<p>i got rejected from notre dame on saturday...but i was prepared for it...i didn't get my hopes up because it was my reach school but i stilll thought i might have had a chance. as my dad said "another reason to hate their football team" ;) i'm looking forward now...i still have many others to hear from. has anyone heard back from boston college?</p>
<p>OP, did they get in?</p>
<p>ya I was kinda depressed when I was deferred, but that night I went out with friends, partied, got my drank on, and by the next day I felt better. Plus I was too hung over to feel sad. lol. And im not really the type who dwells on things too long.</p>
<p>Wow I feel better reading this. I got rejected from NYU for the Clive Davis Recorded Music Program, because I had a c+ in French in 9th grade. I have just played twice at the Bitter End in NYC and they dont want me because of my French! Bizarre</p>
<p>UMich is better than ok; it's as hard to get into as most of the Ivies for out-of-state students and has departments ranked ahead of the Ivies in most fields (Full disclosure: I'm an alum, big surprise)--So you did good, regardless of what your dad says. And, um sorry about him. Some of us do try to be more supportive.</p>
<p>I am a freshman in college, and guess what: I'm not at the college I wanted to go to. It's not the place that seemed meant to be. It's not as 'good' of a school as I thought I deserved for the amount of work I put in. I was rejected from 5 of the 10 schools I applied to, and I thought I would never get over how heart-breaking those letters were. </p>
<p>But the other day I was sitting on my bed thinking about my first semester and I was absolutely terrified to think that I might have ended up somewhere else. I am happier than I can even say, I love this place!</p>
<p>Turns out where you end up being happy is about as random as where you get in.</p>
<p>you know, the day after the decisions came out, the rejected seniors took an alcohol binge.</p>
<p>Just remember that sometimes not getting what you want turns out to be a gigantic stroke of good luck.</p>
<p>P.S. I watched "Accepted" on TV last night--it was very funny. Oh, and I'm an adult and my only child is already in college.</p>
<p>i spent 6 months abroad in germany last year (second semester junior year) i got back at the end of the summer and didnt really care bout the college process. my sisters had visited many schools with my parents and i just let it fly over my head. i was really behind the college process. i was jsut gonna apply to an easy school that i knew i would get into. i looked on collegeboard.com one day, and found fordham university. i was amazed. i loved EVERYTHING about it. i was basically obsessed. i wanted to visit, so i bought a plane ticket from cleveland and flew there at 5 am one day, and back at 7pm the SAME day. i wanted it SO bad. i wrote my college essay JUST for fordham. and wow did i spend time on it. im a bad writer, but i made it the best esay i have EVER written (and i mean that!) i applied early action, they have no binding contract ( i would have if i was offered the choice)</p>
<p>LONG story short (sorry to ramble)</p>
<p>i got a letter in the mail today. i opened it and found out that i was rejected. wow it sucks... it really does. i wanted it so bad and i failed. what is there to do? nothing cause im just not qualified... :'(</p>
<p>i was deferred. i think i will watch lord of the rings and wear my lord of the rings hat and eat nachos.</p>
<p>also, it comforts me to know that i have great schools for RD. if i get in.</p>
<p>"Mario Tennis."
haha you are god</p>
<p>hello fellow rejected students (or some accepted students, congratulations to YOU!) i was rejected yesterday. my dad left work around 1:30 to get the mail but he informed me that the mail wasn't there by the time he got home. i had to take a math test after school, so i really couldn't concentrate on it. i've been nervous all week waiting for this letter! it was my absolute 100% dream school. i loved everything about Marist College (no it's not an ivy like the rest of the schools previously mentioned). i made up an excuse to my teacher saying that i had a doctor's appointment and left in the middle of my test. I sped home and found no particularly big letters in the mailbox. I grabbed my rejection letter, ripped it open, and cried for about a good 4 hours. i feel like a complete idiot because i've been talking about how much i've wanted to go to this school for about 3 months and everyone was positive i was getting in.</p>
<p>i had great grades, amazing extracurriculars (head of one club), but average SAT scores. i guess this dumbass college doesn't budge for anyone! so, i'm still upset about it. i woke up today feeling better.. but i'm still upset that i have a lot more college searching to do. i set myself up for this downfall knowing that this school has a 30% acceptance rate due to not a lot of housing available for freshman. </p>
<p>the main encouraging responses i've been receiving from people is this same phrase, "things haev a funny way of falling into place" i hope this is true for all us rejectee's (haha made that word up). GOOD LUCK!! i sure need a hell lot of luck right now.</p>
<p>alex55, </p>
<p>Remember, it's Marist's loss. You'll find a great school that suits (and appreciates) you. :)</p>
<p>Regardless of what we read, test scores do not tell all about a student's capabilities.</p>
<p>lol at JAGERDEER- if you look see the rest of his posts they are all have something to do with encouraging alcohol use. he's just a troll...prob didn't even get into stanford...</p>
<p>i was myself recently rejected from stanford ea. it was hard. i go to boarding school and everyone was on my neck asking whether i'd gotten in.
but i think knowing that you deserve a lot better is enough reason not to cry over it. i remember just lying in bed for a while (NOT CRYING) but dazed and then getting up to do some laundry, just mundane things to kind of get my mind out of the pain and just into some state where i knew but didnt care. then i took a very long walk with my very close friend who had also been rejected by stanford ea
the bottom line is, life goes on and so must you. so just embrace life and forget the pain.</p>
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<p>Am I a horrible person for laughing at that?</p>
<p>Anyway - I didn't apply anywhere ED, but just think about it this way: you'll have a bunch more options during RD!</p>
<p>S was rejected from DI Ivy. Hugely bummed for a spell. then his coach started calling the DIII coaches on his list and after talking to some coaches, he's now HUGELY excited about the possibility of playing next year. So... all in all, maybe a good thing. But we wont know that until April, right?</p>
<p>DS1 was deferred from what was choice #1 school - but he realized that the fact that it was choice one was a mixture of the fact that it was a small reach and he had a great tour guide who cast quite a sparkle on the department he was interested in. Other schools would have been higher on the list for various reasons - the ED1 school was not ideal in all aspects just in some, and other schools are ideal in other aspects. It was hard, but it is not anymore. Now, there is a world of other opportunity. </p>
<p>Now, he's on to other things - though he did not do an EDII as he originally said he would - the deferral allows him to consider some great scholarship monies - including one offer that came 4 days after the deferral - and an opportunity to move on to the second round for Deep Springs. He actually is a better 'fit' for these other schools - because his emphasis has never been on grades - and the ability to take merit money is a real positive in a negative economy. </p>
<p>You will all do well where you land.</p>
<p>I agree with watching accepted- great movie if got rejected
What I told my self, and did, when I was rejected was that I would cry for a day, eat as much candy, chocolate, cake, and other junk food as I wanted, what a movie that made me cry to get the depression out (preferably a romantic- P.S. I love you is a good cry or Titanic- anything she thinks is best) then I would watch a hilarious movie to make me laugh and get over the sadness- do this all in only ONE day- if she has school let her take it off- than after that one day I told myself to get over it because it was not the end of the world (note for me if my parents told me it would not bet the end of the world, they don't deserve you, and all of that type of stuff I would feel even worse and get even more depressed and stuff- not a good idea for you to say it when she just found out but if she says it then that is ok- but this is for me others may be different you know your daughter better and know more of what she needs.)</p>
<p>This worked for me and made me feel better so I hope it works for you</p>
<p>Best of luck I know it is hard :)</p>