<p>It was my dream school. I dont know what to do now. I feel like i wasted my time in high school taking hard classes and trying hard all for nothing.. T.T</p>
<p>sorry man, Im sure you’ll be happy where you end up
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<p>Don’t give up if it was your dream school. Try appealing.</p>
<p>I don’t want to sound like a “parent” and tell you what you don’t want to hear…but…</p>
<p>You did NOT waste your time. Just because you did not get into a college of your first choice doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep up your work ethics and keep pushing yourself to do your best. If what you say about yourself is true, then you will be successful and happy no mater where you go to school. It’s ok to feel junk and sad for now, but your grit on doing your best WILL overcome this situation. Appeal if you want, or move on to possibly bigger and better things. Adversity does not build character, it reveals it. You can take all I have said with a grain salt … or not, in either case, take care and all the best.</p>
<p>aht1023–the same thing happened to me last year. I only wanted to go to UW and I was rejected. There is no other school that I wanted to go to…so I took all of my AP credits and took them to my local community college, and with a little extra effort I’ve been able to get my transfer degree in one year instead of two. I still haven’t heard back for my transfer application, but I know I have a much better chance of getting in this time. So you can go to another university, or do what I did, save a ton a money, and time, and go to a CC. It’s really not that bad. I was realllllyyy against the idea at first but now I don’t regret it at all.</p>
<p>My friend who loves UW (although it’s not her first choice) got waitlisted…and she’s a national merit FINALIST! I’ve never been a fan of UW (GO COUGS!), but I don’t understand what they’re trying to prove by rejecting or waitlisting people who are totally qualified to go there.</p>
<p>Reading your post makes me feel bad that I care very little/feel entitled about being accepted to UW…I got rejected to my dream school and will possibly get a couple more rejection letters from the other two super reach schools. Anyway, I guess it’s just not meant to be. It’s what you make of it. You’ll do great wherever you go. Who knows, maybe you’ll be like those celebrities/journalists/politicians/moguls who got rejected to their dream school like that one article. Find another school, work hard, then apply as a transfer student. That’s my plan.</p>
<p>im sorry. try to appeal. I wish you the best!</p>
<p>If UW really is your dream school, appeal. If that fails, then transfer. If you don’t like transferring then at the very least go there for graduate school. Honestly though, I find it hard for someone to claim a college is their “dream” school unless they actually have experienced what it was like. I’m sure wherever you end up, it’ll be great and you’ll love it. The college itself isn’t what makes it good, it is the community and the experience that comes along with it.</p>
<p>“Honestly though, I find it hard for someone to claim a college is their “dream” school unless they actually have experienced what it was like.”</p>
<p>Totally true.</p>
<p>yeah, don’t feel that bad. I’ve been here 4 years, and i can tell you that it isn’t all that nice. It I had a chance to do everything over, i’d apply to go to a smaller private school somewhere else.</p>
<p>i know what its like. UCLA is my dream school and i got rejected. and i can say it is my dream school cause i have experienced it. I went to classes with my sister who’s a student there, checked out westwood, partied, everything, and it was amazing. I’m appealing for admission but if i dont get, i’m just gonna get over it and have fun at some other school. That last part wont be easy, but its all i can do. my advice would be to do the same thing. you’ll end up happy wherever you go</p>
<p>I would say pretty much the exact same thing as atsuwhat92, cept replace UCLA with UW and Westwood with WSU, although I havent gone to visit the school</p>
<p>There’s always Wazzu</p>