Ok Yalies...Listen Up!

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<p>It's time for a story:</p>

<p>All of you will be hearing from Yale in 4 or so days. You are all very excited/nervous. You have a right to be, but let me tell you something:</p>

<p>Most of you will be rejected like I was.</p>

<p>Ouch! I know, it sucks to hear, and it hurts when it happens. If you are accepted, you are amazing and will be in one of the best universities in the world. If not, life goes on. So here is what happened to me:</p>

<p>I was rejected SCEA. "Ahhhhh," I thought, "I will be rejected from EVERYTHING." So, well, pretty much the whole rest of the month SUCKED...big time. </p>

<p>Then on January 15th I got into UNC-Chapel Hill. It wasn't unexpected, but being in a university at all was a nice feeling. About a month later, UNC nominated me for Scholarship Day, which I will be going to tommorow to try and get a scholarship. Two weeks ago, Washington University in St. Louis accepted me (12 in the nation), which gave me a HUGE boost through this all.</p>

<p>The biggest boost came today, though, when Duke (8th in the nation) accepted me. Duke was my top choice no matter what, since I live literally 2 hours away only and it is an amazing place (I know huge amounts of people there), so I would love to go there.</p>

<p>Now, I have many universities left to hear from (about 8), but despite it all I will be happy no matter what now. The only schools I will attend over Duke if accepted are Harvard and maybe Princeton, and the chances of making those for anyone are astronomically low, as are the chances of making Yale.</p>

<p>So for all of you, especially those of you like me--NO legacy, NO huge amounts of donations, middle class, not a minority--for those of you who can only get in on your sheer hard work and discipline, DO NOT WORRY IF YOU ARE REJECTED. You are great people and no matter what an admissions commitee thousands or hundreds of miles away cannot know you accurately anyway.</p>

<p>For those rare couple of you who get in: THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I really mean it. I wouldn't have applied if I didn't think it was a great place, and I will apply there for Law School most likely, too. If you are URM or legacy and get in, I did not mean to disparage your accomplishments in any way at all, and am hoping as many of you as possible get in.</p>

<p>At all universities, this year has been ULTRA competitive. Don't let admissions get you down, please! I just thought this was necessary because most of you WILL be rejected, although I know you don't want to hear it. Since I know the feeling, I wanted to help you all out with some words.</p>

<p>Best of luck, best regards, and BEST WISHES,</p>

<p>Helicio :)</p>

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<p>And I only put the ranks in parentheses to give context; I couldn't care less about them, or else I wouldn't be having so much trouble deciding!</p>

<p>Good luck guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Thank you! (:</p>

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<p>Excellent post. </p>

<p>It's tough when you feel that Yale is tenfold a better match to your character/personality/ambitions though :O</p>

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<p>Helicio, I might be seeing you at Duke next year (depending on whether or not Yale feels like crushing my soul, haha)!!</p>

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<p>haha sounds good hookem!</p>

<p>Mal, I know man exactly what you're feelin'. HYP and even Duke, Stanford, Hopkins, and WashU are becoming larger and larger crapshoots as admissions get more competitive. With less spots and more competitive applicants, people in admissions are looking for reasons NOT to take people since they have an overflow of good applicants.</p>

<p>Good luck guys; trust me, I know how hard all of this is! Even if you don't get into a top 10 school or some such, if you are going to Law school like me or another type of grad school, you will have another shot. Moreover, schools like UNC, UVA, and Berkeley are amazing as well!</p>

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<p><em>Hug</em> (: </p>

<p>Wise words.</p>

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<p>Great post.</p>

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<p>Totally agree~~~~Totally!!!</p>

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<p>“NO legacy, NO huge amounts of donations, middle class, not a minority–for those of you who can only get in on your sheer hard work and discipline”</p>

<p>Wow… just wow.</p>

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<p>Good post
I am depressed now!</p>

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<p>agreed…</p>

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<p>Aberdeen I was not trying to make anyone feel bad, but you have to understand the frustration people like that feel. How is it fair for a legacy who is less qualified than another applicant to get in over that applicant? I really can understand minorities because a school should be diverse, but the frustration is still there, and there is no use hiding it. People like George Bush and Clarence Thomas benefited from legacy/minority status, and although they are great now you can’t help but wonder if they would be without some of the advantages they had.</p>

<p>For centuries minorities were oppressed–should we fix this by oppressing the greatest minority, the individual? We are all equal, and as such we should be treated equally in our endeavors. That being said, the injustices of the past should not and need not be forgotten; my parents are not from America, so I had no previous relation to many of the racial problems here, but neither do those individuals–white, black, latino, asian, whatever–who live NOW, in THIS century. </p>

<p>To add on to it, I just got into UNC Honors and JHU, which makes me feel great. I hope that one sentence that some of you dislike does not cause you anger or cause this thread to spiral into one of those stupid flame wars. I just wanted to make some of you feel better before the decision, so please focus on the main subject and nothing else.</p>

<p>Good luck to you, Aberdeen, and to everyone else. The truth is not something to be shunned, but to be heeded; hiding from reality doesn’t make it any less of a reality.</p>

<p>GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU (especially you Hookem, as you know what I am talking about when you were waitlisted at WashU but accepted to Duke…CONGRATS man).</p>

<p>P.S.</p>

<p>And to all you minorities/legacies/rich donors–I am sure you have worked hard to get where you were. Please don’t take offense to that sentence, because it was not meant to be against you but just to express a common sentiment.</p>

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<p>“How is it fair for a legacy who is less qualified than another applicant to get in over that applicant?”</p>

<p>What about when the legacy is just as qualified? Or even more qualified? There’s a pretty good reason that legacies are admitted at much higher rates, even at colleges like MIT where legacies aren’t given preference: the applicant’s parents are obviously educationally-minded, went to a top school, probably make a good salary, and have done well in life–demographics would all point to their child’s success!</p>

<p>This isn’t to turn the thread into a legacy discussion, but your support for your comment is just weak.</p>

<p>Then you continue to wax philosophical to cover up your obviously offensive comments. Really, there’s no point. Just because you’re frustrated doesn’t mean that you should degrade others’ success. That frustration itself has a pretty weak foundation. (Not to mention, it seems in many cases that the applicant is bitter for his/her rejection and blames a bunch of supposed “preference” groups.)</p>

<p>“I just wanted to make some of you feel better before the decision, so please focus on the main subject and nothing else.”</p>

<p>You can tell us “don’t pay attention to a bad comment I made, just what I wanted to convey,” but the fact still remains. Just be careful of what you say and how you say it.</p>

<p>“And to all you minorities/legacies/rich donors … Please don’t take offense …”</p>

<p>lol</p>

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<p>Phantas you can ignore the truth I really don’t care at all. Let this thread die please, Phantas has killed it.</p>

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<p>And btw Phantas I’m not saying “dont pay attention to the bad comment I made” because I didn’t make a “bad comment.”</p>

<p>Good luck guys. I won’t be going on these forums much anymore since I got into colleges I wanted to get into, so hope you all have great results and even if you don’t much worse can happen.</p>

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<p>much worse has already happened to me. Which is why I at least wanted the college of my dreams!</p>

<p>lol, anyway, yeah I’m sure everyone will end up where they’re meant to be.</p>

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<p>Great post :)</p>

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<p>i love you
it helps me a lot</p>

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<p>Thanks for this post!</p>