rejected...why?? thread

<p>I honestly have no idea why i was rejected, i was very qualified. Good grades, alright act's, but my ec's and service trips were steller. They were unique and my essay was very personal and different. I don't know why i was shot in the face with a rejection.
I WILL make it my personal goal in life to prove that Cornell made a mistake...i will work so hard to prove them wrong and 10 years from now i will write them a letter...and they will be sorry that they did not admit me. Anyone else feel the same way?</p>

<p>so much for them looking at "you as a whole person", obviously that statement means nothing because i know my test scores held me back. My background was very unique and different, so were my ec's.</p>

<p>What exactly were your stats? </p>

<p>You ever consider that there may be better candidates?</p>

<p>3.8 gpa 29 act's, but overall i was told by others as a solid candidate</p>

<p>maybe your essay wasn't so "steller."</p>

<p>your essay probably sucked. I've read and critiqued many essays and everybody thinks theirs is great and unique ... in reality, they're terrible. Your scores were fine, EC's great - it's safe to say your writing wasn't very impressive.</p>

<p>Maybe it was your personality. Let it go. Cornell isn't going to care where you end up. Concentrate on your other apps and move on with your life.</p>

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Maybe it was your personality.

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exactly.
proving them wrong by doing great in life is good, but rubbing it in their face is plain useless. if that's the purpose of your life.... that's pretty sad.</p>

<p>besides, they'll have produced alot more sucessful students than you so really your just wasting your time and they'll just laugh at you.</p>

<p>and you may not be as good and unique as you think. Everyone is different just like everyone else. chances are, you came off too arrogant, and ofcourse they've seen better students, you won't impress them</p>

<p>^^^ right....</p>

<p>"proving them wrong by doing great in life is good"</p>

<p>even this wouldnt matter to them...UNLESS...you become a big time donor to the school you end up attending then they would be kicking themselves lol</p>

<p>w/e prove them wrong and do well in life. Wasn't it ur goal to do well in life anyway? Well flippin do it then!! Screw Cornell they don't own ur destiny!</p>

<p>what college did u apply to? i think its the 29 ACT not correlating with your high GPA.</p>

<p>'i will work so hard to prove them wrong and 10 years from now i will write them a letter...and they will be sorry that they did not admit me.'</p>

<p>That's kind of creepy.</p>

<p>There's a 60% chance I'll be transferring out of Cornell in a year. I'd give you my spot if I could, haha.
Try not to be so vindictive, though. It'll just make you bitter.</p>

<p>Hey don't worry about it too much. You weren't the only one rejected, and heck I got over it in about 2 min. Instead of mulling around angry at Cornell I would rather focus on finishing my next set of apps.</p>

<p>I personally don't think that you gpa and ACT are high, which in most case the majority of the dicision making factor. There are some those with great EC and great awards and such, but SAT or ACT and GPA can be seen as the main factors. :( I really don't know you in person, but I wouldn't have picked you based on your number stats. sorry.</p>

<p>hope for the better in the future</p>

<p>Yeah ^^qtip same with me, there must have been countless better apps. </p>

<p>a 29 ACT is although good probably 80+ percentile, nothing to really brag about. There are kids with 2300 plus SAT and truly amazing attributes that we're rejected. Sorry</p>

<p>y lianri? hmm..</p>

<p>don't give up on other colleges because of a test score. honestly, they're not as important as other parts of the application. i was accepted to cornell cas with a 29 ACT 30 superscored. once you're in the range focus on other more important aspects such as the essay.</p>

<p>and a 29 is 95th percentile...</p>

<p>which, surprisingly, isn't that great nowadays. It translates into ~2000 SAT, and that puts you near the lowest quartile.</p>

<p>it might not keep you out of any school, but under 30 ACT isn't helping you get into an ivy.</p>