<p>Hi..... so as my last uni's decision came out yesterday, I got rejected from all of my colleges..</p>
<p>I applied to like 8 colleges... and I got rejected from reach,match and even safeties....(1 waitlist for washu lol but waitlist=rejection)</p>
<p>my stats were ok. 730/770/710 and I have 800 on SAT2.. and my gpa is prolly top 10% in class with most rigorous schedule. I dont know... my essay and supplement were good, and my teacher told me recs were good. I mean, its all on luck, but I was shocked I got rejected from all of my safeties... (btw, I didnt apply any of top 20s and still got rejected.....)</p>
<p>I have to consider CC now... but I dont know be honest if Ill be able to transfer to college after or Ill be happy for 2 years there... </p>
<p>And my other option would be taking gap year and apply to other colleges that I didnt get to apply.. but what happens if I dont get in anywhere after a gap year?...</p>
<p>Can anyone help me on this... thanks..</p>
<p>Are you an international student? Do you need financial aid? What can your family afford for college each year? </p>
<p>There will be a list of colleges that will come out in May that still have room. You might want to look at what’s there. Some nice schools on that list IMO. But the above questions are important as to what your chances are, even with your test scores.</p>
<p>“I got rejected from all of my safeties”</p>
<p>Then they weren’t real safeties, were they? At best they were matches.</p>
<p>A safety meets these four criteria:
- You know for dead certain that you will be admitted because the institution posts the GPA and exam scores required for admission on its website and your GPA and exam scores are at least that good.
- You can pay for it without any aid except for aid that is guaranteed based on your GPA and exam scores (see #1 above) and/or federally determined (FAFSA) aid if you are a US applicant.
- Your major is offered.
- You will be happy to attend if all else goes wrong.</p>
<p>For most US students, the local CC or an in-state public U is a viable Safety. Take a look at yours, and see if any of them could work for your long-term goals.</p>
<p>I am surprised since your scores are pretty good. If you are international it’s probably is harder. Another option is to look at colleges with rolling admissions. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/354075-list-colleges-early-action-early-decision-rolling-admissions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/354075-list-colleges-early-action-early-decision-rolling-admissions.html</a></p>
<p>Another thing I would do is to ask your counselor for advice and see if he/she can find out which areas you need to work on if you were to take a gap year. Maybe if they can talk to a few AO from colleges to give you some feedback.</p>
<p>No. this OP isn’t international. and i think his family can afford education. because he is considering CC (because most universities don’t give a penny to international transfer).</p>
<p>Don’t rely on my voice. but I’m currently on a gap year and it has nothing to do with rejections. i have taken a gap year although I need financial aid (I’m international). If you have a good application, take a gap year and improve your ECA. because most universities care about that at this moment.</p>
<p>The OP Is an international. I would recommend a gap year, if you can afford it</p>
<p>Some safeties aren’t safe. My d was waitlisted at a school where the top 25% SAT scores were each 200 points below hers. Yikes! </p>
<p>Pursue the WL at WUSTL. I know at least three admits who aren’t going, and I don’t know a lot of kids who applied. This is the problem with too many kids applying to too many schools.</p>
<p>do a gap year! better than going straight to college anyway, gain some real life experience…work for half a year than travel for half a year, or whatever (that’s just what most people do in my country) trust me, it will be to your benefit in the end, you’ll go in far more mature than everyone else</p>
<p>The OP is an international applicant. It is much harder to get into US schools from abroad. Sorry.
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<p>I’m not sure what to make of your post. In a previous post you stated:</p>
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<p>My sense then is that as an International student you have alternate options – certainly better than a gap year, or going to a “local” community college.</p>
<p>My sense also from your previous posts is that you did in fact apply to very selective colleges: UC Berkeley, Dartmouth, Carnegie Mellon. These colleges are very very selective for International candidates.</p>
<p>Yea I’m curious for the full list.</p>
<p>OOPS! sorry guys for the confusion and thanks!</p>
<p>That chance thread was posted by my friend who wanted to utilize my CC account since he said he couldnt use his…(sorry that he used ‘I’ there). but yeah… I am an international who doesnt need financial aid… but thank you for your responses guys. it really helps</p>
<p>Go look at the May 1 list of schools that still have freshman enrollment spots available after “Deposit Day” results, and send fresh applications to several of those schools. I recall last year’s list had several excellent schools. List link was published here on CC last year.</p>
<p>Hopefully juniors with excellent scores/GPAs read these “I got shut-out” posts, and backstop their application lists with one or two true safety schools.</p>
<p>Wow you didn’t apply to any top twenty schools!!! What did you consider a safety?</p>