<p>So, many of us on CC have gotten into the tippity top schools!! Are people in your school bitter about your acceptances? Or are you bitter about your classmates' acceptances? Let's share our stories. In my school, this guy applied to Stanford early and got rejected. I got into Stanford regular action, but am not matriculating into Stanford, which ...him off.</p>
<p>Seriously pigs, we want to know your secret. How did you get into so many tippy-top schools?
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<p>And, no not everybody got into those schools. They deserved to get into those schools, should have gotten into those schools, but they didn’t. Some amazingly primo kids got into really decent schools, but not the ivies, not MIT. I’m still trying to figure it out. But, it would really help if you could share why your application stood out.</p>
<p>This I know: female, Asian, from NJ? Did you win some exceptional awards? Going to major in engineering? Have parents who donated a building? Musical talents? On B-way? What did it take?</p>
<p>10char hahah</p>
<p>Funny story, my APES class is really small (9 kids) , and we are all really close in class. So anyways the one guy in the class’s dream has always been to go to Cornell. So he applied E.D. and was rejected. Then he turned his focus to UVA, April 1st came around, and he got another rejection. I felt absolutely terrible for him. Well, another girl in the same class got into both Cornell and UVA and eventually decided Cornell. He never really showed any bitterness over it, but I felt it was still there. Anyway, he is going to William and Mary next year, so he is doing just fine.</p>
<p>Also wanted to say I agree with the posts above me.</p>
<p>Yes, of course my parents donated a building and bribed the admissions officers with money. Because there is no other way that azns can get in.</p>
<p>yeah, but…I know plenty of azns who have spectacular stats, ECs, and recs to get them in…but they didn’t. Much less, get LLs. Obviously, it’s not just SATs and gpas that makes the difference. What was it?</p>
<p>I guess they were having rough luck? People exaggerate alot</p>
<p>It’s pretty easy to be secret about your acceptances at my school. There are some classes where everyone has to know everything about each other, though. I hopefully don’t think there would be too much bitterness, but I guess it happens sometime when a peer is accepted to a school to which you were rejected.</p>
<p>And pigs, everyone in the know knows that you extorted adcom members with compromising photos to ensure your chances of acceptance.</p>
<p>There was one girl who applied somewhere early and got rejected. For a few weeks she was behaving really ungraciously and making everyone who did get accepted early to their schools feel bad about themselves. I understand what it feels like to be rejected and could identify with what she was going through, but I thought it was unfair of her to try to make everyone as miserable as she felt.</p>
<p>Honestly, I didn’t tell anybody but a very small group of trusted people. I HATE when people are in my business, and I found it easier to just keep it a secret from everyone.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is by far the most popular school that kids want to get into from my high school. I’d say the majority of the top ten percent (about 30) applied. Only four of us got in. Two were waitlisted (the val and #6) and everyone else were rejected.</p>
<p>I applied early decision and got accepted. I was the first one at the school to get accepted. Everyone made snide comments about it because other kids who applied ED that were rejected had way higher GPA’s, test scores, and rank than me. But I had better EC’s and essays and hooks.</p>
<p>I was very gracious about it. Kind of just ignored it. I didn’t want anyone to feel bad. I never talk about it with anyone still because I don’t want to offend.</p>
<p>I never told my friend, but I’m still bitter over her acceptance to B.C. Both of our GPA are the same, with almost the same scores ( although mine was an ACT and hers SAT), my EC’s beats her, since it loaded with volunteer service, leadership position and etc. Not to mention I work part time also, a first generation, and I just moved to the states a couple of years ago with minimal understanding of English. Both of us applied E.D I got rejected, she got accepted. Is it because I’m Asian and she’s a Latina?</p>
<p>People definitely seemed bitter when I was accepted early decision, which was understandable. I had been talking to everyone about why that school was my top choice, though it was a real reach. Once I got in, I didn’t brag about it but still, everyone knew where I had applied and been admitted. I think a lot of people were surprised I was admitted since my GPA was relatively low, particularly junior year, and when you combine that with the fact that I knew I was going to my top-choice school while my classmates were still working on their applications, there was definitely some bitterness. People kept asking me where I was admitted and then proceeded to act like I had been admitted ED to other schools (“Congrats on Fordham!”) or was taking a gap year to go on a service trip to Colombia (which admittedly is quite a witty pun). I guess it’s all in good fun, but there was definitely an edge to it. Once RD decisions came out and a lot of people got into top schools, there was much less bitterness.</p>
<p>Well, while it’s a waste of time to be bitter in most cases, sometimes it’s an inevitable human reaction. In my high school graduating class, we had very competitive people, some of which were more qualified than others. Long story short, this is a complaint about affirmative action. My first choice school was Duke and I proceeded to apply ED. I was deferred and then, when the regular decisions arrived, rejected. My African-American friend- who admittedly had amazing extracurriculars but lower GPA and test scores- got at least a few “likely” e-mails from the “Duke Black Alliance,” basically telling him that he is in. After he got in, he proceeded to flaunt it in my face. Needless to say, I was quite bitter because I was more talented academically. I had many things going for me on my college application, including the fact that I came to the United States from Bulgaria when I was 10 years old and went on to win all the English/History/Spanish awards at the best private school in the city, which I attended on scholarship. I’m currently attending Emory though, so I’m not crushed. I do think about it sometimes though. It makes me wonder.</p>
<p>A lot of people at my school were really bitter about certain acceptances classmates received. Many students got into colleges because of affirmative action. So there was a lot of gossip for a few weeks. Now it’s kind of stopped and people have just accepted their current status.</p>
<p>But the students who gossip after not getting in … there is probably a reason why they didn’t get in. HA. They shouldn’t be shocked. There are things called recommendations, personal qualities, and extracurriculars.</p>
<p>pigs, I do think this whole issue of “bitterness” lessens once reality hits and everyone begins to focus on where they are going, not who got in and who didn’t, or more personally, why they DIDN’T get in. It’s a natural tendency today to share because kids share so much about themselves. And when you’re 17 years old, almost nothing else seems nearly as important, at least on April 1st…by now, it’s are you going to the prom and with whom?</p>
<p>It is important to realize that others do feel bitter and please remember to not flaunt where you are headed or how many colleges accepted you. What’s the point of that? Just celebrate everyone’s next step towards their education. That way, when you get back together a year from now or for the 10th reunion, everyone feels good for each other.</p>
<p>The only acceptance I was angry about involved a boy who got into William and Mary (I was waitlisted). We had about the same stats. I was ****ed off because I saw him cheating on a test (looking up answers on Google) that he made up after school when the teacher was MIA. No fair :(.</p>
<p>My HS doesn’t really have that many people applying to HYPMS and other schools…except for a few this year</p>
<p>so, when i got into MIT, it was kind of “WOW!!” and stuff…
and my economics teacher started calling me “yo MIT!” every since lol
and my friends are talking about chanting “MIT MIT MIT!!!” at graduation when i go on stage…</p>
<p>so yeah, there isn’t really “bitterness” in my case. maybe that’s because I was the only one who applied.</p>
<p>one of my friends she used her friend(a boy) recommendation letter (she just changed his name to her name) and sent out to schools she applied. And She got in Dartmouth.</p>
<p>A girl is a leader in our school debate team and after she got Harvard acceptance, she no longer takes her responsibility in the team. Some person are just so fake.</p>