Asian, male.
1500 SAT
720 chem, 750 math 2.
3.5 UW GPA (does not include my grades from university courses I’ve taken)
Multiple courses at the University of Connecticut
Okay EC’s, good essays.
So far, I’ve been rejected from: Vanderbilt, Emory, JHU, WashU, Williams, Georgetown (deferred, but guaranteed rejection as guidance counselor only sent midyear report last week).
Waiting on USC, Tufts, and Cornell (not going to get in).
The only college got into was UCONN. I got free tuition, a scholarship, and 60 credits there, but I still feel extremely disappointed and nervous after all these rejections! I do not mean to say Uconn is a bad school- it’s certainly okay. I understand my UW gpa is quite low, but I’ve shown quite a significant upward trend (2.8 Freshman year to 3.9 Junior) and explained in my essays how family matters had led to my poor grades in my underclassmen years.
Any advice? What should I do? Do I still have a chance?
It is not a good list of schools to begin with, so you have to deal with the outcome. Glad that you have at least one admission from a good school with good aid. Most students even with better scores and GPA got rejected by those schools too.
No, I am from Connecticut, which may help explain as to how I got into Uconn. I know I applied to a lot of hard schools. I guess it’s more of an inferior complex thing for me; all my friends are getting into Ivy’s while I end up heading to Uconn. It’s especially disappointing when people who have lower stats across the board get into better schools than you.
You were likely rejected because you are competing against kids who have a much higher UW GPA. Remember - there are too many “perfect” applicants to fill these classes. Your upward trend speaks to your resiliency - go be a rockstar at UCONN! It’s a great school and you will find many high caliber classmates there.
Your UCONN offer is excellent. And if you want to see what else might be, colleges dryer miscalculated yield are put in a list around May 5 and there are always superb choices.
So, once you have your answers from G’town, Cornell, and Tufts - you must have received USC now, right? (you never know!!!), If all are negative, deposit at uconn, choose the honors dorm, do an overnight, attend honors classes in your major, visit the library and the gym, etc.
And if you really want to know what if, in early May apply to the Colleges from the NACAC List that you like. If not we or till then, embrace UConn honors.
Your classmates may well be jealous of your scholarship.
@MYOS1634 I will be hearing from USC today (by mail) or tomorrow online if I somehow do not end up receiving the mail. Thank you for your response. If I do end up going to Uconn and I decide to transfer somewhere else in the future, do you know if said transfer will be noted on my transcript when I apply for grad school?
Yes, UConn classes and grades will appear on your transcripts. It’s your flagship so it’s very respectable. If you worry about your UConn classes being seen as ‘less good’ than other colleges’, don’t. That’s not how grad schools work.
Enjoy UCONNllllllThinking about schools where you were not admitted is a waste of time and energy. You got a great financial offer from an excellent school.
You didn’t get rejected from “all” colleges. You got into UCONN. You can only go to one school. You got free tuition, you can graduate debt free. It’s a fantastic state school. You are fortunate to live in a state with a great in state option. Be grateful.
Thank you all for your responses. I have decided that I should go to Uconn double majoring statistics/econ and transfer 44 of the 60 credits to begin with a 3.911 UW GPA.
However, I do intend on transferring after my freshman year. I am quite unaware of the process. Do all my credits get to transfer, or would I have to take most/the full 4 years after my first year at Uconn at the other school? Do people typically transfer after 1st year or after?
Your thread title is misleading. You didnt get rejected from everywhere. You had a very top-heavy list and one match/safety, where you were admitted. Enjoy it.
Way too soon to consider transferring from UConn when you have not even started at this school and given it a chance. Do not let your ego get in the way. You have a wonderful offer to UConn that many would be envious of…Give it a whole hearted chance, then decide if you want truly want to transfer. Costs should be a consideration.
Just wait and see how many of those All “lesser stats” friends also end up at UCONN.
Go to UCONN. Be excited about it, it’s a great school. Don’t go in thinking about transferring, go in thinking about how you can use all the UCONN resources to achieve your academic goals.
I don’t see any need to transfer anywhere. There’s no benefit to doing it. There’s no realistic need to pay more money for a bachelors degree than you have to. If you have a scholarship, you’re far better off keeping it. That’s not settling, it’s just being smart.