<p>and by the way -</p>
<p>Of the 988 who accepted a place on the wait list last year, 697 were admitted (70%).</p>
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<p>A couple weeks ago I checked my psu account and saw that I was waitlisted.
then on Saturday I received a large white envelope that contained an acceptance!
I was ecstatic but also confused that I heard back so fast</p>
<p>I just received the decision today on the website staying I had been waitlisted. I am absolutely shocked and thought I would definitely get in. My GPA is a 3.6 unweighted, taking mostly honors and ap classes. I have a 1810 SAT combined and numerous extra curricular activities and service. Does anyone know the chances of being admitted off of the wait list or has anyone heard back yet? I’m freaking out this was a top 2 contender. I’m from south jersey if that helps at all.</p>
<p>I actually had this in high school (I applied to one that doesn’t have a great academic reputation- my parents liked it and I didn’t): I talked the whole interview about my love of learning and my desire to be challenged, I found out from the interviewer that I was the highest-scoring applicant on the entrance exam, etc. etc. I figured it was a shoo-in. I got my rejection letter with no explanation save that my mom told me after the parent consultation that they’d said that they weren’t sure that they could offer me all the intellectual stimulation I seemed to need.
It so happens, though, that they were right- I really would be a terrible person to accept because I actually wouldn’t have done much for their yield anyway. I was very insistent about picking the school whose principal told my parents, after the interview, “she wants to be challenged, right? We’re really excited about that.” I was completely sold at that point.
I’m graduating from that school this year.
Is there a moral to the story? Idunno- except that it totally sucks to know that no matter how much you deserve something people are denying you the pleasure for stupid, inane reasons, AND that it really all does turn out good in the end, when you go to the school that was smart enough to want you :).
Enjoy NYU!</p>