poor S.A.T. scores, but a lot more community service hours than me got into Brown. I'm wondering if my school made some kind of mistake sending my information. I do know they sent the valedictorian's application to Howard and not Harvard and didn't even send my friend's transcript to Cornell. What Should I Do?</p>
<p>Let it go and move on...you have a lot of good choices there. It's very unlikely there was a mistake.</p>
<p>how would it be to have your school principal/admin send an appealling letter to univs? any ideas?</p>
<p>how exactly does one write an appeal letter? it seems very hard</p>
<p>It sounds like some people have really valid reasons for appealing.</p>
<p>The rest: "But I really wanted to go there and so you have made a mistake" appeals? That just sounds childish to me.</p>
<p>Hi My name is Anat and i'm writing an appeal letter to UCSB for their Economics major. Any suggestions on what to write? and what to include to convince them that I will be a good asset to their school?</p>
<p>I say that if you REALLY want to attend a school that turns you down, certainly try to appeal. If you don't try, you won't know. You should not expect results, but do it with hope. Since you have a unique situation, express it to the best of your ability and see what happens. </p>
<p>One caveat - definitely commit to a school who has accepted you so you don't shoot yourself in the foot on a slim hope!</p>
<p>Why not get some other people rooting for you? A lot of school counselors and administrators have relationships with the admissions officers for the colleges they send students to.</p>
<p>appeals do get accepted, but it's rare. check this out:</p>
<p>Newhouse</a> News Service - Letter From College May Not Be Last Word</p>
<p>If I applied regular decision, then was waitlisted, then ultimately denied admission because there was no more space in the class, would an appeal be recommended?
I’m pretty sure some students may decide not to attend, or maybe even defer their admisison, so space may open up? Dream school. Wishful thinking.
However, the school has already closed its waitlist.
Any advice would be appreciated! (:</p>
<p>xperfectionist-</p>
<p>No, I wouldn’t. Why? You were waitlisted. Their spots were filled. You didn’t win out over the people offered admissions and make the cut. Unless info drastically changed since application, I can’t see why you’d appeal. On what grounds?</p>