Rejected by 12/13 colleges, 1550, 4.0, & 20 college classes [including college junior level math]

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@OuterProduct

I’m also a national merit finalist

Why didn’t you apply to any of the colleges that give auto merit, and acceptances to NMF?

You applied to all reach schools…and one sure thing. You got accepted at your sure thing.

You have a couple of choices…

1. Either attend the school where you got accepted.

OR

2. Take a gap year. Do something productive and apply to a more varied list of schools in terms of acceptance.

Read this linked thread. It’s old. The student in this thread received no acceptances the first time around. He was a NMF also, and class val or Sal. Excellent grades and ECs.

I think you didn’t have any target or match schools on your list…or more than one sure thing.

@tsbna44 is Alabama still accepting applications for NMF?

@WayOutWestMom how about University of New Mexico?

Here is that link…

No Acceptances: One Kid's Story - A year later...

Part I of III Sorry this is long but some posters have pm’d me about our story and I thought it would be of help to re-tell it. One year ago I posted a question here on CC – “We’re Picking up the Pieces …but what went wrong?” My son had applied to eight schools, been rejected at five and waitlisted at three. I expected to get a few responses and see the thread disappear deep into the archives of CC. Little did I imagine that one year later, not only would I still be posting about the progress, but an entire cyber family on College Confidential would still be going through it with me. For the benefit of those of you starting out on college applications, or – hopefully not-- for those of you who may find yourselves in our position, this is the story of one kid’s worst case scenario and how he made the best of it. I’m re-telling it here by way of my own original posts and those of other CC posters whose advice was so vital to the journey. Thanks to all of you! My original post o…