<p>My stats: sat 2330 single sitting 2370 superscore
Sat 2s: Math 2 800, chem 800, us 760
gpa uw: 3.9 w: 4.49
ap chem 5 ap calc bc 5 ap us 5 ap stat 5
Xc, track 4years
President of Chess Club
President of Business Club
National Honors Society
Math Honors Society
Founded charity that raised 1500
Speech Problem (I wrote my essay on my speech impediment and how I managed to fix it fully to the point where I have no problems now) </p>
<p>I'm just so annoyed because I see kids with lower stats and accomplishments being accepted. Not only is that a big deal, but also I've talked to some kids who got in, and they've spent a couple of days on their essays while I've spent a couple of months. I don't know what to say, I got robbed. these stupid Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>Wow, it is so random. Get going on that passionate letter to Cornell. You got to convince them in a genuine way that you are very much interested in attending if you were given the chance. I have never seen so many talented and smart kids turned away this year. Talk to your GC, send a follow up email to the person who interviewed you to ask if they would be willing to advocate for you and get that waitlist letter in the mail. Good luck!</p>
<p>Its so random this year, applied everywhere for cs, 1540 sat 33 act, started my own web development company that makes 1000’s a year, FIRST robotics captain, and teaching AP computer science for two years, wait list Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and Brown, rejected by Harvard, deferred by Stanford EA, and yet great scholarships at USC and Northeastern, just hoping the randomness goes my way with Stanford. Also keep in mind wait list is huge for Ivies so id say don’t give up on cornell</p>
<p>okay, so is your speech impediment the kind of tourette’s that makes you swear a lot? because I didn’t realize it translated over into written form as well…</p>
<p>1.Kids with lower stats getting accepted doesn’t necessarily mean they are in any lesser qualified (I was one of these ‘lesser qualified’ candidates to Brown two years ago who happens to be doing extremely well as a sophomore).
2. The college game is very rough but never feel robbed by it, because it was never a guaranteed thing (My sister will probably get rejected April 1st). </p>
<p>In life we hit these rough patches and what really determine our character is the grace that we exhibit as we rise from that disaster, never blame or compare your self to anyone else because we are all truly unique and CC post about stats do not exhibit the complexities of our backgrounds and adversities. Keep your head up and stay humble because trust me as far as an ivy league degree will take your humility, passion and kindness will take you so much farther.</p>
<p>@Calgirl: I know you had bitter admission result last year, even though you had insane stats. This year, I notice, is razing your heart, again. I pray that you make Duke, Dartmouth, AND Stanford.</p>
<p>@OP
I understand how you feel. Last year, my kid got rejected by many IVY’s “including” Cornell and wailisted at Dartmouth. His being ORM and asking for F/A killed it. There were many people like him, and it is the same this year. He got off DM’s waitlist about a month later, but stuck to Northwestern, where he is very very happy now. Cornell or not, Ivy or not, you will be able to find peace and happiness.</p>
<p>@jrftkd I don’t know why you would say that. </p>
<p>Anyway I was upset, and ranted in this post. I’m not saying that the people who got in were less qualified than me were accepted; I’m saying that they hard fewer accomplishments and lower stats. Regardless, they got in, and I didn’t. It’s just very disappointing because naviance and other prediction sites said I would get in, and I didn’t.</p>
<p>It’s okay rd2012, don’t let Ivy acceptance be what determines how qualified of an individual you are. If you feel you should have gotten in, try your hardest at what ever colelge you get into and transfer next year. Life doesn’t always go in a straight line but that doesn’t mean you won’t still get where you are meant to be. I really hope Cornell pulls through for you. :)</p>
<p>As for the cussing, try to leave that out of the forum. I know how upset you are, but there are better ways to express your frustrations I am sure. The cussing makes you, a highly intelligent individual, sound fairly uneducated as you are unable to express yourself with real “words”. Also it is untasteful to diminish the accomplishments of others even if you feel they do not deserve it. Yet as Calgirl15 said, they should cut you some slack. </p>
<p>Take a few days, breath, eat frozen yogurt, and plan the rest of your life. Don’t get depressed but use your anger to be productive. I truly wish you the best in life man.</p>
<p>they were completely less qualified than you rd2012…that’s how arbitrary this process is. your binge of anger was completely well-founded, albeit clearly unembellished, and realistic. BS goes on in college admissions, and you are right for speaking that way.</p>
<p>Getting rejected hurts, but you don’t see every other applicant going on a rampage. Denigrating the accomplishments of others proves that Stanford and the Ivies were right not to accept you. Handle yourself with grace and maturity, and you’ll go much farther in life.</p>
<p>I didn’t degrade anyone’s accomplishments, I just said they had lower stats and fewer accomplishments. I don’t know why people are taking my remarks out of context. I fully respect the people who got in, and I think they deserve it. I’m just upset that I didn’t get in, and ranted in this thread. That is all.</p>
<p>Perhaps your letters of recommendation were any issue? Is it possible that your teachers found you annoying or immature without you realizing this? Do you participate in class?</p>
<p>I participated a lot in my classes, but it must’ve been my teacher recs or the fact that my senior schedule was not challenging enough; I took only 2 aps and the rest of my classes were honors. In any case, I’ve realized that I wasn’t good enough this time. I’m going to go to either Berkeley, UCLA or Carnegie Mellon and try my best to transfer into top 10 schools.</p>
<p>Of course you weren’t good enough. If you didn’t get into a single Ivy, you think that’s random? That’s called a pattern. </p>
<p>The college admission process is never random. Stop using it as an excuse because the truth is, you simply didn’t have enough to offer to these schools.</p>