<p>Okay, I haven't, but I am still waiting for a decision. But I'm thinking what if I got rejected to all the schools that I applied to? Including my safeties? What could I do?</p>
<p>The only thing I could think of was to take a year off or write to the university of my choice to reconsider my application and sound desperate or something.</p>
<p>go to community college for a year, then transfer</p>
<p>i think a gap year is better than a year at community college. Just because.. going to community college kind of makes you look worse, but if you take a gap year to volunteer, travel, and "find yourself", that can actually make you look like a better candidate.</p>
<p>You can appeal admissions decisions, but the odds really aren't good. Taking a year off is a possibility, as is community college. If you really want to start at a four-year college in the fall, there are schools that accept applications after May 1 - there's a list floating around CC somewhere. Some state universities have programs for in-state students who weren't accepted elsewhere, as well.</p>
<p>I suggest community college. In California, you can then transfer to a UC your third year depending on your grades. (Berkeley, LA, SD, Irvine, SB, etc) Don't know about your state's programs, but def. check those out. I know people who've gotten into UCs but rejected them for CCs since the latter are A LOT MORE cost-effective and they're pretty much still going to those good UCs after two years there.</p>
<p>What sortof hypothetical is this? It's like thinking "What happens if my house burns down tommorrow morning"...very unlikely</p>
<p>How can you get rejected from your safeties? The whole point of having safeties is to prevent such a scenario...</p>
<p>If I recall,last year after my daughter was rejected from 5 of her 6 choices they opened up to show applicants what majors were still open vs what schools were completely closed</p>
<p>In May, the NACAC website will post a list of colleges still accepting applications.</p>
<p>"i think a gap year is better than a year at community college. Just because.. going to community college kind of makes you look worse"...</p>
<p>wait, how would going to a cc make you look bad?</p>
<p>I'd take a gap year. Work, travel, self-study, build character. : D</p>
<p>A gap year may not be feasible for the financially burdened. </p>
<p>Just because you are rejected to all the schools, it does not mean that you have a bad record, it simply means you may have been a little hasty in selecting colleges.</p>
<p>This happened to my sister last year. If you end up having waitlist or appeals business to take care of, then go about it, but be preparing a back-up plan at the same time. First, you'll need to figure out what's more important to you: (1) Going to college this year; (2) Going to a particular school (or one of a particular set of schools). If (1) is your priority, then check out the NACAC list that fireflyscout mentioned (your HS counselor may have more info on this + schools with late deadlines, in general). You'll have plenty of options. If (2) is your priority, then you need to figure out what you want to do: (a) Attempt to transfer in to the school(s) of your choice; (b) Take time off and reapply as a first year to the school(s) of your choice. If (a), then contact the admissions offices of your top choice schools and ask their advice re: transferring. If (b), then you can start going about a gap year plan.</p>
<p>My sister knew she wanted to go to particular schools, but she also knew that she wanted to be in college right away. She called the colleges and found out their 'feeder' schools. Since the colleges are in the same region, they listed the same two 'feeders', and both told her that they prefer to take transfers from 2-year schools vs. 4-year schools (I can't say that this is true of every college, and certainly there are exceptions, but this is what she was told by admissions...both CA privates). Both listed 2-year honors programs as their top choices for transfer students. Of the two feeder schools she was given, one was a community college and one was a two-year private. After making her choice, she ended up receiving a merit scholarship + admission to the school's honors program. Interestingly, though she doesn't always love where she is, she's realized that she may have been too hasty with her original search, and it may be best that she's not at her original first choices.</p>
<p>Also, look up some old parents forum posts by andi, whose son was rejected from all of his schools and ended up taking a gap year (as I recall, everything worked out for the best). There's also a good thread that was recently posted on the front page re: transfer students' success stories. It's always good to have a back-up plan, but don't really stress about this until you know it's relevant.</p>
<p>cry...seriously i wouldnt think to do anything else</p>
<p>thats not very manely (ego)</p>
<p>ok but i would feel like crying and im starting to think this will be me. i ask the same question. if i dont end up at UCLA or CAL im going to be dumbstruck. i dont know what to do, and im sad i didnt appl,y to any ivies or JHU. ima contact all office of admissions if i dont get in and plead and ask what i can do now. ill even contact schools i didnt apply to and see what I can do to start my studies there. time off will totaly kill me, but my local CC is like a deathtrap. people go bad. everyone who slacks off goes tehre, and its a slipery slope</p>
<p>lol okay, im just saying. yes, i will go and cry haha.</p>
<p>but i did learn something from this thread: NACAC. i didn't know about that before.</p>
<p>Search for andison's thread.</p>
<p>For those suggesting a gap year: you will not have much time before the next round of apps.
To work out, a gap year has to be planned and prepared. And this is what happens when you get a pile of rejections on April 1.
April - you cry and try to get off th waitlists or submit appeals.
May - you take AP exams; you need perfect grades for next year apps.
June - .... depends on your school, probably you are still studying trying to raise your GPA after a bad case of senioritis. You may also have to re-take SATs. OK, you also try to plan your "gap year"</p>
<p>July, August, September is what you have for a "gap year" (3 months). Are you sure you can accomplish a lot to impress colleges? Will a two-month long vacation in Europe paid for by your parents make you a great candidate? Will you really accomplish something more significant than an average high school student on a summer break? </p>
<p>October - you have to be back working on your apps.
November - submitting your apps</p>
<p>December starts another part of a gap year after an interruption. You can update colleges till February, eve March is too late. Once again - you will have very little time to accomplish something. </p>
<p>In summary: a gap year s a great idea. But not when you jump into it without any clear plans in June, not when you need the fall for applying to colleges and not when you need to impress someone by what you did in just a few months.</p>
<p>^Agree, a gap year is great if you are already accepted somewhere and delay attending it by one year.</p>