Have any of you gotten into a college that you originally thought was too tough?

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<p>(which i thought were targets, guess not)</p>

<p>^ it really sucks when that happens (1 of my so called 'safeties' rejected me. Probably not a good idea to put it in my safety in the first place though)</p>

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<p>I applied to the school I'm currently attending just to see if I could get in. Its weird because my state flagship didnt want me</p>

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WOW, a Cali resident that didn't get into UCLA or UCB, but got into Northwestern?</p>

<p>That's awesome .

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<p>I know a guy who didn't get into UCSD, but was accepted into Northwestern. Not waitlist either. Hmm.</p>

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<p>Dayum, I thought Northwestern was my reach and UCLA (OOS) was a match. Maybe not.</p>

<p>Northwestern is probably less "numbers focused" than the UCs or evaluates with a criteria that places more emphasis on EC activities.</p>

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<p>I was expecting to get rejected from a bunch of schools (I applied to ten), but only MIT rejected me.</p>

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<p>misssuperfantastic, you're right, uc's use(d) a system where you had to get above a certain point value to be considered. not sure exactly if they're still doing it, but w/e</p>