<p>Ok, so I just got rejected from Haverford and waitlisted at vassar (after being accepted at grinnell and brandeis). But all my schools left are harder to get into than haverford and vassar, does this pretty much mean I’m not getting into brown?
some of my sat’s are kinda low - like my math (650 SAT I and 660 Math IC) but my verbal scores are mad high (Verbal 770, Writing 770, Literature 730)
my gpa is 95.2, and my essay and ec’s are good…but why didn’t I get into haverford??? ahhgahagah</p>
<p>It's really hard to say why a person does not get into one school, but gets into another. I would not call Brown a lost cause just because you didn't get into Haverford. Each school has a different admissions process and will look at your application differently. A girl from my school last year was accepted at Princeton, but rejected at Cornell and JHU so admissions are crazy and there is always hope.</p>
<p>I am in the exact same position as you grammbla. I got rejected from Vanderbilt and deferred from Rice ED and I am seriously freaking out. I guess all we can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best.</p>
<p>yes, dont' freak out. one of my best friends at brown this year was rejected from vassar last year but still got into brown.</p>
<p>each school is looking for something different. seriously, it is all so anecdotal, and i know its tempting to think, well if the school has a 30% acceptance rate and i didnt get in there, then I will never get in somewhere with a 15% acceptance rate or whatever. honestly, you should not take what one school does as a rule for the others...they all have their own sets of rules</p>
<p>Only two more days, hang in there and in the meanwhile sleep as much as you can to pass the time.</p>
<p>very wise, david218. Obviously you can "rank" how "good" students are based on their GPA or SAT scores or whatever, but ultimately, each school is looking for something different, and one particular school might be looking for a different type of student from year to year. Crazy stuff happens all the time, and getting into Brown after being rejected from Haverford is entirely possible.</p>