<p>I received a letter from Babson College stating that I was too qualified to attend their school…this is ■■■■■■■■. How can I reverse this and get them to accept me?</p>
<p>Essays and every piece of writing was great</p>
<p>SAT: 2140 (Maybe cause of this?)</p>
<p>No, it was not due to the SAT score......this sounds strange.</p>
<p>Wow, that sounds plain wrong.</p>
<p>overqualified is just the college's way of saying based on your appl, you just don't seem to fit the school. Its not that they think you're too good for the school. But you can always appeal if you have any new appealing information. Usually colleges let you appeal</p>
<p>You probably weren't over-qualified. Highly qualified...I believe that, but not over-qualified. I got waitlisted as well (why do you call it rejected?), but I know that I wasn't over-qualified. The letter said I was highly qualified. It wasn't really a slap in the face or anything. You can't do anything to reverse it other than hope to that they pull you off the waitlist. You are better than Babson my friend.</p>
<p>They wrote you a letter saying "we are rejecting you because you are over-qualified"??
That sounds ridiculous!
I got in Early Action this year with a 2100 on my SATs...
A 2140 should definitely have gotten you in!</p>
<p>I got the same score as you and I got in, what were your activities and stuff?</p>
<p>First I can't believe that they said you are "overqualified." However, if what you say is true, either appeal with a showing of sincere interest or go elsewhere. Frankly, if a school told me I was overqualified, I would take them at their word and cross them off my list forever!</p>
<p>Yes, I think the wording on the letter is highly qualified. NOT overqualified. Bid difference there.</p>
<p>I'm sure they didn't say overqualified, in all likelihood highly qualified. For what its worth I got a 2250 (780M, 760CR, 710W) on my SATs and got in.</p>
<p>greatescape I hear you. I had a 720 M, 600 Cr, 540 W, and didn't get in. Lots of extracurrics,a nd volunteer work. 92 GPA, 118 WGPA. Wondering why I was rejected to, since I am better than their averages by a good deal.</p>
<p>Well, I think its more then just SAT, Grades, and What not. My SATs are the only thing lacking in my application, but i was accepted.
There was a little hand-written msg saying they enjoyed reading my application. So, I think the essays were a really big deal + recommendations as well. </p>
<p>Btw, do you guys get you GPA on a different point score? what does 92 mean? is that like 3.98 out of 4.00 scale?</p>
<p>i didn't even send in my supplement, even when they asked me for it and they still accepted me, :). i wasn't even planning on attending babson but i might now.
sorry to hear about your case though mate.</p>
<p>there is no way you were rejected for being over qualified. No school would ever say that in the first place and second, I got a 2200 on the sats plus many aps. However i do think its odd with such good sat scores that you got rejected. But you were not over qualified...</p>
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<p>I got in with a 2160, so its not that… do you really want babson that bad or is this an ego thing?</p>
<p>‘highly qualified’ is a catch phrase to take the sting out of anything less than acceptance.</p>
<p>It’s certainly not that you’re overqualified. Overqualified makes sense for jobs, not universities.</p>
<p>I spoke with admissions post-acceptance, trying to get more merit money out of them and they said my essay made an impact.</p>
<p>i agree, i got in with a 1700 on my SAT’s… terrible. But i have straight A’s… its alott more than just your SAT’s</p>
<p>Since this thread was written by a regular decision applicant last year, this is going out to all current/future applicants to Babson College:</p>
<p>I believe the letter states that you are “highly qualified” but they were unable to offer you admission. While xgreatescapex 's SAT scores are slightly above the mid-50%, there are SOOOO many other factors that play into being admitted at Babson. High school grades, extra curricular activities and clubs, leadership positions, work and internships, high school competitiveness, and interest in attending Babson all play a huge role with equal weight to the SAT score. 4 years of classes and activities outweigh one Saturday of SAT. </p>
<p>The applicant pool could have also been very impressive when xgreatescapex applied, which means Babson had to be more selective with their admits. College Admissions is extremely unpredictable, but I can almost guarantee you will never be “too good” to attend Babson.</p>