<p>To all fellow rejectees...</p>
<p>Here is an open forum for you to commiserate with each other. I for one am pretty crushed, I thought with my stats I had a good shot. Georgetown was my 2nd choice and I know for a fact I have no shot at my # 1. This doesn't bode well for any of the equally selective schools I applied to either.</p>
<p>::huggggesigh:: I hate the college admissions process.</p>
<p>Here's a question for you - Is it worse to be rejected or to be accepted, but not be able to go? ( my situation is the latter- with my parents refusing to let GU be an option despite a great financial aid package)</p>
<p>Both really suck... but I think that you'll be able to convince them. Have your guidance counselor speak to them, let them know you really really want this and that you should be making such a big decision about your own life yourself.</p>
<p>Yeah I got rejected too but I am not really too upset</p>
<p>i would definetely have to say its worse being accepted and not being able to go because you can not afford it...it feels like your family is being punished for working hard in life and you can't fully blossom to your max potential (so maybe im whining but this SUX)</p>
<p>I'm having an extremely hard time coping with my rejection. 4 years of my life, working hard, studying till midnight, practicing my violin for hours a day, attending debate tournaments all weekend, prepping for SAT's and AP's and I have nothing. I'm tired of people telling me it's ok when its not. Georgetown was my only reasonable reach school. The other four are ridiculously impossible to get into.</p>
<p>Well I don't think that anyone should center their entire high school career on the trivial goal of getting into one college. You should have branched out more and had some fun instead of being so college crazed.</p>
<p>Sorry if this may seem harsh, but doing everything simply to get into Georgetown is a terrible idea.</p>
<p>i'm really scared i won't get in....i probably won't actually..
my admissions is still not here.. i think that's a bad sign...</p>
<p>I got rejected too (McDonough). but im not upset either because i got into another school(Wustl Olin). as for the quandary of being rejected or accepted but not being able to go; I would definately say that its worse to know that someone wants you to come somewhere but for some reason you cannot go. </p>
<p>Viogirl09:
I also had a difficult time preparing for college but there is one deep thing that i learned. One should not participate in tournaments, engage in community service, sports or whatever just because it would look nice on an application. Honesty is very important for an application. Not necessarily honesty toward the institution but to oneself. In case one gets accepted on the basis of some gorgeous but pragmatic (to oneself) activity its not the person that gets accepted but the character that one created. Having this in mind I see the college admissions procedure as a first step toward finding oneself and learning where one's place in life is.
Viogirl I dont mean to offend you, but it sounded like you did not really enjoy playing the violin all day long and such..
Basically the message of this post is: Try to see the admissions process as a test for yourself. Who are you?
And coping with a rejection is just as useful as going crazy about an acceptance!</p>
<p>Back in December I was rejected too.. by my first choice school Columbia.. but I got over it pretty quickly and got back on my feet to finish my 10 RD applications..
And now I'm here waiting like everyone else for the other decisions!
But Viogirl and everyone else "coping with a rejection" from Gtown or whereever else...
Dreams do come true! And things DO work out!
As corny as that may sound.. I've really learnt so much through this whole college admissions process.. And found out that there REALLY IS a life path for every individual.
You will find your way.. And those who believe in God.. God shines a light on your path..
My dream for sooooo long.. since foreveerrr - was to go to college in NYC.. and when Columbia didn't come through I was crushed.
And NYU was not a very good alternative to my dismay.
But GUESS WHAT !! I got into Barnard.. and I've never been happier in my life.
It all worked out.
I may not have reached my dream goal via route A.. but I sure am going to get there via route B.
Whatever happens... it will all work out.
If you want something bad enough, if you pray hard enough and if it's MEANT FOR YOU.... however much sh1t you have to through to get there.. If you work hard at it and never lose faith .. it all falls into place.
I promise you.. somehow, whichever college you end up at, it will FEEL RIGHT. And it will be the RIGHT PLACE FOR YOU!
seriously!
Don't give up!
Even if you got rejected from Gtown, keep your heads up! And never lose the faith!
I'm thinking I def. got a rejection from Gtown, but I'm not gonna wallow in my sorrows or let this bring me down.. Cus I already have the place I want to be.. Barnard!</p>
<p>Good luck everyone - with college, and with your life journeys!</p>
<p>My friend got rejected from Georgetown and it was her first choice school..</p>
<p>I feel so horrible. I can't believe that they actually did it to her..</p>
<p>She's not doing so well. Any ideas on how to cheer her up?</p>
<p>Just go over and be there for her.. that's what my friends did for me back in December.. It's just good to be with someone when you're feeling depressed.. well that worked for me.. I don't like being alone when I'm sad.. it depends whether or not your friend prefers to be with people or be alone..
Just comfort her.. And reassure her.. Tell her that everything will be alright.. She will go somewhere great and she will be happy soon enough.</p>
<p>I got waitlisted and took myself off cause I'm sick of waiting around on a -5% chance of getting in (I was deferred earlier too). I guess after my deferral I kinda resigned myself early on to not going, but what really sucks is that my two friends got in and aren't going because "they never really wanted to go there anyway."</p>
<p>Oh I'm really sorry asdjgkl.. that really sucks...... gosh.. I'd be livid if my friends did that....
I got waitlisted at Wellesley but I would never think of accepting to be on the waitlist.. I think waitlists are just polite rejections.
I hope it works out for you though! good luck!
And I'm sorry bout gtown again</p>
<p>Thanks wavez</p>
<p>Yeah, I think wavez is correct.
When I started to read this thread, I decided I would scroll down and then completely trash Gtown... say how only rich southern conservatives go there and the school is so poor that they are near to selling their medical school and how the academics are subpar...
But then I realized that that would be pointless. Sure, I would get some of my Gtown frustrations out, but it is a really good and diverse school.
I think the problem here is that we place soooooo much more importance on the supposed prestigue and name-recognition of schools that we don't even think about whether that school offers what you want. Yes, we all want to say to our classmates and parent's friends, "ya, I'm going to Georgetown next year..."
But if you only liked Georgetown's name, and not the actual substance of the school, then it's better you aren't going there. You would probably be unhappy.
Everyone, in the end, does find a way. My mom went to Wesleyan U., with all its "The Gatekeepers" glory... and she workd for a woman that went to the public, University of South Florida.
I think that a school's name importance on CC is hyperinflated and no where near as important in the real world.</p>
<p>Since it won't let me correct it, I meant "she works"...</p>
<p>"I think the problem here is that we place soooooo much more importance on the supposed prestigue and name-recognition of schools that we don't even think about whether that school offers what you want. Yes, we all want to say to our classmates and parent's friends, "ya, I'm going to Georgetown next year...""</p>
<p>ap1687 this comment of yours is absolutely correct.
I FINALLY got my rejection letter in the mail today. I was expecting it so it didn't come as a big shock to me.
I was a little disheartened by a rejection (noone likes those) but I was ok because I'm going to Barnard anyway.. following my dream.</p>
<p>I really do think that in some cases people are so after a "name" just like it is a brand.
I suspect this may have been my case... Plus I liked the Gtown suites with the balconies hahaa (I visited last last summer).. Otherwise Gtown wasn't on my list till a month before the deadline when I had found out I got rejected from Columbia.
I think it really shouldn't be a matter of prestige or name.. In the end it all works out.
And rejections are just another part of life's learning process.. Like acceptances, rejections help you to learn and grow.</p>
<p>I wish you all the best of luck wherever you go!
I'm so sorry you guys didn't get in!
I won't be applying to schools until this fall, but i've been getting a head start on where I want to apply for a while now, and I can only hope I deal with acceptance/rejection letters with such level-headedness as you.</p>
<p>You will.. You seem to be level-headed now, so you will be fine. To be honest, when I was in your shoes, I was insanely obssessed with CU.. but I'm totally chill now.. So it's allllllllll good!
Good luck next year deary!</p>