<p>I feel horrible--I feel like people gave me too much false hopefrom the start. I never really had much offer to these top 20 schools to begin with. I shouldn't have applied to so many. Before I thought, hey if i apply to 10+, one of them MUST take me, so I can't blame it on bad luck if i don't get in. But i never considered the fact that they may ALL reject me come Tuesday. This way, FOR SURE i'll know that i was never good enough for them. That thought really is depressing.</p>
<p>Sorry I just got waitlisted from JHU and Duke, two schools I actually thought I had decent chances at and both easier than the 7 schools I've yet to hear from. I've heard of people who did not write a single word for the Why Duke response and have gotten accepted, and I wrote two paragraphs for that response. So it's not the fact that I wrote horrible responses to those two schools. I guess it's just because they did not like me, huh? </p>
<p>Anyway, I guess i'm looking for consolation, isn't that what everybody's trying to do here? Yes, I have considered the fact that college admissions may be random, and that I might get into one if i'm lucky, but TWO waitlists? Isn't that a SIGN?</p>
<p>It's just so hard dealing with the fact that people at school are constantly telling me I have great chances, blah blah, how everybody's rooting for me and all. Yes, what others think shouldn't matter, but it's just so hard to deal with it all because everybody's so nice to me, it's so depressing to be disappointing and feeling disappointed myself. And on top of it all, I feel horrible for "complaining" because I already got Regents at UCB and it's not like I'm too good for UCB anyway.</p>
<p>I’m in a similar situation, but probably much worst off. I might get 8 rejections (including Stanford if released on Tuesday). I also got WL at Duke, but instead of WL, I rejected at JHU. I also have two other rejections on my plate at the moment. And looking at your stats, it seems you have a much better chance than I do at the ivys/stanford. So don’t feel too bad, you’re already in a much better position than people like me.</p>
<p>Lol, are you regretting applying to all these great schools? It would be better to get rejected than wondering if you can get into some of these schools for the rest of your life. Besides, UC Berkley is a GREAT school. You should be proud and not worry about getting denied by other great schools. There are plenty of kids who are crying right now who didn’t get into Berkeley.</p>
<p>This is what I thought before. But a confirmation of the fear that you just weren’t good enough, I think now, is a lot worse. After applying to so many (my Cornell supplemental SUCKED, so there goes my only hope for a non-rejection), and getting rejected from all of them, I can’t even blame admissions for being random, etc. I get to blame it all on me.</p>
<p>What’s done is done. It might take a while, but you really need to just get over it. Who knows you might actually get accepted to one or more come Tuesday. You’ve been here since 12/07. You should know that your stats are in the mid-high range for some of those schools and that admissions is unpredictable. Nobody led you on. You asked for opinions and people gave you their opinions.</p>
<p>Haha, when I did my applications, I was totally naive about the college app process and felt that I could easily get into what I considered my “safeties” and “matches”.
Turns out it was a good idea to apply to 11 schools, because I’ve only been accepted by the two schools at the very bottom of my list, and heard unfavorably from most of my matches. Life sucks.</p>
<p>basketballbabe13, wt f are you talking about.</p>
<p>I shouldn’t have applied to JHU/Cornell/Duke/HYP.</p>
<p>I really hate myself for being so naive and optimistic? Sorry, i’m not trying to blame others for being encouraging. I just feel regret for being overconfident before…?</p>
<p>Maybe you should reserve judgment until you actually see the results? It’s really rather melodramatic and rude to complain about how people are just trying to encourage you. I mean if you hate being told that it’s alright and you’ll get in…why are you asking us to tell you that it’s alright and you’ll get in? :/</p>
<p>Whatever. Anyway, obviously if you’ve gotten into UCB, getting waitlisted by two schools doesn’t mean that you’ll get waitlisted/rejected everywhere else. Perhaps you were waitlisted because they thought you were overqualified or something. And regardless of the reason, college don’t all evaluate applicants the same way. They’re all looking for different things, so there’s absolutely no means or reason to extrapolate the decisions of the few schools responses you’ve seen and conclude that you’re going to get rejected everywhere.</p>
<p>Take a walk tomorrow to clear your head, hang out with friends, etc to de-stress. If people talk about admissions, politely tell them that you don’t want to talk about it right now.</p>
<p>Maybe you should have thought of that before you (in my opinion, unwisely) decided to apply to seven schools with ridiculously low admissions rates.</p>
<p>Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Rewards go those who dare. I predict you will be laughing all the way to the bank on tuesday evening…</p>
<p>Also, why be silent on your successes so far. From your stats I assume you are admitted to Berkeley and UCLA (and possibly UCSD) and probably others. Those are world-class institutions and all great for pre-med.</p>
<p>So, have some perspective. Tuesday is hours away. No matter how things go, you deserve to have a great celebration…and cherish how much you’ve learned about college , about the process and about yourself during the past few months. I am sure you will agree it has been rewarding</p>
<p>HAHAHA. It seems like no matter what anyone replies to anything you say, you take it negatively/turn it negative. </p>
<p>Chill out. You got into BERKELEY. And who knows what’s coming on Tuesday? No matter what, you did well. Except for your personality. Work on that.</p>
<p>blueducky, I didn’t want to come across as harsh, really. It’s just a sacrifice we must make. You were admitted to UCB and UCLA regular. I was admitted to Stanford SCEA and chose to apply to HP. I feel the same way as you (and I did feel that I had been misled before my S acceptance, I truly expected a rejection). I didn’t think through the decision, and I should have…These last three months have been torture… </p>
<p>Still, there are choices we have made. And we must live with them, even if it means that we’ve wasted time and effort.</p>
<p>I also felt overconfident and applied to like 14 schools. so far, i’ve only been accepted into my safeties and have had 2 waitlists, one at jhu, the other at nu. i’m waiting on more rejections/waitlists from a few ivies and stanford. at first, it hurt a lot and lift seemed to suck. but in the end, its only undergrad. u’ll have more chances to get into the schools u love, either through transferring or applying for grad school. don’t take these rejections personally, some of the decisions that top colleges make don’t make any sense at all. You were probably just as qualified as the next person for admission but they could only choose one and maybe flipped a coin or something. Just be proud of yourself for working so hard in high school and on the applications. And if your not satisfied with the school you end up going to, try again and work harder on a great transfer application. Don’t let Tuesday discourage you from continuing to do your best and trying hard to succeed.</p>
<p>You did get some bad advice–but it wasn’t about which schools to apply to.</p>
<p>You have the mistaken view that your acceptance to a highly selective university (where they spend mere minutes with each application) is tied to whether you are “good enough”. That’s just plain silly. You can be extremely well-qualified and destined for great things in life and not be admitted. You can’t take this stuff personally. They don’t know you. They spend a few minutes reading your application.</p>
<p>And random doesn’t mean that if you apply to enough places you will have a greater chance of getting in. It just means that there is no guarantee that a certain set of stats will yield a predictable result. So, yeah–maybe your applications were a bit generic and did not stand out. But that doesn’t make YOU generic.</p>