<p>Looking only at the most selective colleges, basically, getting into schools like MIT, CalTech, CMU, Harvey Mudd, but getting rejected everywhere else. Like, it makes sense that that would happen a lot, but it's kind of weird to think about it. Aand I don't really know about too many people's experiences with applying to these schools compared to other schools that are similar by looking at how selective they are, but aren't so math and science oriented.</p>
<p>If you are over qualified colleges will reject you based on that. The admissions officer will say “This kid is obviously applying here as a safety school and probably won’t attend” so they will reject you to make room for students that will attend.</p>
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They will most likely wait list you and see if you decide to accept your spot on the waitlist, which pretty much guarantees an acceptance assuming your stats are significantly above their standards. This is happening a lot during this years economic crisis, especially at state schools where they have to wait list practically thousands of students in fear that their yield will completely tank should they accept every top applicant.</p>
<p>I’m not talking about being rejected from schools because of being overqualified. I’m talking about being accepted to the schools I mentioned above, but being rejected from Ivy League schools, Duke, Chicago, and maybe Stanford too, where it doesn’t make any sense to be rejected because of being overqualified.</p>
<p>It makes perfect sense. I mean, each of these schools have more than enough qualified applicants to fill their class of 2013. So…essentially once you are qualified to a certain degree, it’s a lottery for acceptance.<br>
I would actually consider it rare that an applicant would be accepted to every single ivy league/peer institution school. Personally, I was accepted to a couple ivies, yet rejected from one other and Stanford.</p>
<p>No, not overqualified, but perhaps differently qualified. The ones that you mentioned in terms of acceptance are all technically-oriented schools, while the Ivies, Duke, Chicago are more liberal-arts oriented. Of course the latter all have great technical programs as well, but they may be looking for more balanced students than the one that got into the technical schools.</p>
<p>Oh, well then I would have to say that the pattern is quite common. Those are great schools, make no mistake about that, but the likes of HYPSM are on a whole 'nother level- but that’s just my 2c. If you want some empirical evidence, then you’re going to have a hard time. Just keep in mind that acceptance to a few elite universities doesn’t always guarantee acceptance to all.</p>
<p>if i got into just one ivy i’d be happy even if i got rejected by the others lol ._.;</p>
<p>Why? I’ve said it before but Ivy league schools are for over-privileged, pretentious, whiny people with absolutely no sense of reality.</p>
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What makes you say that?</p>