<p>At this point I am anticipating getting rejected everywhere. </p>
<p>What are my options?</p>
<p>I have the financial capability to take a gap year, but would my chances honestly improve after an year? How would the application process work then?</p>
<p>What colleges still accept applications?</p>
<p>(Stats: 2300, 3.65, many debate awards, active volunteering, passionate about public policy)</p>
<p>OMG i hope you’re a ■■■■■!
with those stats you’ll get in somewhere, unless you were stupid enough to apply to only ivies!</p>
<p>Try Whittier College and William & Jewel College. Google search something like “colleges still accepting applications.” Good luck!! </p>
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<p>Relax, your stats are better than mine and I got accepted to 3 schools already. The only reason you would get rejected everywhere, is if you applied to only ivy league schools or schools of similar status.
I suggest that you find a school that is on rolling admission that you think you can get into and use it as a safety.</p>
<p>What are your safties?</p>
<p>It seems like you’re safe to me. Where else did you apply?</p>
<p>I agree with all of the suggestions made. First of all, the information you have provided should certainly get you into a very good school. Unfortunately, it is indeed possible to be rejected at all your schools IF you only applied to highly selective schools with very low acceptance rates (especially given the unusually high number of applications this year). Nonetheless, there are many good colleges that offer rolling admissions as mentioned. Try a few of them as you can try to transfer later. There are often state and/or community and/or junior college options to start. Find one that offers the major you are most interested in and that has a good track record of sending students on to better schools.</p>
<p>It would also be helpful to know if you applied to any safety schools. That is generally your protection in cases like this. It might also be helpful to know if there are any major negative events in your background that might be playing a roll here. Finally, have just a bit more patience. All of the advice you are getting may be unnecessary. You will hear from all your colleges shortly. Good luck!</p>
<p>In the unlikely event that you’re not accepted anywhere, don’t lose heart. </p>
<p>After April 1, you will probably start getting mailings from schools that are still accepting students. Many of these schools are quite good. Some even offer merit scholarships. So, these schools can become retroactive safety schools. Enroll in one of these schools, you may even find that the perfect school has found you. If not, transfer is always a possibility.</p>
<p>However, if this does occur, you may want to engage in a candid analysis. Why did this happen? Did you apply to a safety school? The problem with your very excellent statistics is that many of your target schools accept 25% or fewer candidates, and regularly reject many qualified candidates such as yourself.</p>
<p>How were your essays? Can you show them to your counsellor and get advice. If not, do you have a family friend, or a friend of a parent (perhaps not your own parents if you want unbiased advice – we parents tend to think the best of our own kids).</p>
<p>The most important thing to realize – even if this happens, it’s not a disaster. You will go to college and you will do great.</p>
<p>Zephyr is right. Every year there are kids with high stats that either did not get into any schools that they want to attend, did not apply to any schools that were true safeties or cannot attend the schools that accepted them do to financial or other reasons. Yes, it happens. Happened to a lovely young lady who is my good friend’s daughter. </p>
<p>There are a number of options for you. In May, a list of colleges appears that still have spots and even some financial aid left. There are some pretty good schools in that list, in my opinion. Also, you can look at your local options. Most areas have a number of open enrollment type options.</p>
<p>You can also consider taking a gap year and using what you have learned about this whole process and giving it another shot. Doing some good works during this time is an excellent project and gives you a nice break from the academic grind and lends perspective. A lot of selective schools look favorably on this sort of thing. Make sure you have some safety schools on your list, true safeties, if you reapply. Though your stats are outstanding, if you are applying to only the most selective schools, there is no guarantee of admissions and if you need substantial aid, you may not get it. </p>
<p>Also give UPitt a call and see if the Chancellor’s scholarship is still available. With your stats, you would have a good shot at that money… If you don’t need the money, their honors college is excellent and I know they will take late applications. That’s where my friend’s daughter ended up going and she went on to law school and is now making 6 figures as an attorney in a top rated law firm. She did very well with her education there. Iona College is a place I know that would also accept a late app and is close to NYC. There are probably a number of such options still available; these are just two that I happen to know personally. If you are willing to commit, a place can be found for you in many schools. Just not the more selective ones that have more kids wanting a spot than they have space.</p>
<p>I have lower stats then you and I’ve gotten into 6 schools already. A couple which are Top 50 and I would be more than happy to attend. If you’re reaching for Top 10 or maybe Top 20 schools then you might be rejected. </p>
<p>There are plenty of schools out there that will accept you, it just comes down to whether or not you want to attend them.</p>
<p>My GPA is much lower than yours, my SAT score is slightly higher, I’m an international, and I’ve already been accepted to a great school with an amazing fin aid package–despite being rejected by a couple of schools I considered low matches. So don’t worry; some place will come through for you, even if some others don’t. Lower GPAs tend to turn off colleges (lol, no kidding), but a high SAT score coupled with strong essays and/or ECs still counts for something.</p>
<p>Out of interest, which schools have rejected you, and which schools are you still waiting on?</p>
<p>Edit: Never mind, I saw your posting history and you really may be in for a tough week. If you get rejected everywhere, grit your teeth, take a gap year, and reapply to a broader selection of schools next year. There are some excellent schools (liberal arts colleges especially) that would welcome an applicant like you with open arms.</p>
<p>But Emory and NYU might still work out.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the support and recommendations.</p>
<p>I was rejected by UChicago after being deferred EA, and rejected from Northwestern. I applied to NYU Stern as a safety, but I’m unsure about that now. I mainly applied to top 10/20 schools because I had a brother with similar stats who got into Top 5 schools, but I guess using that as a basis to parallel my own stats was a poor decision. That being said, I crafted my essays in a manner that emphasized one activity to make me appear lopsided, and I was well rounded in ECs. I didn’t have a laundry list of activities but tailored my application to match my interest (in the humanities, specifically public policy.) I should have applied to more in-state Texas schools and safeties, but I’m honestly not sure if I would want to go to those schools, as I have heard it is like high school again for another 4 years, as pretentious as that sounds. </p>
<p>I will definitely look into gap year activities and late admission colleges, hopefully all goes well April 1st so the hassle is saved.</p>
<p>Edit: I do need aid or scholarships, admission is my only concern.
Edit 2: I spent hours laboring over my essays, peer-reviewed them with a couple of friends and my English teacher, who all thought it was “great” based on the other essays they had read.</p>
<p>Just got waitlisted at NYU Stern, looks like this will be a rough week.</p>
<p>Try a school with rolling admissions, like University of Florida. I went there 20 years ago, and it is big enough to have something for everyone.</p>
<p>My son applied to some safeties and got accepted, but he has been rejected at 3 reach schools so far, and it is tough. My condolences, and don’t give up.</p>
<p>i know Univ of Arizona is still taking applications because they keep sending me e-mails to apply.</p>
<p>“I do need aid or scholarships, admission is my only concern.”</p>
<p>You mean you Don’t need aid? </p>
<p>anyway, good luck. emory definitely looks possible to me. don’t lose hope!</p>
<p>There has been a high record number of applicants to a lot of top 50 schools in the country. For example Berkeley had 60,000 applicants and Boston College had 30,000+. They are a lot of high qualified people applying to highly reputable schools. Don’t take it too hard, there are a lot of people getting rejected that should statistically of gotten in. Like others said, try for places with rolling admissions, and try for some other schools that do space available acceptances past the deadline. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>You’ll get into Emory dude, seen so many people there who are not as impressive as you. I just visited my friend there today and it’s getting pretty as the weather warms up! Also, sorry about NYU waitlist. I had slightly lower SATs and slightly higher GPA and got in, pretty sure because I didn’t apply for financial aid. Yeah that sucks 
But in this economy, there are a lot of accepted applicants abandoning NYU because of their notoriously high tuition. I might be one of them, in fact :\ You might take my spot.</p>
<p>I agree that you have a good chance at Emory. If (touch wood) you don’t get in, perhaps you should consider colleges that have later datelines/rolling admissions. Use the search engine on commonapp- you should be able to find a list of colleges that you can still apply to. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you all for the advice. I will let you know what I end up doing, in case there are other morons out there like myself who applied to too many top schools. :)</p>