<p>Did any graduated seniors get into their dream school?why was it your dream school and has that school met up to your standards so far? If no why?</p>
<p>No :(</p>
<p>I wanted to go to Stanford for many reasons (lots of finaid, beautiful campus, prior experience), but I’m going to UWashington instead. I’ll see how awesome it is around September 25th or so. I’m kind of in a dilemma over whether or not I should attempt to transfer…it really was my dream school (I was even in a summer camp there and everything). Even if UW is great, I’ll still always wonder what it would have been like. Eh…I should make a thread about this and ask for advice.</p>
<p>Quality-wise, I don’t have any reason to think that the programs at UW are that much worse than those of Stanford. In fact, for what I’m interested in (CS and BME), UW is either close to on-par or better. But there are a lot more factors one has to consider, obviously.</p>
<p>No. Who knew it was so hard to get into one of your favored schools being an international in need of finaid?</p>
<p>I wanted to go to any of Texas, Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan, UNC. I didnt apply because I wouldn’t have gotten into any of them.</p>
<p>I didn’t have a dream school, so no. But I can still get into my dream graduate school, which is um…Stanford if I decide on a career which they have a program for. Of course I will have to do a lot better than I am now.</p>
<p>Yes. I got in to a dream school out of high school but didn’t go for money reasons. Then I aimed my sights even higher and got in there too as a transfer. I don’t move in til Tuesday but I just know it’s going to be great. There’s no way it couldn’t be.</p>
<p>And honestly, it can only get better from here! XD</p>
<p>Yes, I got into my dream university as well as many other great universities. My advice to everyone is to apply to your dream university even if acceptance seems highly unlikely; if you choose not to apply you will regret not applying to your dream university later on in life. </p>
<p>My dream university was to have all these characteristics: very strong academic programs, a big university with an engaging student body, great sports teams, excellent university spirit, located in a good location, good food, renowned professors, research opportunities, and some other things that I just can’t think of now. </p>
<p>I haven’t actually started school yet but after having experienced summer orientation I can honestly say that my dream university lived up to the hype. I know that summer orientation is probably not a good representation of what it will be like once classes start but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be pretty similar. Suffice it to say that my dream university is everything I thought it would be and more.</p>
<p>I do wonder, however, what it would be like if I chose to attend some of the other colleges that accepted me like University of Michigan or University of Virginia. By now you must have guessed my dream university of wished that I told you which university I decided to attend so without further ado, my dream university is UCLA.</p>
<p>Well my dream school was any of HYPS and I got into 2 so yeah I did. =]</p>
<p>I got in but I didn’t go (thank god). Boy was I naive then. I would have been trapped in my major or would have had to go through the hassle of transferring. It was an art school and I’m not an art major anymore now.</p>
<p>I got into both of my dream schools. Cornell and McGill. Cornell was cheaper, so that’s where I’m at. Been here a week and, after I got adjusted, I’m absolutely loving it.</p>
<p>Yes I did, but I changed my mind at the last minute due to school visits and other minor things.</p>
<p>Yes I did. I was accepted at Michigan but with OOS tuition plus R&B, fees and other expenses, etc, pushing it close to $50,000 a year, I opted for a smaller state university that offered me an OOS tuition waiver (academic-based), putting the annual cost at about $20,000 a year. I may try to transfer for next year, but I just couldn’t justify my parents spending all the extra money for Michigan for 4 years (we don’t qualify for need-based aid).</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I had two dream schools: the Art Institute and another local private university with a film program. I chose not to go to either because the cost of attendance was incredibly high. I chose a state school instead that seems to have a really good media program. I’ve actually really fallen in love with the school’s programs, so I guess you can say that it’s my new dream school :)</p>
<p>Well, it’s my most realistic dream school choice, lol.</p>
<p>I got into my dream, dream school that I never ever would’ve thought to get into. My advice to any future applicants is to apply anyway, no matter how unrealistic it is. My dream school was the only top, top, reach school I applied to and the rest had far higher acceptance rates. You never know, it’s such a crapshoot these days, and I think the worst feeling isn’t “I didn’t get in” but “what if?”</p>
<p>If it’s meant to be, it’ll happen. If not, life does go on and in the large majority of cases you’ll forget about your dream school completely by October of your freshman year.</p>
<p>I guess I did. My main criteria were that the school had to offer a decent education, and that it had to be cheap for me. Luckily, the financial aid worked out at my favorite one. I was admitted EA, but that was the least of my concerns. I had really come to terms with the fact that I wouldn’t be going there due to financial reasons, but then some miracle happened and I got awesome financial aid.</p>
<p>along with, it seems like, everyone else here, my dream school was Stanford, and sometimes I still can’t believe I got in…</p>
<p>no, i didn’t get into my dream school, but that’s okay. I’ve fallen in love with my current school, and frankly, I can’t imagine not going there anymore.</p>
<p>No, I didn’t.</p>
<p>cann people name the school also lol;)</p>
<p>Nope. 
I was waitlisted at Carleton but… okay, this is gonna sound cheesy… I think it’s for the best, because I think Kalamazoo will be a much better fit for me.</p>