So Who Else Has It All At Stake Come April 1?

Applying to College
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<p>I applied to eleven schools: three reaches (HYP), four high matches (NWestern, Gtown, Cornell, Duke), two lower matches (UVA, Bowdoin), and two safeties (Rutgers and Wisconsin).</p>

<p>Well...
Harvard, Princeton and UVa don't have early action/decision programs, so of course I won't be finding out until April.</p>

<p>I opted to apply SCEA to Yale and got deferred, so my fate is still up in the air there.</p>

<p>Because Yale is single-choice, I could not apply early anywhere else, so I'm not going to find out about Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, Georgetown, and Bowdoin until spring.</p>

<p>I missed the first admissions period for Wisconsin, so I won't find out from them for a while, either.</p>

<p>The only school I have gotten a decision from so far is Rutgers' honors program. It's good to know, but it's still my last choice...</p>

<p>So, almost EVERYTHING is at stake as of right now and all will be revealed within a two-week stretch. The stats:
- I have not heard from 91% of the colleges to which I applies
- I am waiting on a total of ten decisions
- The only school I HAVE made is almost meaningless to me</p>

<p>I have watched most of my friends at least get some confirmation. Some have applied to less selective schools or all big state schools and have gotten in/rejected through rolling admissions. Most of the remainder (those applying to more selective schools) have either gotten in ED somewhere, or at least in EA somewhere...or at least rejected. At least they have some degree of certainty about where they may end up.</p>

<p>This is the thread for people like me...people with EVERYTHING on the line.</p>

<p>Please vent your anxiety below.</p>

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<p>Nwestern, Gtown, Duke, and Cornell are not matches for anybody… People with amazing stats get rejected all the time.</p>

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<p>^ Seconded. To his/her defense, he/she called them “high matches”…but still.</p>

<p>I’m in the same boat, though.</p>

<p>I applied to 9, and I’ve only heard from my safety. So 8/9 will be late March/early April :)</p>

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<p>In at 4/9 of my applications but all my reaches and all that I have to wait on.</p>

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<p>I’m not really sure how you put Bowdoin as a ‘low match’ on par with UVA, as it’s much more difficult to get into than UVA. Bowdoin is even tougher to get into (based on acceptance percentage alone) than Northwestern, Duke, and Cornell… my guess is that since it’s as not well-known is automatically ‘easier’ to get into than the more ‘big name’ schools to you?</p>

<p>How the hell is Bowdoin a low match for you? And even N’Western/Georgetown/Cornell are matches almost no one.</p>

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<p>Ugh. I didn’t intend this to be a chances thread. </p>

<p>I’ve done a LOT of research (from basic stuff like mean SAT scores to individual case studies here on CC and elsewhere)…and based on what I’ve seen, I’d give myself <25% chance for HYP (who doesn’t?) 25-50% chance for Duke, Cornell, Nwestern, Georgetown, 50-75% chance for UVA and Bowdoin, and >75% for Wisconsin.</p>

<p>I really don’t feel I’m being unrealistic/overconfident. I think anyone who manages to get deferred and not rejected from Yale has AT LEAST a decent shot at the next tier of schools (Northwestern included). SAT-wise, I’m an outlier (on the high end: 2390 SAT I, 800 x 3 SAT IIs) for the schools that I call matches and my grades are certainly on par. My essays are excellent (writing is a strength of mine). If I do get rejected from these matches, it will be because of my EC’s.</p>

<p>Also: true, Bowdoin’s students are generally stronger than UVa’s students, but for an out-of-Virginia-er, they’re both pretty darn selective.</p>

<p>Oh…and I’m not putting Bowdoin down at all. It’s an amazing school and I would seriously consider going there over the likes of Harvard, Duke, and Cornell. I just have a really good feeling I will get in…maybe it was my great interview or my great essay, or the fact that I am really enthusiastic about the place.</p>

<p>Anyways…vent your anxiety, folks!!!</p>

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<p>I applied to 9 schools (Columbia SEAS, Cornell, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, University of Florida two months late, USC, and University of Texas- Austin) and I haven’t officially heard back from ANY of them, although it has been confirmed that my A&M decision is in the mail. The rest I will probably have to wait until mid to late March for. The suspense is killing me. :(</p>

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<p>I’ve received two of four decisions (Accepted at my safety and one high match) and expect one more within the next few weeks (low match, waiting until April 1 for other high match/reach), but it’s still all sort of at stake for me because I won’t be hearing about financial aid until around April 1 for any of them, and at this point, that’s a major part of the decision (even though it wasn’t supposed to be. Grr…)</p>

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<p>Dude, Yale literally deferred 50% of the SCEA pool. It’s not that amazing haha</p>

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<p>I have applied to more than 11, and many are reaches. I wont hear from any until April, but I know my state school is automatic because they accept ranks 1 & 2 automatically, but I want to go to a LAC.</p>

<p>Since I applied to so many RD, Im almost more worried about FA than acceptance come April!</p>

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<p>I applied to 6 Ivies and 4 Canadian schools. I think I’ll hear from the American schools before I hear back from any Canadian one.</p>

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<p>My daughter was like you last year but without the safety. Around the middle of March the tension started. The good news is that some of the schools will do “early writes” which is also known as a “wink”. These messages tell top students that they really want that they will be getting an acceptance letter when the letters are mailed out.</p>

<p>Now, my daughter didn’t get any of those. The schools that I thought would have sent to her were putting together some really generous merit offers.</p>

<p>Several colleges released the acceptances 10 days or so early. Sorry I can’t remember exactly. She had emails come and these were for all accepted students. Some schools sent emails. I think only a couple were mail only.</p>

<p>Good luck waiting it out!</p>

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<p>Omg me … :(</p>

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<p>Bowdoin is pretty much a reach for anyone, you included.</p>

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<p>I would also disagree that Cornell, Georgetown, and Bowdoin are matches for anyone, although I could see how Northwestern and Duke could be “high matches,” and if you are out-of-state Virginia is not a low match and Wisconsin is not a safety.</p>

<p>All of that aside, it’s mid-February. Most schools do not send out acceptances until early March at the earliest, and the majority find out around mid-March to late April. There’s a reason the decision deadline is May 1. It’s still early yet…calm down, try to think about other things. Work on some of those ECs that you do, spend time with your friends and family, etc.</p>