<p>I just got deferred from my safety school that offerred priority admission.
I got rejected from my high reach.. and I'm lost for words.
chance me and see where in the range of colleges I might fall into. </p>
<p>asian male</p>
<p>extremely competitive public school (to be in top 10% you need 4.5 gpa)</p>
<p>Came to USA during at the beginning of 10th grade after attending 9th in a international school</p>
<p>GPA W 4.14 UW 3.67 (top 25%)</p>
<p>during 10th and 11th, took 5 AP classes but took tests for only 4</p>
<p>AP English Language: 3
Government n Polit: 3
Calc AB: 5
Chem: 5</p>
<p>Senior year Schedule
AP English Lit
Calc BC
Differential Equations G/T
Spanish 4 Honors
Mentorship program G/T
AP Physics 2 credit</p>
<p>SAT I Math:800 CR: 730 Writing: 700 Total 2230
SAT II: Math II: 800 Bio: 700 Chem: 760</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
mostly gibberish. only thing significant is my work with Korean Association in my county where I received some governor's citation of service. </p>
<p>could anyone just estimate the range of colleges where I might fall in? </p>
<p>Sorry to hear that but I think you will still get in. Don’t forget to send them any updates to your profile (awards, grades etc). I don’t know if it is too late to send out apps for any of these schools or even if you are interested but Georgia Tech, Richmond and Tulane all have applications due dates of Jan 15. Other good schools to look at are Gettysburg (Feb 15) Wisconsin (Feb 1st) and UPitt (no deadline) . Good luck!</p>
<p>UIUC deferred something like 75% percent of its priority applicants, the most frequent explanation I’ve heard being that they just had too many to read and genuinely consider within that short time frame. With your stats, I wouldn’t worry too much - you’re likely to get accepted later on. If you’re still nervous, maybe look at Purdue.</p>
<p>'As a sophomore at Yale whose safety was also u of i (but got accepted) here’s some words of wisdom:</p>
<p>If your life sucks…It’s probably cuz you suck’</p>
<p>I’m sure Yale is glad to have you, dan. <_></p>
<p>Anyway…I’m sorry for what happened. :[ But like phantasmagorical said, you have great stats, and you will probably get accepted into your other schools. The UIUC thing was probably a freak accident.</p>
<p>Governor’s Citation for Service
AP Scholar Award
Honor Roll
State Distinguished Scholars Honorable Mention</p>
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<p>Young liberals Club–President
Math Club
Varcity Soccer (9th)
Piano (over 10years)
Peabody Preparatory–Chamber Music
National Honors Society</p>
<pre><code> Com. Service
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<p>+1000 hours
Assistant Korean School Teacher at a Church
Hurricane Katrina Relief to New Orleans
County Korean American Association–Youth group leader
-Served as editor for annual news letter
-did voter’s registration stuff that was on a local Korean newspaper</p>
<pre><code> Internships
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<p>USDA two summers
Local community College- quantum computing stuff</p>
<p>I know all of these are mediocre and bad but just so that you guys have a better idea.. </p>
<p>Those aren’t mediocre OR bad! But from my knowledge of the admissions process, they like to look at things you are passionate about and show leadership in. So for that Young liberals club position–do you really enjoy having it? What do you like to do that you’re really skilled in and show leadership in?</p>
<p>Im assuming they realized you were using them as a safety (as in WAY OVERQUALIFIED) …and want to see if you will accept a spot on the wait list (showing genuine interest)…there is no other way to explain this …unless one of your recs wrote something potentially negative about you…</p>
<p>Im sure youll get in to some of your other top choices</p>
<p>thanks everyone
it’s really encouraging.
I mean, rejection from high reach school plus a deferral letter from my safety school at the same day was just too much :(</p>
<p>They will all give you a list which, to varying degrees of accuracy, will tell you schools that match your stats and preferences. Princeton Review seems to be the most optimistic so you may want to temper their “matches” with what you see on the college board and college data sites. There is a school out there for you. Don’t loose heart!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice
but usually the best you can get out of these sites are where you fit with my GPA and SAT… or maybe I didn’t look too hard. But anyways it seems beyond that, I’m not sure where I might fit into.. . any advice?</p>
<p>You can use these sites as a starting point re where you fit in, then it is up to you to check out their wesites or read more of the profiles listed on the websites that generated the list in the first place. Free student review for many campuses are available at campusdirt.com and if you want to pay for the lowdown there is always c0llegepr0wler.com or USNWR. </p>
<p>But, you are burning daylight. Get on it and start searching. Find a couple more safeties where you feel you’d be happy and get those apps in.</p>