<p>kdog044: Yeah, I can understand that. It doesn’t help that money’s tight for almost everyone right now.</p>
<p>That’s great that he did get into Northwestern, by the way. :)</p>
<p>fireandrain: Thank you. It’s very reassuring. I am getting ahead of myself, but college is really exciting to think about. </p>
<p>As for my friend, she’s going to re-apply to Brown and Yale as a transfer student. If she still doesn’t get in, she’ll study abroad in China. </p>
<p>I definitely will read the book if I can find it. It sounds pretty interesting. </p>
<p>I would like to attend Summer @ Brown in 2012. I think it’s too late for me to submit the application to go this summer and I definitely wouldn’t get a scholarship. I know that even if I applied in January, it would be tough to get one. They really are hard to come by.</p>
<p>Your friend’s list was just unreasonable. I was rejected from Brown and waitlisted at Yale this year–but accepted at Harvard, Princeton, UChicago, and several other great schools. And I would have told you Yale and Brown were the best “fits” for me, which I thought might increase my chances there. It’s a strange process, and applying to more than three colleges is absolutely necessary unless you can lock down a great option early.</p>
<p>Try interlibrary loan to get the book.</p>
<p>glassesarechic: Congratulations on all of your acceptances!</p>
<p>I guess it depends on the applicant pool and what the university is looking for. </p>
<p>My friend’s rejection really gave me a reality check. The level of the competition is crazy. </p>
<p>It’s strange for me to hear about all these schools who have at least 5 kids go to HYPS etc. No one from my school has ever gotten accepted into anything other than the state university. Maybe it’s the size of my school, but right now, my school and town are pretty much a joke because of what has happened in the last 9 months or so. I know that the bigger colleges don’t care, but it has affected everyone and it’s caused the quality of our education to decrease. </p>
<p>I guess I just have to make the most of it.</p>
<p>By the way, have you decided which university you’ll be attending? I hope you get into Yale, though. :)</p>