<p>If someone got rejected from someplace and asked the place why they got rejected (which i think is a totally reasonable inquiry), will they actually give tell that person?</p>
<p>and i dont mean a standardized response which they shouldnt even use in the first place for rejections</p>
<p>i highly highly doubt it. why does it even matter? the decision has been made.</p>
<p>cause, knowing what that person did wrong may give me an advantage if i choose to apply myself</p>
<p>also, it my deter me from applying knowing that i have absolutely no chance whatsoever and therefore save me 100 bucks.</p>
<p>Just because your friend didn't get in with his SAT score doesn't mean you won't get in with the same SAT score, or if you get higher or lower.</p>
<p>It's all extremely biased to relativity. It could have something do do with his essays, his letters of recommendation, etc.</p>
<p>This is seriously a bad idea to gauge whether or not you should apply to a school.</p>
<p>not in my case. this person is (as of right now) pretty much superior to me in every possible way with the SOLE exception that i am more ambitious <- but that can be construed as a negative aspect of myself</p>
<p>I had a friend who called up Johns Hopkins to ask why he was waitlisted (not the same as rejection, I know) and they did tell him why. Who knows, maybe they'll tell you too. It's worth a shot. What have you got to lose?</p>
<p>Asking about another person, not yourself? No, they'll never tell you. In fact, telling you anything about the other person's application is a violation of federal law. (Most schools won't even tell the kid's parents, if the kid is over 18.)</p>
<p>Your curiosity or "seeking to help yourself" is an invasion of this person's privacy. It's none of your business.</p>
<p>The person likely did nothing "wrong." A college cannot accept everyone. There simply isn't room for everyone who is qualified to attend a specific college.</p>
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If someone got rejected from someplace and asked the place why they got rejected (which i think is a totally reasonable inquiry), will they actually give tell that person?
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Lesson number 1 in life: you won't know unless you try. What is the worst that can happen?</p>
<p>well i wouldnt ask on behalf of him, i'd tell him to ask himself.</p>
<p>Forget it. Why would he want to do that? If he's not asking on his own behalf, he won't ask on your behalf.</p>
<p>Not getting into a college does not mean you've done something "wrong." It means that there wasn't a fit, you weren't the type of student they were looking for, they had more applicants with your profile than they could admit, etc. etc. etc.</p>
<p>Write your own application and don't worry about anyone else's.</p>
<p>No harm in asking. What are they gonna do, reject you again?</p>
<p>I heard that one kid sent his rejection letter back to the school and wrote on it "I REJECT YOUR REJECTION." hahaha, I laughed so hard.</p>
<p>I called and asked UCI why I got rejected and they said that "they don't keep records of that information"...</p>