<p>@Etuck - yea, that commercial is really vague. They could’ve played around with the statistics to make their commercial sound better if they wanted to.</p>
<p>Anyways, glad to see I’m not the only one who likes the way sports are in college.</p>
<p>Just to comment on the athletics thing, it was fifty times more difficult for me to be recruited for any school I was academically interested in, than it was for me to be accepted to my first choice college, without a coach’s pull. Athletes aren’t always at the low spectrum of admitted students. I nearly committed to a good athletic school (Undefeated right now, 1st place, division 3, favored to win a national title very soon) where I would have been in the very top of the freshman class academically. I have more teammates who chose to attend what would be considered a huge safety (academically) in order to play their sport, than teammates who are attending a reach school due to the admissions boost given from the sport. </p>
<p>Back to the topic, there was one instance this year that disappointed me a bit. Our school had 8 students apply to Northwestern. Only one was admitted, a student who had both the lowest class rank and the lowest test scores than the other 7 applicants, but had a sibling who recently graduated from there. This girl, ranked 16th in the class, was also admitted to Yale with legacy. She was not rejected anywhere. Our salutatorian was rejected from all she applied to except two of her three safeties. She was deferred and then rejected from Brown ED, her dream school, and will be attending Northeastern. Even worse, our valedictorian was rejected from everywhere but Stony Brook and St John’s (NYC). Does it seem unfair? Sure. But it really does all turn out ok in the end.</p>
<p>I was pretty bitter when I got rejected from my dream school and this kid from my school with a lower SAT score, weaker ECs, (probably) weaker essays, etc. got in. What made things worse was that she didn’t even want to attend, and is choosing our state flagship, which is much weaker. Obviously, I’m over it and I don’t care anymore, but that’s how I felt a couple days after getting rejected. I think it’s natural to feel a little bitter, because most people would much rather blame other people for their rejection than accept the fact that they were either not good enough or just plain unlucky. </p>
<p>I got into schools like Vandy and UNC with a 3.15 UW GPA though (Asian male with no hooks), while kids with higher GPAs and SATs were rejected, so I’m sure a lot of people in my school are wondering how the hell I got into anywhere better than my state flagship :P</p>
<p>I’m ok with people getting into those school if they’re URM’s, legacies, athletes b/c at least I can pass it off as that. Now when someone lies and gets in, it’s irritating to say the least.</p>
<p>The only thing that really annoys me is that there’s this private college counselor near me that literally does all of kids’ stuff for a lot of money. Like, kids get full rides places they didn’t even know they applied to. THAT is the most frustrating thing.</p>
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<p>If someone does it legitimately, without cheating, and actually ACHIEVES more than me, and is not just accepted based on luck, I say good for them. If they cheat or don’t achieve more than me, I don’t like it.</p>
<p>I agree with what iwaitz4u said above. As long as someone LEGITIMATELY achieves more than me, then I’m good with it.</p>
<p>I think that for the most part people at my school are very friendly and congratulatory, but there’s always going to be a bit of suppressed jealousy if it was someone’s dram school and they were rejected or given less money.</p>
<p>Dblazer, that’s the absolute WORST. A girl at my high school (Caucasian) got admitted into my dream school with a prominent lie on her application, while I and many applicants were completely truthful got rejected. People who got rejected had better grades, more APs, and better extracurriculars than her. It was like she was being rewarded for lying. </p>
<p>I have an URM friend from another school who also got into the school from which I got rejected. On paper, I seem like the much better candidate with higher grades and scores and more extensive ECs. It doesn’t bother me that she got in over me, though, because I know she is from a lower socioeconomic class than I am and went to a school with not nearly the amount of resources that my school had. What bothers me slightly is that URMs from my neighborhood have occasionally gotten a boost, even though we’re all fairly wealthy.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t care. Things happen for a reason. Maybe it’s for the better.</p>
<p>that would make me so mad, but I did see some good points here, you have to know all the aspects of their application to see if they actually ‘worked less’ than you. If you’re GPA was better, and your scores were better, and your ECs were about equal then you should’ve been the one to get it, and the other person made it in on a whim (college admissions scan through tons of apps a day, apps probably get melded together and hard to differentiate.)</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s fair to say URMs should be admitted over whites and asians because of their low socioeconomic status because the reality is many of these URMs actually do have money. If that’s the reason, why not base it off income rather than race?</p>
<p>I’m still a sophmore but I can sympathize with how that must feel. I would be frustrated with myself and feel stupid and useless. I would be dissappointed and angry.</p>
<p>i would get so mad if someone that worked less than me went to a better college.</p>
<p>Unless they lied, I wouldn’t get mad at someone for being accepted to a school. They aren’t the ones who decide who gets admitted and who doesn’t. And I’m not really sure how you can know someone has worked less than you.</p>
<p>If you’re going to be mad at someone else’s successes, maybe that shows through on your application and there’s a reason you’re rejected. </p>
<p>Life’s not fair.</p>
<p>@ArKhAiK</p>
<p>To expand on what i said, if someone just copied homework and cheated on tests and got an A in class, that’s when i would get mad, assuming they didn’t get caught cheating. Because in my school, a lot of people cheat.</p>
<p>Fair enough</p>
<p>Some students don’t need to work as hard as you to get really good grades and etc. I work my butt off and there’s this one kid who doesn’t study or studies the night before and still lands an A on mostly every test. He’ll probably go a better college, but I have to realize that I’m doing my best and that’s what matters the most.</p>