<p>^^^ the thing is, I applied for FA (I only sent in a css profile, and a fafsa, no tax returns or anything) just to see how much I would get, since most of these schools are need blind. Waitlisted kids do not get FA offers, so I decided to take myself off the list.</p>
<p>That’s why you put a safety school on the list - stuff happens. </p>
<p>And all your work most definitely matters for your ability to succeed in whatever school you go to and for your whole life. Focusing on this admissions decision is like the parents who focus on how the baby’s birth will go and not on how they will parent. If you’ve learned how to work and study, how to write and prepare, you will have learned A LOT. And nothing is wasted.</p>
<p>Colleges00701 - Make the best of this opportunity. I’ve been practically waitlisted/rejected to all my schools, but at the last minute I got a guarenteed transfer to Cornell. I’m going to spend one year at my local state school and I’m going to make the most out of it.</p>
<p>Here’s a motion that seems to be ubiquitous on CC: “It doesn’t matter where you go, but what you make out of the opportunities at hand.”</p>
<p>Gahh… I feel your pain. Really. I applied to six colleges (I’m an international btw) and heard back from 5, one acceptance (my safety - SUNY Binghamton) and FOUR rejections (Cornell, UPenn, Chicago and Grinnell). I still haven’t heard back from U of Minnesota. I’m thinking I should’ve applied to lower order colleges - at least I would’ve been less depressed.
Life really sucks.</p>
<p>I’ve only skimmed the posts of this thread before I wanted to reply until I saw this. </p>
<p>“I just do enough to get by (Low A’s and High B’s)”</p>
<p>??? That is not just “enough to get by”. Just by that statement I know you’re either being too hard on yourself or too arrogant to those who can’t achieve that. Straight C’s are just enough to get by.</p>
<p>Besides that, high grades could get you tons of merit aid at your state school. You save a lot of money compared to “smarter” schools. And don’t forget, state schools have tons of people in your boat so don’t feel too alone. Lastly, plenty of honors programs, clubs, and activites will give you all the academic experience you desire. All is not lost.</p>
<p>Colleges00701: my D is your “twin”, she is exactly in the same situation as you are, and also waiting for Emory … the only difference is that we cannot pay the tuition so she is staying on the FA( FA goes also for people waitlisted) and she has been accepted at American and Oxford_Emory( very good FA packages) which can be an option. we are visiting those places late April( i hope she’s going to like them!), meanwhile she is working hard to get off the list(recommendation letters to reps,emails,councelor talks, etc…maybe we will visit the places this month too…) you have also the option of going to Oxford and then have the opportunity to get into Emory(#18) or Gozuieta business school( rank #5 in the nation) instead of going to your state school with a lot of people who don’t care(like you said). i gave that advice to my D( accepted also at her state schools in the honor programs) best of luck to you and sincerely i feel your pain… maybe we’ll see you at Oxford this fall or even better you both get off the waitlist and we’ll see you at Emory College!! fingers crossed!</p>
<p>Juno – count your blessing on your SUNy Binghamton acceptance – if you were a NY state resident, whose parents are helping pay for the school with their taxes, you probably would not have gotten in (judging by Grinnell rejection)</p>
<p>omagh that’s so sad. That sucks I don’t know what I would do if I had to go to my state school.</p>
<p>Anyone know my chances of getting off the waitlist for any of my three schools? Anyone willing to predict?</p>
<p>kayf – Were you aware that the SAT Middle 50th percentile at Grinnell is significantly higher than that at SUNY Binghamton? </p>
<p>The reason JanoBano was rejected at Grinnell probably had more to do with the fact that he/she is an international who needs financial aid more than any academic shortcomings. Looks like Jano is well qualified for Binghamton under any circumstances.</p>
<p>Anyone have any advice/steps to take to get off the waitlist successfully? Should I visit the schools? Should I contact regional admissions counselors? Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated…</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t think visiting would help much. If you get any additional awards, or want to send an updated copy of your transcript, that’s pretty much all you can do.</p>
<p>I think that you need to relax a little and let things play out. My daughter was rejected by her top two choices and is now making a decision. She has been accepted at 6 schools so when she decides a lot of spots will open up. There are many kids out there like her so I think the waiting list will be huge this year. She will be giving up 5 out of 6 of the following schools: University of Michigan, Wash U, Northwestern, UVA, Georgetown and Duke. Keep the faith!</p>
<p>^^^ Schools, on purpose, accept more kids than they have spots for, for example, emory has a 27 percent acceptance rate, and has 16,000 applications…that means around 4 thousand are accepted for a total of 1,200 spots…</p>
<p>Accepted:Middlebury, DePauw, IUPUI
Waitlisted:Princeton, Dartmouth
Rejected: Harvard, Yale</p>
<p>So here’s the deal. I definitely did not get my first choice. In fact, I didn’t get my top 4 choices. Here is what I am doing. I am sending a letter Princeton telling them that I will go if I am accepted. I am sending them a supplemental essay, an updated resume, and more recommendations. In the mean time, I am trying to decide between the 3 colleges that I got accepted at. Middlebury-Advantages, great educational opportunities. Disadvantages-cost, location (live in Indiana). DePauw-Advantages-good educational opportunities, close to family, less cost than Middlebury. disadvantages-less known school, more cost than IUPUI. IUPUI-Advantages-Absolutely 100 percent free. Opportunity to triple major. possible automatic admission to grad school. 5k per year scholarship for grad school, location (close to statehouse). disadvantages-class size, campus size.</p>
<p>I am absolutely torn. Does anybody have any suggestions? Also, if you are a Princeton Admissions Officer, I would appreciate being accepted off the waitlist so I can avoid this dilemma…</p>
<p>^^^ yah, I want advice too…</p>
<p>ivys tend to have a higher yeild than most the schools that waitlisted me, which is good news for me, and bad for you…you still have a chance since the economy is bad, and most people won’t be able to afford the schools that accepted them…</p>
<p>and finally, for those of us who didnt get accepted… did you really work hard in high school just so you can get accepted into your first choice? I worked hard because I wanted to. Nobody, not even Harvard, can judge and deem me unworthy. Need more inspiration? Take a look at some of the nation’s richest people. J.R. Simplot, no college degree. Ray Kroc, no college degree. Walt Disney, no college degree… Gates, no college degree. Nothing can stand in the way of hard work and determination. I will take my college degree with my head held high</p>
<p>thats so true. I can pay for it. My family owns a small business. At the moment we can afford to scrape by and pay for an ivy tuition. Should I contact them and say that I do not require financial aid?</p>
<p>it doesn’t matter where you go to college.</p>
<p>Who even knows what college you go to? </p>
<p>Just do what you can with what you have. Try to make the most the the situation. A rejection can be a blessing in disguise.</p>
<p>^^ noggin, you should go ahead and do that, even though you got waitlisted at elite colleges that have very generous financial aid, if you can pay full, it won’t hurt, just helps your application even more…</p>