Please help a desperate rejected student

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<p>Hello guys,</p>

<p>I'll get straight to the point. I was recently rescinded from a top college (think one of the top ivies) because I got a 35 on the IB when I was predicted a 45 (I'm a foreign student despite me being a US citizen). Despite me explaining to the university that this was caused by severe extenuating circumstances (parents divorce proceedings) I was still rescinded. I was and am heartbroken. </p>

<p>However, I also know that simply moping over it isn't going to help. Thus I've decided to ask for help of what I can do. </p>

<p>My plan of action is to enroll in a college in my foreign country here after a gap year. In this gap year I plan on taking 6 AP subjects and taking the exams in May 2013 (4 of the subjects are ones already covered by IB) and then finish my first year of undergraduate here. Then I would probably put in transfer applications to the top colleges (namely HYPS, +Ivies+ some other schools that have good fit for me). </p>

<p>Will these AP subjects in addition to my IB diploma help? I've already been accepted to some of the colleges that I will transfer to in the future thus I can presume that the ad coms like other aspects of my application. Its just the IB which doesn't help. Thus can the AP cover for IB. The divorce proceedings took a lot out of me. I can do much much better. Hopefully great AP scores can show this to the ad coms. </p>

<p>I recognise that this is hard. I'm fully prepared to be rejected. If so I would just finish my undergraduate course here (which is pretty recognised in itself) and then try for a postgraduate degree. But I don't want the regret of not trying. </p>

<p>I've gone through a very very tough time these past few days. But I refuse to give up. I hope the incredibly helpful people here will help me. (I've also posted this in the whats my chances thread).</p>

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<p>Sorry to hear about the rescind and the tough time you’ve had with your parents’ divorce.</p>

<p>Although you’ve already been accepted to some of the colleges that you plan on transferring to, you CANNOT presume that you will be accepted as a transfer student . . . even if you take 6 AP’s this year and score a 5 on each exam.</p>

<p>Transfer applications are far more competitive than freshman applications. Last year Harvard had 1486 applications and accepted 15 students for a 1 percent acceptance rate. ([Fifteen</a> Transfer Students Admitted | News | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/8/31/students-transfer-harvard-admissions]Fifteen”>Fifteen Transfer Students Admitted | News | The Harvard Crimson)). Yale and Princeton had similar numbers. </p>

<p>Two suggestions: (1) Take a two-year gap; do not go to college in a foreign country. Instead, re-apply as freshman applicant, not a transfer student. Provided you can score a 5 on all 6 AP’s, your chances might be better. (2) Go to college in your foreign country and do exceedingly well. Then, apply to US schools for a graduate degree.</p>

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<p>^ Correction: Princeton does not have transfer policy.</p>