<p>Sorry to hear that Frisco, but personally, if I was your daughter, I’d choose UCLA over LMU any day.</p>
<p>Praying for an acceptance letter over here! But I have a feeling I will be getting a small letter too 
Just gotta hope for the best!</p>
<p>Wow- FriscoMom, I am sorry for your daughter- she has so many strong choices, Berkeley and UCLA are such terrific programs at a much more reasonable price, and U Penn has the Ivy LEague rep. I agree that LMU hs become the new hot school, the California budget problems have truly changed the college demographics in this state. My D didn’t want to go far from home, which has really limited her choices, and is probably going to go to a Cal State (gasp) which has a great program instead of the other Jesuit schools she applied to or a UC. LMU used to admit 50 percent - my son was accepted three years ago EA, but opted for UC Davis, I really see so many shockers like your diahgter amongst my daughter’s very bright and qualified friends. Best of luck- we are forever UNDER REVIEW…will not be expecting goodnews- counselor says to expect huge waiting list this year. Good luck to you lucy and kylwilson, hope you get a big envelope!</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that Frisco Mum! That happens sometimes though…super qualified students do get rejected for the strangest of reasons. My friend’s sister, for instance, was a super smart, hardworking student who got accepted into all of the universities she applied to (including MIT, where she ended up going) but got rejected from her safety school, UCLA. Her academic counsellor was so shocked she ended up calling UCLA to ask why she didn’t get in. According to UCLA, my friend’s sister hadn’t experienced enough hardship in her life, so they didn’t admit her.</p>
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<p>Anyway, things like that happen for a number of strange reasons. At least your daughter has been accepted to some other lovely schools! Good luck to your daughter 
And good luck to everyone else who is still waiting! Try and stay positive :)</p>
<p>D was admitted Honors at Entrance 2 mo ago and has applied for Honors - no word yet on that, but should know later today.
MYLMU this morning shows scholarship of 24,000. However she has 35,000 on the table from USD … 30,000 from Pepperdine … nearly a full ride Barrett the Honors College at ASU. D says LMU definitely first choice, but when I crunch the numbers …</p>
<p>I got waitlisted today my major I applied for is film production. Does anybody know what the likelyhood of getting accepted after being on the waitlisted is. My GPA is 3.62 and sat 1660</p>
<p>I got waitlisted, or should I say I got put on the “wailtlist” because that’s how the LMU portal spelled it. I have a 3.9 GPA, 1770 SAT, I’m in student government (with many leadership positions), and I’m on swim team. I don’t want to go to LMU, but it would’ve been nice to have been accepted. I know people who had lower stats than me, and they still got in. This college admissions process is ridiculous!!!</p>
<p>Frisco Mom- LMU probably realized that your daughter was really awesome and rejected her because they knew she could get into places like UCLA and U Penn.</p>
<p>I think that a lot of people with higher stats get rejected or wait-listed based on the assumption that they are using a certain school as a safety. I think it sucks for the people who actually want to go to these schools, because they could have been a great addition. Also, some people are applying to schools just to collect acceptances, knowing full well that they have no intentions of going. I think this messes it up for any kid with genuine interest.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. I also that they admitted people with higher stats during the early action admissions. They probably thought that those people had a genuine interest in LMU because they applied early.</p>
<p>D stats were pretty good, but not super high:
2190 SAT
31 ACT
3 Subj tests - all in the high 600s
7 APs
lots of volunteerism, 2 presidencies, great letters of rec, strong essay.</p>
<p>24,000 will not be enough for me to swing it, though. D is very disappointed, and we are both grateful.</p>
<p>Hope others receive the scholarships they need … good luck!</p>
<p>My daughter was waitlisted by LMU with a 4.38 weighted, 3.85 unweighted, lots of extracurricular and honors, 1890 SAT. 2 years film production experience. Unbelievable.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted! I know a lot of you are pretty disappointed, but OMG I thought I was gonna get rejected so I’m pretty happy that I might be spending my days at LMU next year. I’m majoring in film production.</p>
<p>Stats:
3.8 w, 3.3 uw
1640 SAT
tons of ec’s
amazing teacher rec’s</p>
<p>I wonder how many were waitlisted? This is an amazing oppurtunity for me and I’m definitely going to make sure LMU knows how much I want to go there.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your kind words and support. The ironic thing is that LMU was my daughter’s first choice as she loved the proximity to LAX, beautiful campus and she felt such a strong connection. I was very proud that she was accepted to some fantastic and difficult schools to get into, but it’s truly all about the “first choice feel”. I agree to that with her strong credentials, LMU may have thought daughter was applying as a safety. </p>
<p>Have to agree that they have a HUGE number of female applicants and admissions does need to have a somewhat close male/female ratio. </p>
<p>She is leaning towards Univ. of Penn. I think the Ivy League thing is somewhat attractive to her!</p>
<p>Thank you, thank you for the wonderful comments and best of luck to all waitlisters!!! Other daughter (twin) attending Stanford, EA.</p>
<p>To all of you who are waitlisted for LMU’s film school… I know of a student who was accepted to LMU, Chapman and FSU film programs… He’s going to Chapman, so, hopefully, that will open up a slot for one of you!</p>
<p>Well, sort of…but there will have to be quite a few of those before any actual wait list spots open up. I don’t know the specific numbers for LMU film, but campus-wide, only about 25 percent of those admitted actually enroll. Thus LMU, like all universities, significantly “overbooks” its admissions, secure in the knowledge that many will not show up.</p>
<p>So a wait list opening only occurs when all the decisions are in and it turns out that the school’s best guess about how many would enroll in a given department was too high. One person not accepting doesn’t change anything, and in fact the school expects that MOST students will not accept.</p>
<p>It all depends on how well they did guessing the overall enrollment rate. Waitlisters just have to hope they guessed high. If they didn’t, there will be zero spots, case closed.</p>
<p>How do I notify LMU if I’ve decided to matriculate elsewhere?</p>
<p>Yeah actually, I was reading some posts from last year and apparently no one was accepted off the waitlist for 2010 D:</p>
<p>"Is anyone planning on going to the Black Student over night visit in a few weeks? "</p>
<p>Son has decided not to go back down ( we were there for preview day last weekend), but we would certainly like to hear about it!</p>
<p>BSO (Black Students Overnight) was really successful and fun! Very informational and I had a great host. I slept in a dorm, participated in a class discussion, and might’ve solved the problem to my financial situation. I say that this trip def. reinforced my desire to attend this school :)</p>
<p>Thanks! </p>
<p>How many of the group we likely to attend? </p>
<p>Where else where they considering?</p>
<p>Um. There was a good amount that attended but I say only 6 were committed. As the tour went on I think a few others decided they wanted to come here. Some were considering USC, UCLA, Berkley, USF, etc.</p>