I got rejected from 15 out of the 16 schools I applied to

I know this is hard for you, but frankly, I think you were lucky to get into any of them. Your stats are good, but they are not exceptional. There are posts like this every year, covid or not.

You made the same mistakes that tens of thousands of others make. You assumed that you had a good chance because you’re a good student with good stats. You applied to a whole lot of reaches and figured one might work out. It’s not a game of chance though. It’s holistic admission and a whole lot of people who have amazing everything would have also been denied at all those colleges.

Read this for some perspective:

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