Please read, to every lucky ccer who received multiple acceptances

Prep School Admissions
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<p>there is another thread similar to this, but i wanted to put it in all caps.</p>

<p>i have been waitlisted at 6 great schools...
cate
andover
deerfield
lawrenceville
sps
middlesex</p>

<p>i had only one acceptance.. lfa</p>

<p>i was rejected by thacher and exeter, probably because i didnt show enough interest (i didnt even go to the school to interview.. i did phone for thacher and alumni for exeter)</p>

<p>i cant go on every single day without thinking that I wasn't good enough... that all my efforts have called only waitlists. i cant stop thinking that im just a substitute, just in case some one else decides not to go..</p>

<p>i really thought i had a very good chance
i had 93% SSAT
solid stats & ecs (Cello, tuba, MUN, student council, global issues network, musical, newspaper, tennis, swimming, speech & debate, KMO aka quizbowl)
right now it may seem im talking like an esl student, but thats partly because im so distraught... english is my first language
i go to a int'l school in seoul, i have a swiss passport.. hook? i wrote about my uniqueness in terms of nationality and how ppl made fun of it and stuff..
i had high honors all 9 trimesters from 6th to 8th grade, and right now all high honors for hs.. (im a freshman, quarter 1, 2, semester 1 high honors)</p>

<p>6th Grade: Student of the Week, Physical Education & Mathematics Award
7th Grade: Student of the Week, Band & Mathematics Award
8th Grade: Student of the Week, Band & French Award</p>

<p>6th grade i made $1000 for charity, played the cello in a competition for an organization that funds and cares for the blind, i was a finalist</p>

<p>all my interviews went swell, andover told me if there were to be an interviewing award, it would be me... or something similar (ma sound pretentious, but it is what he told me)
sps really seemed to like me... i had several profound quotes and she really appreciated it</p>

<p>alot of specific stats, but i dont really care if the admissions officers saw it or not... they probably dont and really, i dont care anymore they WAITLISTED ME..</p>

<p>i have no idea why. i question myself everyday, what could have gone wrong? was it my test score insufficient? my personality? my teacher recs? my essays? my grades? my interest in the school? my picture!? my ethnicity? my interests? my ecs? my stats? was i not good enough with the music cd? was my talent not needed? or was my talent not enough? was i even talented in the first place?</p>

<p>i was full pay... but then again i am korean. they are a lot of koreans who applied, but i really felt i was one of the few that had a very good chance of getting in.</p>

<p>so please guys... make my day. if you were fortunate enough to be accepted by exeter, andover, hotchkiss, loomis, and taft, and you're sure its down to exeter or andover, please tell the other schools you will not be attending.. it will sure help everyone else who got waitlisted.</p>

<p>it may be too early, for if you're quite sure you're not going to attend a specific school, tell right away for another student may be accepted before spring revisits, although quite unlikely before the tenth. </p>

<p>i was very confident in myself... and as much confident i had the disappointment is even greater. i have wept continuously.. the first day i received it i laughed it off.. then it hit me.<br>
i blamed ppl.. then realized i could only blame myself. i cried with my parents... it really hurt. i've disappointed parents, relatives, friends, everyone.. my relatives gave me condolence messages and frankly, im too proud for them, and don't appreciate/need them.</p>

<p>as waitlist after waitlist, i felt unconfident for the next school, fearing the message will be another waitlist.. turns out 6 schools gave me waitlists. i was so confident about andover.. i falled in love with the school ever since the summer.. i browsed everything in the website and toured the school by myself in the night... i can just vision myself being a philippian. i inquired every question i had to andover.. i tried putting them into one word document, it has 32 pages filled with emails. even if i am lucky enough to be at andover, i'll never forget the feeling of being waitlisted, and it will be hard to get over the fact that i was a substitute. hopefully, i will.</p>

<p>please, help me out, and alert the schools you're sure not going to attend, for it surely will make my day. </p>

<p>ps. my family will be moving to germany.. i have three choices: go to bs, a german int'll school in stuttgart (very small, lk 50 seniors, no good facilities, not very rigorous academics, but my parents say i will shine there.. hmph), or somehow stay at seoul. </p>

<p>end of my rant, sorry if it drags on. please help me</p>

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<p>surely you feel better than me, who has not been accepted to a single school for 2 years in a row, despite great stats such as 99 ssat, bilingual, etc, etc.</p>

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<p>seikuu, i cant give you sympathy but i can give you empathy. just know that those schools are missing out on you, but the colleges you'll get in the future will know the truth! :D</p>

<p>and besides, bs isn't the main goal in life... im sure college is much more important. if you want to, you can try again next year, but i would focus entirely at college and make sure that i go into _____(insert dream college!)</p>

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<p>It is very difficult not to take the waitlist status or rejection personally...but admissions is not only about the person and the stats - if that were the case, yours are truly magnificent and would result in immediate acceptance. It is about creating a community. Sometimes that means they need more theater interests, a field hockey player, a point guard, a science aficionado, ethnic diversity, some full pays, some financial aid, legacies...there is so much more that goes into BS and college admissions besides stats, essays and interviews. Learning to grasp control of those avenues of life that you have control of (putting your best effort, achieving your own goals, etc). and realizing and succumbing to the fact that other things are just out of your control. Reevaluate your goals, but never give up your dreams.</p>

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<p>Given the Pain being experienced by people on the wait list, would those who have multiple acceptances, please quickly notify the school that they will not be attending. </p>

<p>Please don't hog the seats, while others are left without.</p>

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<p>I feel like those who have multiple acceptances should really take the time to be great-full for the schools they were accepted to. Even though you were waitlisted or rejected at your dream school, you are still guaranteed a spot at a very good school. Really appreciate what you have. I know that if I get off the waitlist, I'm going to thank God everyday I'm at the school for giving the opportunity. I feel like you should let go of the places you were waitlisted at, especially if you like the schools you got accepted to just as equally. It could make a much bigger difference than you think for us that were not accepted to any and others.</p>

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<p>bumpity bump</p>

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<p>Awhhhh,</p>

<p>Don't feel bad.</p>

<p>I was waitlisted at 5 of my schools, flat-out rejected to another, and accepted into one school- Milton Academy.</p>

<p>I kind of felt the same way you did when I found out I was waitlisted by pretty much all my school, but I'm actually very thankful I got into one school.</p>

<p>I'm Chinese, and there are SOOO many Chinese/Korean people applying, so the competition is really tough. Most of the oriental kids applying ALL have great stats, ECs...basically everything, so it's really hard for the admissions people to pick. It's kind of hard to be extremely unique when you come from a very over-represented nationality :|</p>

<p>But keep your head up high, and I totally agree. For those of you who had multiple acceptances- please try your best to notify the school you want FOR SURE as soon as possible. I'm sure that I, along with many many others, would truly appreciate it.</p>

<p>And to freshie:
I'm in the same boat as you, so don't feel bad. :3</p>

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<p>I've already notified Middlesex that I will not be attending. :) Good Luck!</p>

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<p>thanks pinkheart! even thought I'm not applying to that school =]</p>

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<p>freshie123:</p>

<p>I've dropped my place from the waitlist of Deerfield and Middlesex. Good luck!
I read somewhere that Middlesex has 25 kids on the waitlist, and they are estimating to pull about 10 people from that list to the next fall term. Well, following pinkheart23 (if pinkheart23 was waitlisted), I've notified them that I will not be attending :)</p>

<p>I really hope you get into one of your top favorite schools!</p>

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<p>I was accepted, I don't know if that will make a difference or not. I also have a friend here who was accepted to both Middlesex and Hotchkiss and has decided she is definitely going to Hotchkiss, seceding her place at Middlesex already.</p>

<p>Your odds are getting better and better. :)</p>

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<p>freshie -- Congratulations on your acceptance to Lake Forest Academy! I haven't visited LFA, but I have been in Lake Forest. It's a beautiful area The</a> City of Lake Forest, Illinois with easy access to Chicago, one of my favorite cities (except in winter). Most of the people on this board are focused on New England, and this is why you don't hear much discussion about LFA.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, when someone does not accept an offer of admission, a spot does not open up on the waitlist unless Admissions did not calculate the yield correctly. They over accept applicants, knowing that only some calculated percent will accept. As a result, waitlist spots do not usually open up right away. They usually start to open up after contract signing, when Admissions can assess what is lacking in the matriculating class. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>We are all aware of that, but it helps shorten up the list, in case they do.</p>

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<p>bump! tenchar</p>

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<p>You should quickly apply to more schools, many are still very happy to take applications from full pay students. There are great schools beyond the top handful.</p>

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<p>FYI, we are dropping from the waitlists of Exter, Deerfield and Hotchkiss. Wish this could be helpful to someone after April 10.</p>

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<p>what grade r u applying for watertester?</p>

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<p>9th grade.</p>