<p>Is it possible to get rejected from every college u applied to and end up going to community college even though you had stats that would have gotten u into schools that were a little worse in quality than the ones u got rejected from?</p>
<p>Yes. And it would be a scary thought.</p>
<p>There are colleges that have ridiculously high acceptance rate(like UHD) there has to be a college you can get into that is not a community college.</p>
<p>have a extreme safety school</p>
<p>Search this site for stories about Andi’s son.</p>
<p>Yes. That is why, no matter how good of a student you are, you should ALWAYS have a safety school. And a backup safety school just in case for some reason you’re rejected from the safety. And a backup backup safety school in case the first two explode or something.</p>
<p>Agreed, you absolutely have to have a couple of safeties that you would like to attend. Use the search function to find the “Andison” thread; it’s an eye-opener.</p>
<p>Yeah, seconding what everyone else here has already said, safety schools are VERY important. Having a safety (a school you will definitely, beyond a doubt, no questions asked, get into), and sometimes even a safety, safety school, is a definite must. Also make sure you’d be happy attending this safety, if it is the only school you get into. Remember, you should never apply to a school that you can’t see yourself going to.</p>
<p>The problem with that being that any community college will be a worse school than your safeties.</p>
<p>“…you should ALWAYS have a safety school. And a backup safety school just in case for some reason you’re rejected from the safety. And a backup backup safety school in case the first two explode or something.”
um, scary…</p>
<p>My son applied to 13 schools - 7 reaches (all in top 25 - I think any school in the top 25 is a reach with the amount of students applying) - then 3 match schools and 3 safeties. </p>
<p>He ended up getting into 3 reaches / 2 match schools / and all the safeties. Also waitlisted at another reach and the other match school.</p>
<p>Always have at least 2-3 in each category - safety / match / reach. You just never know what can happen.</p>
<p>Thats my biggest fear too, to not get in any of my schools. </p>
<p>Im applying to college this fall, I know what my reaches/matches will be, but I havent really thought about my saftey schools yet. I know we can just look at the school’s stats and match it to our own, but how do we know if a school can be our safety school?</p>
<p>For a competitive student applying to 10-20% acceptance-rate schools, a match would probably be 30-45% and a safety would 50+%. Of course, there are rolling admissions at some schools if NOBODY accepts you. Some schools have spring admissions as well. There are many little-known universities and colleges, so finding a safety that you wouldn’t mind shouldn’t be too hard.</p>
<p>This problem can be avoided extremely easily by being smart about choices and staying humble. A good friend of mine with ridiculously amazing grades was rejected by 7 top schools and ended up having to take a gap year. Just bad luck of the draw. He had no safeties, and frankly, I didn’t feel that sorry for him. </p>
<p>You can easily avoid it though!</p>
<p>Honestly, it does happen, and its nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>I have faced exactly the same thing. In the admissions cycle 2008, I was rejected from everywhere I applied to despite the fact that I had really good grades. And even though I am an international I really wanted to come to the US only because I really like the college system here (knowing how ridiculously hard it is for internationals).</p>
<p>This is what I was thinking from that time:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/484336-anyone-like-me-got-rejected-all-their-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/484336-anyone-like-me-got-rejected-all-their-schools.html</a></p>
<p>So I took a gap year, and I worked as a journalist. I had to take the whole pain of applying again to universities and I did all that, And now I am starting my undergrad this September at DARTMOUTH with a HUGE fin aid package and everything arranged. So it does work out, and even if you have been rejected all out once you can make it to a very very good school. :)</p>
<p>Elastine – I remember your thread from last year and am thrilled to hear that your gap year was put to good use and that you’re off to Dartmouth. Good for you! I hope you’ll consider posting your own thread outlining your experiences, which will be informative and inspirational for both international and US students who don’t attain their goals the first time round. Again, bravo! (And very brave not to take as prestigious a sure thing as LSE in the hope that you would get what you truly wanted the following year.)</p>
<p>whats andi’s son’s story?</p>
<p>yea the rule for at least 3 reach/match/safety is good. safety could be narrowed down to 2. </p>
<p>also…dont use competitive schools/ivy as safety/match</p>
<p>edit: elastine is in a quite different situation unless you are also an international applying for aid</p>
<p>If you identify your “True Safety” you only will need ONE. The “True Safety” is a place that:</p>
<p>1) Is open admission (like most community colleges) or is required to admit you based on your stats (like many home-state public universities).</p>
<p>2) You can pay for without any financial aid other than federally determined (FAFSA) financial aid.</p>
<p>3) Offers the major(s) you are interested in, or if a community college, offers the first two years of the major(s) you are interested in.</p>
<p>4) You would be happy to attend if everything else in your application process goes wrong.</p>
<p>Find this place, and apply early to get yourself in line for any goodies (merit scholarships, priority class selection, priority housing selection, etc.) that might be offered, and then worry about finalizing the rest of your list.</p>
<p>If you absolutely cannot find a “True Safety” (maybe every place you look at only meets two or three of these criteria), then devote some time to thinking about your Plan B. Will you do a gap year? Will you join the military? Will you enroll in an apprenticeship program for a skilled trade?</p>
<p>Please don’t be the author of the April 2010 “I didn’t get in anywhere I applied” thread!</p>
<p>No. There are always colleges that accept apps past May 1 that will accept students good enough to get in somewhere. Especially with this economy.</p>
<p>I have roughly a 60% chance of being rejected from every school I apply to because every school I am applying to is either a reach, or a major reach. Oh well. So it goes.</p>