Feeling extremely down with all the rejections and waitlists

Applying to College
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I have received quite a few decisions so far, and most of them are rejections and waitlists.
The really depressing thing however is not the fact that I have been rejected, but the places I have been rejected from were those I had considered as my safeties.

I am now extremely concerned for my ‘target’ and ‘reach’ unis, the ones I really really want to go to.
i feel like i don’t stand a chance in these unis and I don’t know what to do…

If anyone has had a similar experience of being rejected all around and then getting accepted to their dream uni, I’d love to hear about it.

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Hi! I’ ve been receiving rejection letters during mid-March as well, I never realize the competitiveness is so intense these days…I remember the morning when I get up five o’clock to Check my admission status at ucsc, I could remember nothing form that letter except for “thank you for applying… We couldn’t offer you admission.” :frowning: I don’t even want to go to school that day. So did u get accepted by your dream school?

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First of all, hang in there! Don’t stress about something you can’t do anything about yet – wait and see how the rest of your list plays out. What kind of schools did you apply as safeties?

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I got flatout rejected from my ED, when I thought I would be deferred worst case scenario. Come late march, I was admitted to few of the schools I thought I had no chance in. I currently love where I am, and wouldn’t trade it for my choice of ED school. Have patience and see how things play out in the next few weeks!

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no the results for my dream school have not cme out yet unfortunately! really scared for it , i have nightmares every day :frowning:

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i hope that is the case for me, but I am so worried as I ahve been rejected / waitlisted by schools id considered ‘safeties’…, congratulations on making it to a great school!

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i am indeeed an international, but i do not require FA:(

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Have hope. I got waitlisted at one of my target schools which was Fordham University in NY, private. It has a 50% acceptance rate so I thought I was a shoe in. BUT, for some miraculous reason I got into UCLA :slight_smile: so have hope because I sure didn’t and I got into my top choice school with such a low acceptance rate

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What are your stats? Where did you apply?

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In a previous list you published at least one poster told you none of them were safeties. Did you add to the list?

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OP you will only attend one school. Try to not dwell on the rejections but wait and see if you get that one acceptance (assuming you do indeed want to attend all the schools you applied to – a logical assumption). You posted that fin aid was not necessary, so you are lucky in that regard. Hang in there! It is not over yet.

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It is crucial to come up with a list of schools to apply if you cannot really handle the depression by being rejected. If you think you got rejected by a safety school, it may be due to Tufts syndrome, something in your appliaction that reveals you are not so seriously considering that school, or it is not a safety for you at the first place.

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thank you so much, this really has given me hope.

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yes, i added a fair few and got an acceptance from one

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Well then!!! You got acceptance from one, which one? Congratulations! Many internationals would like to be in your place right now :slight_smile:

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I am in the exact same position. Rejected or waitlisted at schools that I thought I had a shot at. Now freaking out about those that I really really want to attend.