Chances Threads... Worth it?

<p>I was told no chance at NYU and syr, got into both.</p>

<p>Adelais - most colleges like Muhlenberg practice a waitlist system for people they do not think will actually matriculate (stats way above norm). If you really wanted to go there, a call to the admissions office would have gotten you off of the list.</p>

<p>Didn't get into Brown, which is, for the most part, as people predicted.</p>

<p>Right on the money for Brandon so far . . . </p>

<p>Vandy - match - accepted
Carnegie Mellon - match - accepted
Univ of FL - safety - accepted and invited to Honors Program
Duke - slight reach - waitlisted
Harvard & Stanford - reaches - rejected from both</p>

<p>Now only waiting on Notre Dame - #1 choice by far
Most people have said it's a match for him, but as someone said on another thread, this has been a "walk on water" year for college acceptances!</p>

<p>my chances were pretty much spot on...got rejected by all of my "reaches" except for psu's med program...and got into alla my matches/safeties.</p>

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<p>Well, I didn't do chances here, but elsewhere...</p>

<p>Probably the only thing that a lot of people got wrong was that several people thought I was a shoo-in at Princeton because of my double legacy...luckily I knew better to believe that (rejected :(). </p>

<p>I didn't get into any of my reach schools, and pretty much everyone thought that I would get into at least 1/4, so that was a sad surprise. </p>

<p>I got into every other school, though, and that's what everyone thought would happen.</p>

<p>karthiksmart,
You got into Brown? what is your SAT scoreand your SAT II score?</p>

<p>I am the waitlist king! Waitlisted at Georgetown (told a definite reach), Oberlin (match), Macalester (match), Emory (slight reach), Colby (match). I got into University of Southern California architecture (match), but got rejected into UC Berkeley (reach), UCLA (reach), UCSD (match). Overall, I am not pleased with all these waitlists! Atleast I got into USC though...</p>

<p>i think i got really lucky... got in at most of my reaches.. only rejection from harvard =0, this whole process really played in my favor =)</p>

<p>I was told that because I had no "focus"/"passion" in my ECs, I would probably not get into HYP.
I will be attending Princeton in the fall.</p>

<p>Amherst- Reach- Rejected
bowdoin- Match- Rejected
bates- match- waitlisted
brandeis- slight reach- ACCEPTED
colby- match- Accepted
depauw- safety- accepted as presidential scholar
hobart william smith- safeties- accepted as trustee scholar
suny albany/oneonta- safeties-trustee scholar</p>

<p>do i regret applying to amherst? no
am i shocked i didnt get into bowdoin? yes</p>

<p>tough year for people applying to bowdoin. alot of people with outstanding GPAs at my school got waitlisted, no rejections yet though.</p>

<p>UCLA--Match to Slight Reach-------- Rejected
UCB--Match to Slight Reach----------Rejected
Claremont Mckenna--Match----------Rejected
Tufts--Match to Slight Reach--------Rejected
Brown-- Super Reach----------------Rejected</p>

<p>Pomona--Slight Reach---------------Pending
NYU--Safe Match-------------------Pending
USC--Match------------------------Pending
Georgetown--Reach-----------------Pending</p>

<p>Santa Clara University--Safe Match--Accepted
Boston University--Match------------Accepted</p>

<p>Based on the performance of my previous "matches" I'm expecting some more bad news.</p>

<p>i was told
ucsb safety
ucd safety
ucsd match
ucla reach
ucb reach
cornell extreme reach
stanford extreme reach</p>

<p>my actual results:
ucsb accepted
ucd accepted
ucsd accepted
ucla accepted
ucb accepted for spring 08
cornell rejected
stanford rejected</p>

<p>i think the predictions were really accurate in my case. thanks to all those who chanced me lol</p>

<p>yay ucla class of 2011 =)</p>

<p>uc santa cruz- safety/accepted
uc davis- safe match/accepted
uc santa barbara- safe match/accepted
uc irvine- safe match/accepted
uc san diego- match/accepted
ucla- slight reach/rejected
uc berkeley- slight reach/rejected</p>

<p>People told me that I had "average" chances at HYPS (which I guess is true) but I got into Yale and Stanford. :)</p>

<p>I was told Johns Hopkins was pretty safe, and I got rejected. But then I was told Penn and Duke were super reaches, and I got in!</p>

<p>Hehe~ My admissions were REALLY weird~</p>

<p>I got accepted to all of my UC's (Irvine, San Diego, Berkeley, and Los Angeles) (there was a good chance~)</p>

<p>I also got accepted to USC (good bet~)</p>

<p>I got REJECTED to Princeton and Stanford (They were reaches~ >.<)</p>

<p>I got WAITLISTED to Yale (reach) and Cornell!! (good bet) (which, btw, was my #1 choice~ T.T)</p>

<p>And the biggest surprise of all, after getting all of my rejections and wait-lists was to find out that I had been accepted to Harvard!!! O.O!!! It was really really out of there~ I only applied because my friends wanted to see if I could get in or not~ and I really really doubted that I would and everyone said that it's a really slight possibility~ but wow! </p>

<p>One thing I'd like to say: College Admissions are REALLY unpredictable! Don't give up on any of your dreams~ ^.^ Just apply! really~ It's not wrong to apply, but it might be a problem if you give up early and never know whether or not you could have made it... ^.^ Don't Give up! Good luck to everyone!! And Congrats to those who got accepted to their schools! yay!</p>

<p>I was told that I was a "guarantee" for duke, but got rejected. then again, I didn't ever visit or show any interest in duke even though I live 4 hours away</p>

<p>This is what I was told:</p>

<p>UCLAri:
UCLA/UCB: Match/maaaaaaybe safe match
UCSD: Safe match
UCD: Safe match
UCSB: Safe match</p>

<p>kyledavid80
UCLA/UCB: Match
UCSD: match/safe match
UCD: safe match
UCSB: safety</p>

<p>flopsy
UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach (Engineering)
UCSD: Match (Engineering)
UCD/UCSB: Safety</p>

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<p>This is what happend:
UC Berkeley -- Accepted (waiting on financial aid info)
UCLA -- Accepted (Got a lot of various scholarship/grant stuff to make it ~9 grand a year)
UC San Diego -- Accepted with Regents
UC Santa Barbara -- Accepted with Regents + Honors Program
UC Davis -- Accepted with Regents + Honors Program
UC Irvine -- Accepted with Regents + Honors Program
Cal Poly (SLO) -- Accepted</p>

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<p>DEFINETLY keep chances threads!!</p>