<p>I don’t see why you’re so upset with A&M. It’s an excellent school, especially for engineering. UT may be more academically driven, but A&M still continues to compete neck and neck with it in almost every academic field.</p>
<p>Why do you think that you where denied from the majority of your colleges? You where denied for a reason, and it must be a relatively prevalent reason because you basically received rejections across the board.</p>
<p>You still want my advice? Go to A&M, it’s a great school. You’ll save money, blah blah blah. Do well in college, nail the GRE’s, then apply to those top private universities. And if you really want to transfer that bad, just apply each semester and see what happens.</p>
<p>I think your problem was that you didn’t apply to enough schools in the middle - the schools that rejected/waitlisted you were all highly selective schools with small acceptance percentages. I’d call each of the waitlist schools and ask them how many people are on the waiting list. Some of those wait lists have more kids on them than the school accepted. Frankly, I think Texas A&M is a great school and you’re fortunate to be accepted there. I’ve never lived in Texas, but throughout my career I’ve worked with several A&M graduates, and they were all top notch. Cream rises, and I’m sure you’ll excel there.</p>
<p>People should consider taking a gap year to get a job/ internship/ see the world then apply to schools again next fall. Not only will this make you a more appealing candidate but it will be a valuable experience and give you a chance to apply to some “match” or good safety schools you should have applied to before. My friend got rejected EVERYWHERE, did this, had the best time of her life and had time to apply to a ton of schools and had great success; she even got accepted to some schools that rejected her before.</p>
<p>i wrote a letter to UB about me being wait listed and how they are my top choice. Does any1 have the time to read/proof-read it and comment on it? Let em know i’ll PM it to you. Negative and positive comments please haha</p>
<p>This is an interesting board.
The only thing I don’t like is how people are saying they didn’t get accepted anywhere, and then mention 1 or 2 places they don’t like, but that they got accepted to. </p>
<p>People should be happy if they get in anywhere. By complaining they make the people who REALLy didn’t get in anywhere feel way worse.</p>
<p>In the most case, your guidance counselor or some “college counselor” knows the admissions officers.
Also those admission officers who will review your application typically visit your school in fall.</p>
<p>The same thing happened to our valedictorian. He applied to a lot of really selective schools and one safety, but nothing in between. He got waitlisted at one Ivy League, accepted by his safety, and rejected from the rest.</p>
<p>i feel your pain!! i only got accepted at my safety school too. i got 2 rejections, and 3 waitlists. it sucked. i’m #1 in my class on top of all that, so everyone always asks me where i got in. oh well, i’m excited to go to my safety though cuz it’s still a good school, otherwise i wouldn’t have applied there.</p>
<p>There has been an interesting pattern in this thread. People talk about having to go to ‘state schools’ like it is akin to ‘dead man walking’. The last I looked, Berkeley, UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill (just to name 3) are all state schools. I would be proud to have my S or D go to any of them. The one thing people are forgetting is that a school is as good as the student makes it. If going to a state school is so abhorrent, don’t apply to it.</p>
<p>On a separate not, anyone think that Emory is really trying to play the acceptance rate game this year? Isn’t it kind of early for them to be taking so many people off their waitlist?</p>
<p>Does anyone know about chance in the wait list of Trinity University? And if I am admitted, do I have chance to be met full need? One of my friend emailed a staff there and he replied that the school will meet student’s full need?</p>
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