Throughout my college search, I had always been quite fond of Northwestern, but was reluctant to call it my first choice, because it was so far away (I live in new york). I ended up applying ED II to Tufts, and got in. I emailed all of my schools a couple of weeks ago and told them that I wanted to withdraw my applications, but Northwestern never replied back. Today I found out that I was ACCEPTED. One of the main reasons that I applied early to Tufts was because I didn’t really think I could get into Northwestern and so many people from my school were applying to Tufts, that I wasn’t sure I would get in if I didn’t apply early.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love Tufts, and the city of Boston, but it’s just frustrating.
<p>=( sorry man. that sucks.</p>
<p>but hey! you got into an awesome college and there's no turning back =P</p>
<p>I'm so sorry, that's a really tough situation. I mean I guess you took a risk, and maybe it didn't turn out perfectly, but you should at least be proud that you got into two excellent schools. I hear great things about Tufts, and I bet you'll love it. I live in Boston, it's a great college town.</p>
<p>that's kind of sad. But still you got into a good college. Be PROUD.</p>
<p>That's early decision. If you do early decision some place, you gotta be sure that you love the school soooooooo much you'll pick it over anything, even HYPSMC!</p>
<p>paulhomework:</p>
<p>That isn't entirely true. Early admissions is a game, and it is often advantageous to apply early to your second or third choice school.</p>
<p>Look at the quantitative game theory analysis near the end of The Early Admissions Game (Harvard University Press). It'll help explain this theory.</p>