<p>I am extremely worried as to my college chances... </p>
<p>I have been deferred by MIT, Chicago, and UMichigan</p>
<p>Recently rejected by both MIT and Chicago, I figured that I would at least get into Chicago. </p>
<p>I was just rejected by Northwestern. I'm from a public school in Texas that is fairly competitive, but I am shocked that my stats and my ECs, including being one of the top debaters in the state, has not gotten me in. Please don't tell me about laundry lists or not explaining your passion-- I did all of that. I understand that stats are a baseline, and that ECs should pull you over the top, but I don't understand how I have been rejected/deferred everywhere thus far. :(</p>
<p>I have a 2300, and a 3.6/4, with the most difficult classes. </p>
<p>The only other colleges that I applied to that are "easier" to get into are NYU Stern and Emory-- now I am freaking out. I mistakenly applied to Harvard, Princeton and Yale, which are completely out of my reach if Northwestern, Chicago, and MIT rejected me. Could I get rejected everywhere? What should I do?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, it’s a real possibility (though NYU seems a reasonable match). It’s more than likely your GPA keeping you out. I might consider looking at schools whose deadlines haven’t passed–there should be a thread listing such schools somewhere.</p>
<p>I’m concerned that the only schools that offer late admission are community colleges and schools that would not offer me a strong undergraduate education. At this point I’m seriously worried about getting rejected everywhere. (I applied to other top 10 schools, but if I didn’t get into chicago or northwestern, I highly doubt acceptance at the other colleges.)</p>
<p>The reason that I am really confused though is that my brother, who had similar stats, applied to the same schools and got into Yale/Princeton. He was rejected at Chicago, Harvard, Dartmouth, but got into Penn and Columbia as well.</p>
<p>Did you apply to any “safe” schools at all? Of course, you won’t be rejected by every college in the US, but if you had no safeties, then you may have a real problem.</p>
<p>Harvard has ~2,000 spots for freshman whereas MIT only has ~1,000 (MIT’s students have higher ACT averages than Harvard, as well). Therefore, you’ll statistically have a better chance at Harvard. Not sure about the other schools.</p>
<p>Jazz-- that’s pretty irrelevant at this point. If you didn’t get into Northwestern, I would completely forget about Harvard at this point unless you have an insane hook like TASP, you are Native American, or you are the son of a tycoon.</p>
<p>I think you will get into NYU/Emory, your stats/ECs should be enough to get you to those schools.</p>
<p>Are you in the top 10% of your class in Texas that would get you an automatic admit into UT? Are there other schools in Texas that have rolling admissions that you could still apply to? You may want to take a look at your in-state options quickly - and you can always transfer to a more prestigious OOS school after a great freshman year.</p>
<p>I am in the top 15-20% of my class, I attend a competitive public school, but I felt that my extracurricular achievements and essays would have been enough to push me over the top. (Our school doesn’t formally release rank.) I am browsing through in-state schools though, thank you for the advice.</p>
<p>Honestly, getting rejected everywhere is definitely a possibility, although you have a very good shot at NYU. Don’t panic until you hear back from there. In the meantime, keep looking at schools that are still acceptinng apps. I’m surprised you didn’t have more (any, really) safeties but hindsight is always your worst enemy so there’s nothing to be done about that now.</p>
<p>Got into Hopkins, thank you so much for all the advice. I am seriously debating a gap year now, thank you again. CC is such a supportive community.</p>
<p>Congratulations on Johns Hopkins - great school. You should visit Johns Hopkins - talk to current students - before deciding on a gap year - just my opinion.</p>