<p>She's trying to act like its completely nbd... But I KNOOOWWW its not. Stanford has been all she has talked about for monthes. Shes visited like 3 times (and has only ever made 5 college visit). The only other school shes applied to is UCDavis (mmm, not really a school I can see her happy at). What do I do? I have promised her Jamba Juice tomorrow. Her habit is pretending everything is cool until she cracks (my poor girl!). </p>
<p>Sorry for the rant. Who has wisdom to impart? please.</p>
<p>Cmon now. Whatever bump means, BUMP!</p>
<p>I know the type. I'm not the type, because I crack upon upset, but yknow, I have advice...</p>
<p>Basically I would flat out tell her to apply to more schools. She should look into other UCs, USC, maybe other top 20s or just in general...other schools she would be happy at. It's not smart to leave yourself with a limited amount of options. She should look for schools that use the common app. because then she can just make copies of her stanford teacher recs/counselor form, etc.</p>
<p>If she wont be happy at UC Davis...she needs to open up more options for herself.</p>
<p>Isn't it too late to apply to more schools? She could try.</p>
<p>Even if you know she wouldn't be happy at UC-Davis, help her be positive. If that doesn't work, tell her about transferring...if she's smart, she can work hard, get a good GPA during her first semester/year at Davis, then transfer to another UC where she might fit better (Berkeley?). I guess she could try transferring to Stanford or a comparable private school, but that's much, much harder. Transferring between UC's is actually feasible.</p>
<p>D: What's wrong with Davis? Other than fact like...half the time it smells like cow crap.</p>
<p>I suppose Davis was her safety, =\ there's a reason you apply to a safety and call it a safety.</p>
<p>Thank you both!!!! Im all for the positive while (very) subtley presenting other options. And as for her being able to transfer, this girl is a genius (lol, I dont deserve her brillience as my bf). She would not slack around freshman year. And I shall present USC.</p>
<p>Haha, more or less. MT. Then again shes a country girl and vet-to-be. SHe may not mind.</p>
<p>I wish she had applied to UCLA. That school is amazing.</p>
<p>UC Davis Honors program has some added appeal, Davis is a great college town, she'll have money left to pay for vet school, and they have a great animal sciences program. It might not be too late to add campuses to a UC app.</p>
<p>"How do I apply to additional campuses after submitting my application?<br>
Submit your request in writing to the application processing service. Note your application ID number, Social Security number, additional campuses to which you wish to apply, major(s) and major code(s). Enclose a check or money order for $60 ($70 for international applicants) for each additional campus you select, payable in U.S. dollars to "The Regents of the University of California." You may not substitute new choices for your original choices. Your request will be honored only if the campuses you choose still have space available. The processing service will notify you about whether your additional choices were available. Do not submit a second application form; it will not be processed. "</p>
<p>She's an idiot for applying to only two schools.</p>
<p>BTW what college you get accepted to right out of high school doesn't determine your life.</p>
<p>Go to UC Davis, work your butt of, then transfer if she hates it that much.</p>
<p>People who make such a big deal about not getting into their dream college are shallow and ignorant.</p>
<p>Wacth it krnpsychopath. This is my BEST FRIEND! There is no reason to be so blunt. This thread was created so that people with ideas on how I may cheer her up may share them. There are so many truly ugly and evil things in the world, why would you waste your time saying such things about someone who is a truly remarkable and wonderful individual, who happens to be upset about not getting into the college that she wished to?</p>
<p>Can't she still apply to some other schools? Maybe some publics that don't require letters of recommendations. </p>
<p>I wouldn't force her to talk about it. She might resent you for it. I would just wait for her to come around.</p>
<p>What you should have done was talked her out of applying to only two schools, one of which is very tough to get into and the other one where she wouldn't be happy at. That was a biiiig gamble.</p>
<p>If she's your best friend you should be able to tell it to her like it is and she'd know it's for her own good.
You have to be able to comfort her without sugar coating everything.
Show her she made a mistake so she doesn't do something like that again.</p>
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<p>BUMP means Bring up my post! BUTT means Bring up this thread! ;)</p>
<p>I didn't even know "bump" was an acronym. I doubt it though, because people never use BUTT even when they're not bumping their own thread, and people bump threads, not posts. I thought it just meant to bring it to the top, therefore bumping it.</p>
<p>Maybe this is a joke and I'm just not getting it.</p>
<p>Im trying to talk her into applying to more schools but shes guarenteed to get into Davis... which is like my being guarenteed to get into sac state...</p>
<p>but if she was on the level to be considered for Stanford, many colleges better than UCDavis would probably accept her. USC? How about some of the Ivies? WashU? Since she has already applied to Stanford, she just has to do the common app supplements. It's not too late!</p>
<p>Going to a college she doesn't want to (and I don't think a girl who would have fit well at Stanford would be very happy at UCDavis) is going to break her heart.</p>