<p>what happend after she got waitlisted? My d is waitedlisted at Johns Hopkins and UNC and is so upset....her life is ending and of course I am getting blamed..ugh I am so glad that this is almost over..d two is 4 years away..maybe I will recover by then...thanks a heart broken mom</p>
<p>Dear Heartbroken Mom...</p>
<p>As an equally sad father, I can tell you this has been an INCREDIBLY competitive year. My daughter has gotten nuked all over, and this is pretty typical of what her classmates are experiencing. She is at a "Cum Laude" school which supposedly puts it in the top 1% of all schools, but it appears to have made no difference for the applicants. Our #1 student is a National Merit Semifinalist, PERFECT GPA, PERFECT SAT's, and was turned down by Dartmouth, Middlebury, Amherst...</p>
<p>In our case, D1 and D2 had identical grades and SAT's...both Math oriented. D2 had a far more diverse resume...10 varsity letters, great recs, raised $50,000 and built a Habitat House...you name it. Yet, BC took D1 and flat out rejected D2. </p>
<p>I have told my daughter that she will go where she is meant to go, and that she will be happy with the option. I would suggest you offer the same suggestion to your very unhappy child. It will all work out, she'll be happy, and her experience will be significant. I am confident...</p>
<p>No letter yet, I'm in PA.</p>
<p>I think if people would apply to 2-3 schools, this stuff wouldn't be happening. Everyone seems to be applying to 5-7 schools.</p>
<p>This is a grief process for these kids. They need time to go through all the grief stages and go through some of them more than once. And they just need us to make sure they're OK while they're grieving, and let them do it. We can keep reminding them that they did get into that one great school and that there are others much less fortunate. And we can keep telling them how proud we are of them. But we can't force them to grieve faster---mostly because even if we tried it wouldn't work, you'd just end up with a kid who was pretending to be OK who really wasn't OK.</p>
<p>Dear Dad of 2 D:
Thank you for your kind words of support..this morning she told me that it was my fault that she applied to all these schools that she didn't mak ugh..to which I replied if I said don't do it you would have said I wasn;'t supportive. She is such a great kid, coke scholar, president of class...just want her to be happy un like me...</p>
<p>Sure they need time to grieve BUT, Decisions are due May 1st. Daughter was upset over waitlisted at many of her choices. As bad as I felt for her (and fortunately she did not blame me!) she did have a decision to make. Time to sit down with all the acceptance letters AND financial aid awards. See what schools she could envision herself. Then we spent a week looking at the top prospects again and she made her decision on the last day of our odyessy: William and Mary and has not regretted it ever.</p>
<p>Good luck to those waiting but don't let your child fall into a pity party.</p>
<p>I recieved my letter today. I was waitlisted. I was also waitlisted at BC and rejected from Cornell. I guess I'll be at Penn State in the fall.</p>
<p>In PA, rejection letter came today...not too bad as D has fallen in love elsewhere already. She applied to 5, got in 4, merit aid at 3 solid choices. Congrats to those that get the "Yes's"!</p>
<p>Son received letter today, waitlisted. We are in Maryland</p>
<p>I got accepted! It came as a real shock.</p>
<p>Accepted! =) (IL, as you can see)</p>
<p>Dang, now I have no idea. It was easier when all I had to think about was Northwestern.</p>
<p>Congradulations!</p>
<p>Thank you, congrats to you too! :)</p>
<p>accepted!!</p>
<p>and i never finished my application. i think it is a sign!</p>
<p>Accepted today! =P</p>
<p>very shocked and very happy :)</p>
<p>non-top 10% OOS? I'm very fortunate to get in</p>
<p>soproudofkids - exactly how I feel - well put. </p>
<p>Plus, l7 and l8 year olds usually don't need a month to start realigning their thinking. So much will start to happen - end of year activities, etc.</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>SAT I: (1290 and 1920)
600 Math
690 Critical Reading
630 Writing</p>
<p>ACT: 30
Valedictorian (1/227)
Location - Eastern KY
Double Minority (Biracial & Appalachian)
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) 4.8 (weighted)</p>
<p>Athletics: Basketball 9-10; Varsity Softball 9-11</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Big time into Beauty Pageants, Beta 9-12 (Secretary), Key Club (Pres-Elect, but moved schools), Assorted Clubs, vocals & guitar, 400+ hrs volunteering</p>
<p>Go to a Math and Science Academy just opened in KY (basically boarding school) for my senior year...University parasitology research, full college load this year, From grades 9-11: 3 APs - 4 US History, 3 Euro History, and 4 Biology.</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!!!</p>
<p>D received a small envelope, so it looks like a no. She'll be heading to Wake Forest.</p>
<p>Brian -- My D also received a small envelope today in NYS. She has after-school activities so we don't know yet if it is a waitlist or rejection. She had pretty much decided she wasn't going to W&M whatever the results so it's no tragedy, but I was hoping for an acceptance to boost her self-confidence after being waitlisted at Wesleyan and Kenyon. Very tough year! </p>
<p>Wake's a great school and I'm sure your daughter will have a spectaculat 4 years.</p>