<p>I know kids who get rejected from lets say cornell, but get into princeton. But those are just ivies and really top tier schools.</p>
<p>I just got rejected from george washington u. does that necessarily mean I have very little chance for the top tier schools I applied for like cornell or hopkins.</p>
<p>I mean if a school that admits 10% more students than the other schools, rejects me, am I doomed for all the other competitive schools?</p>
<p>not necessarily</p>
<p>I feel like with as competitive as college admissions has become, there is a certain degree of luck. Obviously, it’s not the only thing, but it certainly plays a small role in admissions. You won’t necessarily be rejected by t he others, but make sure you have solid backups</p>
<p>No…I know a girl who got into an Ivy and was rejected by Vanderbilt. It’s luck.</p>
<p>GW’s big on demonstrated interest. If you showed little interest, that might be part of the reason why you didn’t get in.</p>
<p>I’ve seen people get into Harvard and still get rejected by, say, Cornell.</p>
<p>HS classmate got into Yale, but was waitlisted at Dartmouth, Princeton, and Harvard. Rejected at MIT. It’s all a game of chance.</p>
<p>D rejected at NYU - 4 generation legacy. Accepted at Cornell. Go figure…</p>
<p>I agree with the others, it may not mean anything. Unless your academics and test scores were borderline for GWU (in which case your admittance to an ivy would be dubious, obviously) it may not mean anything. There was an article not long ago my wife had me read, where they talked to admissions people at a variety of schools at all levels, and one of the things some of the admissions people said was they would reject people that they felt were only applying as a ‘safe’ school (some of them sounded insulted that kids would do that). </p>
<p>Every school has something they are looking for, as well as grades and academics. Many schools try to have some sort of geographical mix, so someone could get kicked by NYU, for example, because they came from the NY area or the east coast, because they wanted more students from other parts of the US or the world for that matter. </p>
<p>In my day, back in the dark ages when they had to recall horse and buggies for defective harness hitches, I was accepted at U of Chicago, Columbia and NYU, and got rejected from a couple of lower tier schools,including Rutgers (I am/was from NJ)…</p>
<p>Know someone who was waitlisted at U. Rochester and accepted at Cornell</p>
<p>My best friend was accepted to Stanford with a full scholarship but was rejected from UC Riverside.</p>
<p>No… Not really. But there’s no system to admissions, and they are extremely random. I’ve heard numerous cases of people getting into Harvard and then getting rejected by less selective schools.</p>
<p>From our Naviance, GWU is the worst offender of Tufts Syndrome. The best students who applied did not get in. They often reject you if your stats are too high. Congratulations, your stats must be too high!</p>
<p>Why would a school have Tufts syndrome for someone who applied Early Decision? At that point you are already committing to them.</p>
<p>Probably not</p>
<p>I know at least two people who got rejected by all other schools on their list except for Harvard.</p>
<p>Friend got into Harvard, got rejected from Florida State University. (Not athlete, not URM, etc.) Don’t quite know what happened here.</p>
<p>The whole “Tufts Syndrome”: thing with GWU does not hold up for ED, since it’s binding admission. What are your stats like?</p>
<p>Tufts Syndrome is a disease; it doesn’t have to make sense. These admissions officers probably can’t help it, no more than someone with herpes can “help” getting cold sores.</p>
<p>Agree with those that state that Tufts syndrome does not apply to to ED. Also, naviance data from our school shows no Tufts sydrome for GWU. All the high stat people (who were using GWU as a safety) DID get in.
Agree that they are big on stated interest, but high stat people are smart enough to convey that, even if GW may be a “safety” for them</p>
<p>Where does the OP say that she applied to GWU ED?</p>