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S23 here waitlisted.
i was rejected!
3.8 UW
4.4 W
strong LORs, essays, and ECs.
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My daughter was waitlisted too. Congrats to those who got in
Accepted!
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My child was too. Frustrating that it seems so arbitrary with regards to where they do and don’t get into and where they do and don’t get waitlisted. I know my child will wind up at a great place and be happy. But it’s disappointing to see their hopes crushed when they are waitlisted or rejected at one of their top choices (especially when their qualifications exceed the student profile and their counselors tell them that the school is a “match” for them - ie, not a reach school).
Congrats to all who were accepted! Best wishes to those waitlisted or rejected for happier results from other schools.
It is frustrating, but the reality for some of these schools is that they aren’t actually matches, even for the most qualified students. They are so competitive that they are a crapshoot for everyone.
My frustration comes from schools waitlisting 20x the number of kids who will actually get off the list, prolonging the angst. A rejection would be more humane!
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Congratulations, @confusedaboutFA !!!
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S23 rejected. He figures he’s in good company 
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Daughter was waitlisted. REALLY surprised by this one. She got into Swarthmore and is a language kid (Taking AP German, AP Spanish, AP Latin and Greek 2 this year). Would have thought that Middlebury would have thought she was an ideal match. Swarthmore is her top choice, so all good…but this one was puzzling.
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My D was waitlisted. Maybe we need to start a waitlisted thread.
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Waitlisted as well.
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Hi, I’ve been following you from the BC page. Your resume seems really strong so this is shocking! I was waitlisted too with a 1430 SAT/32 ACT and 4.0. Good luck with the rest of your schools!
thank you so much! i have an entire thread documenting my journey if you’d like to continue seeing what happens in my college search. best of luck to you as well through the rest of the process!!
Accepted!! (History Major)
UW GPA: 4.0
W GPA: 4.48
6 APs, 2 Honors, 2 Dual enrollments (all 5’s on exams, 4 on one)
State: California (Bay Area)
Awards: book award from another university, UoR high school award in the humanities, social impact fellowship designed to bridge educational inequities for first-gen students, NSLI-Y finalist, U.S. youth ambassador finalist, national award for first-gen students
ECs: Japanese-American exchange program, president of culture clubs, Spanish honor society, mental health; AP World history tutor, owner of a blog, superintendent student advisory council
Accepted to: Cal Poly Slo, St. Andrew’s, UCSD, SDSU, Cal Poly SLO, UC Irvine, UCSC, SJSU, UCD, Macalester, Bowdoin, Williams, Amherst,Reed , Case Western, Rochester, American, UVA, SFSU
Waitlist: UCLA, Pomona college
College admissions is truly random! I hope everyone receives the news they desire in the future <3 Thank you for being a supportive thread. I wish you all the best.
- At some schools, I applied as a business admin major (Irvine and Cal Poly)
Wishing for all of us to find out place. Thank you parents for being supportive. We students appreciate you!
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I think it all is puzzling. Daughter was accepted at Middlebury, rejected from Williams and waitlisted in Amherst and a Likely Letter early Acceptance from Cornell (so all is good)
GPA 3,6 (translated from German/SAT 1550 and strong mix from science (Math and Physics) with humanities (Latin and Greek), so maybe that was interesting for some and not for others? Hard to tell.
accepted!
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accepted! (psych major)
international student, did not apply for financial aid
converted gpa: 3.5 uw (school does not weigh)
converted sr yr mid-term gpa: 4.0 uw (school does not weigh)
1520 SAT
strong major oriented ecs and awards
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my kid waitlisted.
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My frustration comes from schools waitlisting 20x the number of kids who will actually get off the list, prolonging the angst. A rejection would be more humane!
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@mollym72, Agree with you.
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