Pre-Acceptance Freak Outs

Applying to College
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<p>i am panicking right now. everyone on this website is so nervous, and then you find out they have 4.0 gpa and a perfect sat score.</p>

<p>whatever happened to the B student, the middle man? :(</p>

<p>haha i just spent like twenty minutes crying after realizing that i applied to schools like penn state and syracuse with a GPA of 3.2 and a 1790 on my SATs.</p>

<p>I feel like thats not good enough for anyone anymore.</p>

<p>if you have a gpa higher than 3.5 please dont be scared. you are so, so lucky.</p>

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<p>you have good stats, and good things will come.</p>

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<p>Ah the CC freakout. It happens to everyone. Just realize this is .000000001% of America.</p>

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<p>thanks so much you guys.
really quick... these are the schools i'm applying to:
northeastern
quinnipiac
unniversity of delaware
rutgers
marist
penn state
syracuse
uconn
are these schools way out of my league? sorry to be annoying but im the oldest in my family, so i have no idea what the hell i'm doing.</p>

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<p>A nice way to start is to go to Princeton Review and plug in your stats and information. You will get a list of Reaches, Matches and Safties. Good luck.</p>

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<p>it's really difficult to say without knowing what kind of classes you took (regular, accelerated, honors) but assuming you are out of state to all:</p>

<p>penn state--good chance
rutgers--good chance
syracuse---good chance
quinnipiac--possible
uconn--possible
northeastern--possible
marist--reach
udelaware--reach</p>

<p>^based on acceptances from my school. </p>

<p>it might not hurt to add a safety school you know 100% you can get into.</p>

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<p>I have a 3.11 GPA and 1780 SAT and was deferred from Northeastern, so do well your first semester!<br>
As for Quinnipiac, I think that you can get in. Syracuse is definitely possible if you didn't apply to Newhouse.
As for the person who said to check Princeton Review, I would avoid that site. It said Yale was a match for me LMAO!</p>

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<p>that sucks about the deferral.
i'm taking all academic classes and ap english (i took ap last year too) and i'm still taking my language if that makes any difference.</p>

<p>i'm also in spanish honor society and i'm a yearbook editor. i dont know if that helps.</p>

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<p>correction: pre-rejection freak outs</p>

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<p>WOAH. ouch</p>

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<p>"if you have a gpa higher than 3.5 please dont be scared. you are so, so lucky."</p>

<p>Lucky? It has nothing to do with luck, those people worked harder.</p>

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<p>^^from someone who has a daughter who works her butt off and also has about a 3.1 UW GPA, I can definitely say it's not because those people work harder.....strong assumption smallcollegesftw...</p>

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<p>thank you :(</p>

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<p>bri, you will be fine. I promise. I am positive you will get into at the very least one of your schools as long as you present your applications to the best of your ability. Now, go work on your applications and don't let anyone else's comments bring you down.</p>

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<p>i second rodney. SmallCollegesFTW-hard work has ~30% to do with GPA, especially at my school.
bri-it'll work out for u (:</p>

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<p>I'm terrified! My scores are excellent, I won't lie; I got a 2070 on the SATs, my GPA is definitely over 3.8, I'm eighth in my class, I have a whole bunch of ECs... my biggest worry is that I JUST applied last Thursday, and now I'm not sure if they'll take me on main campus. Any suggestions or input?</p>

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<p>"pre-acceptance"? a bit too optimistic there, eh?</p>

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<p>I wouldn't say worked harder for 3.5+ GPAs, but I also wouldn't say lucky because many do work their butts off. Good luck to all, hopefully in a month it'll be post-acceptance.</p>

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<p>I know what u feel!</p>

<p>I have a good GPA 3.75
and good APs, SATIIs</p>

<p>but my SAT I score is 1590
And I'm applying for top UCs</p>

<p>thank god I got good essats and received a supplemental!</p>

<p>then I saw all the kids who are applying here have 4.0s and 2000+ scores and they say 2000 is bad!?!?!?</p>

<p>lol</p>

<p>Then I looked at the Stats </p>

<p>UCLA and UCB accept 10-15% of students with 1500-1600 SAT I score</p>

<p>so 1 or 2 out of every 10</p>

<p>so I'm calming down!</p>

<p>ahhhhhh</p>

<p>I hope I get in!</p>

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<p>yeah i am freaking out becacause i have a 3.3 gpa and aroudn 1620 on SAT and applied to USC and i really want to get in</p>