<p>@hoopjack13</p>
<p>It is non-binding.</p>
<p>Accepted Peabody. Hispanic female, 3.53 UW, 4.02 W GPA, 33 ACT. Visited in January and got a recommendation from a professor in Peabody. </p>
<p>Rejected. </p>
<p>Waitlisted here.</p>
<p>D rejected. 3.9 UW GPA 31 ACT
Three sport varsity athlete, captain of two, MVP etc
Good EC’s with consistency, AP classes, NHS, regional Artistic awards, recs were positive, personal essay that reflected that “inner voice”
Rejected to UPENN, Chicago, UVA OOS and now Vandy
Accepted to Case, Richmond, NEU, Tulane, and Marquette DPT Program
Have no idea what it takes…seems like all the same kids are getting accepted to the highly selective schools. Apparently early decision is the only way to go. This girl spends every single day of every single week (yes, the weekends too) practicing three different sports for very a high performing athletic high school. Her time management skills and natural leadership qualities did not seem to matter much and FA need probably didn’t help. Really jaded by all the “holistic” speak. Common App has created too great a supply of applicants for a static number of spots. At least it’s over. @phoenix55555 I’m happy you got into one of your highly selective schools. I’m not bitter, I’m just perplexed at the ever increasing average stats of accepted applicants and disappointed in the lack of one of these schools accepting a 97th percentile performer. Where is the art behind the science?</p>
<p>@stlbballmom I understand where you’re coming from. I come from a lower class single mother family and much of the time I could have spent maintaining better grades was spent trying to help provide for my family. It seems like something always comes up in life and the only way to put those kinds of things on your application is through the limited essay space. From my perspective, it always seems like the upper class kids who can spend all their time on school work fare better in the admissions process. Kids like myself, who have worked 30+ hours a week throughout high school, spent countless hours maintaining homes, cars, etc., and tried to stay active in a few demanding extracurricular activities, seem to get the shaft in the college admissions process. Like you, I’m not bitter, I just think there should be a better way to do things.</p>
<p>I don’t want to post too much on a public forum, but I just want to share a little story. From my school, 3 kids applied to UPenn. 2 others and myself. Of the 3 of us, one got accepted and if you asked anybody at my school, they would say that the 2 of us that got rejected not only deserved it more, but that we were better fits for the school. So now, this girl who has previously been disciplined for academic dishonesty(cheated on a test), will be going to UPenn this fall while 2 better qualified candidates are left wondering where the process went wrong.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, I firmly believe that no matter what, anybody can find success if they truly want it.</p>
<p>@stlbballmom, I am a PT and getting into marquettes DPT program is extremely difficult. If PT is her field of choice, that is the way to go. Getting into a DPT program after getting your undergrad degree is harder than getting into an IVY. Congrats to your daughter.</p>
<p>Rejected at Duke, UPenn, Cornell, and now Vanderbilt. Awesome…</p>
<p>Waitlisted. Will be taking my place at Yale</p>
<p>Daughter is waitlisted. 4.0 UW, 34 ACT, Good recs, Strong ECs no APs or IBs offered at her school. We’re happy with waitlist although it makes her 3rd wait list so far. accepted at William and Mary (Monroe Scholar) which is their top 10% of admits; Vandy is her number 1 pick; only Georgetown to go…frustrating but we’re getting used to it</p>
<p>@hydrojim - you sound like a remarkable person with a great attitude in spite of the adversity you’ve suffered. I am so sorry you weren’t accepted and hope you have other good choices. I have no doubt that you will be successful wherever you land. </p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in, it’s a great four years </p>
<p>I didn’t get into any of my reach schools after years of having been decided that getting into at least one was my goal. And you know what, I think I’m okay. Life goes on. I hope that Davidson College will enjoy my presence, as I will most likely be going there. Congrats to all who were accepted into their dream schools.</p>
<p>Elmer,
Davidson is an outstanding college. I know several young people from my community who have attended and they got a great education. Two went on to medical school. I hear Davidson is pretty rigorous. Congratulations & good luck!</p>
<p>@2VU0609 Thank you so much! I hope my time there will be as pleasurable of an experience as it was for the people from your community!</p>
<p>I got waitlisted. I thought I was going to get rejected after Ivy day, but nope. I accepted the spot. If I don’t get in (or even maybe if I do) I’ll go to Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Hooray…D was accepted!</p>
<p>Son was Waitlisted: </p>
<p>108 GPA weighted
34 ACT
2310 SAT superscored
-no visit/no interview/no summer program/not surprised
-got a lot of merit money to Rice/USC; Columbia for football; Still making decisions among those. Good luck to all.</p>
<p>Got in with a 1950 SATs!! Cant believe it!!! Maybe it was the fruit baskets I sent to the admissions office 
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<p>@ugrad2018 you actually sent a fruit basket?</p>