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And another girl who got rejected by Harvard, Brown, and MIT, but got into Caltech.
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<p>I think girl has better chance at Caltech.</p>
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sister was rejected at rice, accepted to duke and columbia
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<p>Since when are Duke and Columbia superior to Rice?</p>
<p>Not necessarily superior but generally perceived to be more selective.</p>
<p>Prestige-wise, superior.</p>
<p>Relative to the OP, it happens all the time. There is a random element in selection.</p>
<p>nope .</p>
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Waitlisted at Indiana-Bloomington but got into Michgan!! HUH??
This must be the classic case of Indiana feeling that they were a real safety and it was likely the kid wouldn't go there?
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Indiana admissions wouldn't know which other universities you apply to 'cause they don't ask for it on the application.</p>
<p>IU's online application is incredibly simple - no essay, no teacher recs. Admission is based mainly on your stats.</p>
<p>ctmomof3: Could it be that the kid was applying to the music school?</p>
<p>Yea, definitely. I know someone who was waitlisted by WUSTL (even though he really wanted to go there), but was accepted into places like Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern's HPME program. (He ended up going to WUSTL anyway when they later changed the decision)</p>
<p>Indiana's music program is EXTREMELY competitive. Michigan's is almost as competitive, but I could well believe that a music major might have better results at Michigan than at Indiana.</p>
<p>My friend got accepted to University of Michigan with a 23 ACT and a 3.5 GPA, but got denied into Michigan State University. Really should have been the other way around.</p>
<p>FYI no this was not a music application, arts and sciences to both. What I meant earlier about Indiana thinking they were a safety, is not becuase they knew what other schools they applied to but just based on their stats, which are above the average at Indiana, they may have assumed they applied as a safety/backup and likely would not attend. In any case, its quite odd but just one of many very weird acceptances we have heard of around here.</p>
<p>Hey! Thanks for the inspirational stories everyone! I was recently rejected from U of Illinois Champaign, and I automatically assumed that UChicago will deny me come April 1st, so I already filled out the housing app for my safety (University of Iowa). Its nice to know I might have a chance for getting into UChicago</p>
<p>Hellooo... UF has a 5% out of state acceptance rate because they severely cap the number of out-of-staters, no? No doubt UF is a solid school, but it's supply and demand at work here, both in state (affordability) and out-of-state (solid academics, weather)...</p>
<p>WildChild did some transfer applications last year and got into UChicago and rejected from UGeorgia. He had gotten into UGeorgia for freshman admissions, and didn't go, so I guess that didn't play well. Although-he had also turned down UChicago EA and still got in again as a transfer.</p>
<p>I was rejected from University of South Florida (my safety school) and accepted to University of Florida (my first choice school)</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Wow. Just, wow. There had to be something wrong with your USF application.</p>
<p>On that note, I was rejected from UF but accepted to University of Illinois-Champaign and New College of Florida, but that isn't nearly as much of an increase in selectivity.</p>
<p>my friend got rejected from University of Michigan but got into Yale</p>
<p>I'll go with low GPA syndrome + OOS</p>
<p>Son's friend- Full ride at Denison (#52 LAC USNWR), but waitlisted at OSU (#57 National USNWR)</p>