<p>TheDad, there's nothing particularly stupid about feeling passionately in favor of one school over others. I only had theoretical safety schools (my sole undergraduate application went to Wellesley, ED), and I think it's safe to say that the posters are speaking out of anxious anticipation (rather than strict candor) when they say that they'd be miserable elsewhere.</p>
<p>However, it -is- a bad idea to place every last shred of hope in your being on acceptance to one school. Disappointment hurts enough even when you don't convince yourself that your entire life hinges on this one piece of mail.</p>
<p>TiredPapa, the evidence of admissions being a crap-shoot never ends. I have plenty of friends who applied to graduate and professional schools and found that they were admitted to the better programs but rejected from the schools with higher-profile names (it happened to me, too).</p>
<p>i think we'll be very sad if we don't get into wellesley, but by no means is wellesley the only option for us. and when i say i don't want to go to my safety, it's more of saying how much i really would rather go to wellesley. </p>
<p>TheDad was pretty harsh. maybe it's been a long time for you, but surely you remember the high tension atmosphere in these few months.</p>
<p>Toffee, the world is sometimes harsh. Yes, I remember the tension.
And Ringer, there's nothing wrong with passionately favoring one school.</p>
<p>But not having a Safety school--which is a very different proposition than not wanting to go to a Safety school--is an exercise in stupidity, which is something anyone who has the faintest idea of what the admit/reject profiles (available here on CC) have looked like for the past couple of years. And this year figures to be even worse.</p>
<p>The same applies to being miserable at all other schools except X, whatever X is. X may indeed be a best fit; this does not mean that there are not other close fits where one will be very happy. Unless, of course, one has pre-determined that one <em>will</em> be unhappy.</p>
<p>Yes, it's a tense time. And thank goodness that Wellesley has EE or else you'd have another 4-5 weeks.</p>
<p>WOW, many new posts!
maybe i shouldnt hv used the word "miserable" ... ??? ^_^
i applied 5 schools, wellesley is the 3rd hardest, or the 3rd easiest. lol.
i would not put myself into a mid-level state college or university (CAwise)if i do not get in any of them, that is why i didnt apply any state colleges and rather go community college and transfer. actually, i wouldnt even go to the No.5 school in my list. i applied it only b/c it's a UC strategy.
anyway, we will be fine!!! aaaand, happy valentine's day!!!</p>
<p>i think what everyone's trying to say is that you should've atleast had a few safeties/matches, even if you'd rather prefer to go to some community college (why i do not know). i understand your uc strategy thing, but it would've been wiser to listen to the whole college admissions tips rather than the uc system's advice. noone ever knows what's going on inside the adcoms' minds, and you never know who they pick. even if you may be #1 in your class or scored a 1600 (oldscale) or something else, you may not even beat someone with lower stats than you (number wise). it all depends on the applications, but if you feel that you're truly wellesley-material, then alright, no grudges there, and i mean, you can't apply to any more schools at this time, but maybe later on for graduate school or whatever comes up, you'd maybe pick out a safety that you LIKE, because if all else fails, you'd still be happy there. but that's just me! good luck everyone : )</p>
<p>i keep checking my mailbox even though i know i probably won't get it until the 25th since my school doesn't send the midyear until the 15th...:(</p>
<p>well, there are 2 days left until we can BEGIN to look for a letter. Most of us (esp. those of us who live far away) probably won't get anything 'til next week. But i'm still checking my mailbox obsessively just in case!</p>
<p>Question: I just talked to guidance today, and even though I asked them to send my midyears asap, they still haven't. They're faxing them today, but will I have to wait till April and just not get a letter next week?</p>
<p>You're right. I applied to 10 colleges and 4 of the colleges were safeties. I actually would go to 2 of my safeties because they have a good academic reputation, even though they're not highly selective. For people who don't have safeties, I feel sorry for them because it's always good to have options. You have to ask yourself, "What if I don't get into my reach schools? or What if I don't get in to my first-choice college?" It's amazing how highly intelligent people lack common sense.</p>
<p>Safety schools are there because a student's objective is to go to college. S/he might have preferences, but is willing to consider alternatives.</p>
<p>Sometimes, a student's objective is not so much to go to school (in general) but to go to -a particular- school. This automatically implies that s/he will accept the very real possibility of rejection. It's not necessarily stupid. It might just be a different plan of attack.</p>
<p>I applied only to Wellesley because I knew that I had the time to apply regular decision to other schools (and I knew which ones I would apply to). I applied to three graduate programs, none of which were safeties, because I knew that I had the flexibility to try again after re-thinking my objectives and plans.</p>
<p>Stupid is a dangerous word to throw around.</p>