<p>Although a bit blunt, this message certainly has merit. While it is true that just having a 2400 SAT isn’t going to guarantee admission to a school like Duke, having under a 2000 with no hooks or special circumstances makes for a very slim chance of acceptance. </p>
<p>And I see people on the lower-end of scores always saying things like “Well I know a 2400 that was declined from (Choice T20 School) and a 2100 with no hooks accepted at (Same T20 School).” While this may be true, I can also say I know 10,000 applicants that get declined with a 2000 at said school and probably well over 50% of 2400s that get in.</p>
<p>hopeful2- You can use this as a teaching moment–sometimes you have to insist and convince your parents to let you take certain risks, (and be willing to pay for them, and accept the results.)</p>
<p>Two days after I applied to a college that shall remain nameless, I found out about its dismal (and I mean DISMAL) graduation rate. I definitely had applicant’s remorse after that one.</p>
<p>I have remorse, but then I think to myself, “there’s a reason those schools weren’t on the top of my list to apply to.” Even though the reasons might seem trivial at first, I think spending 4 years at a school I didn’t originally want to apply to would bother me. But of course, with any case, there are exceptions to this.</p>
<p>I know exactly one person who got into an Ivy with <2100 SAT and no hooks. Everything else was top-notch. He was rejected/WL’ed at all of his other reaches.</p>
<p>I’m feeling remorse too. I’m worried that I won’t get into any of my “top” schools (Princeton, Duke, Penn, Brown) and I wish I would have applied to more schools that I liked that I know I could get into. I have a 2210 SAT, which is nothing special at these schools, and I’m worrying that my applications, though well-prepared, won’t be outstanding enough to get me in, especially with the increased # of apps. I also got rejected @ Yale early, which doesn’t help my anxiety. The only way I’ve been dealing is by not thinking about it.</p>
<p>Eh, I’m suffering from a bit of remorse as well. I was accepted early into UChicago (my first choice school) and was awarded a great preliminary financial aid package, so I matriculated. Now I keep wondering which other schools would have accepted me and I feel a little left out when my classmates talk about the interviews they had/will have. I have to remind myself that I can’t complain because I am going to the university of my choice. Basically, we will all suffer from remorse in one way or another during this college process. That’s life I guess.</p>
<p>Haha, you’re not alone! I applied ED and EA to Dartmouth and UChicago respectively, and was fortunate enough to be accepted at both. Now I know UChicago does what it does because they’re still trying to snatch matriculations from their EA acceptance pool, but after receiving a calendar, hand-signed happy new years card, and repeated calls by UChicago students, I must say that sometimes I do feel a bit of regret for applying ED. Nevertheless, I really liked both schools for extremely different reasons, and it is my absolute belief that the majority of us will end up somewhere we love. I can imagine, as well, that I would be having some remorse if I had forgone the ED opportunity.</p>
<p>I had the opposite experience…at the beginning of December, I realized that I really, really regretted not applying to Swarthmore ED. Thank goodness they have EDII But really, besides the fact that there were some logistical issues with EDI, I think I’m glad that I had more time to think about it and knew what it felt like to pass up applying ED (at least the first time around) - it made me feel much more certain about my decision to apply EDII; I already knew that I had regretted not doing EDI.</p>
<p>Since you already applied don’t worry about it!! I kind of have the opposite affect. I wish I had applied to more safeties/ or low reaches like Brown/ Dartmouth/ Duke/etc. anyways everything happens for a reason and I’m sure you’ll end up happy anywhere you go!!!</p>
<p>I have remorse, but for a different reason. I wish I had applied to fewer top schools and more mediocre schools with excellent merit aid opportunities. Two in particular- Susquehanna and Whittier- look like a good fit, but I discovered them after it was too late to receive scholarships from them… Well, that’s life.</p>
<p>“Of all the words of mice and men/the saddest are, ‘It might have been.’”</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it–you’ve applied to schools that are absurdly competitive and are adequate reaches for your stats. And come August, you’re going to be milling around the quad of a great college meeting equally impressive peers and falling in love with your new school.</p>
<p>I feel the same thing. I really, really wanted to go to Brown or UChicago, but I didn’t think I’d get into either so I didn’t apply. I justify it to myself that I could transfer there later or go for grad school</p>
<p>I blame my airheaded counselor. She didn’t let me apply to MIT saying there was no chance of me getting in, and that it would embarrass the school. While the former could be true I wanted to try anyway. It’s been my dream school since I was 12.</p>
But really, besides the fact that there were some logistical issues with EDI, I think I’m glad that I had more time to think about it and knew what it felt like to pass up applying ED (at least the first time around) - it made me feel much more certain about my decision to apply EDII; I already knew that I had regretted not doing EDI.</p>