<p>I still can't get over the disappointment of being wait-listed by U-Mich. </p>
<p>Any advice on what I should do? I had a nightmare last night....that i committed suicide becasue all my dreams were shattered....No Michigan = No life.</p>
<p>No i'm not stupid. This is really what i'm feeling like these days...abslolute crap!!</p>
<p>There's still a chance of being taken off the waitlist.</p>
<p>I'm goin to Madison next year if Mich doesn't come through, and even if it does, I'll still probably goto Madison. Where are you gonna go if you don't get into Mich?</p>
<p>Even if you do not get taken off the waitlist, it's not the end of the world. Michigan has nearly 1300 transfers a year (45% acceptance rate). If worst comes to worst and you have to go to your next choice, make sure you take classes that can transfer to UM and get those intro classes out of the way so if and when you do get to UM you'll be taking the really good classes.</p>
<p>I'll be going to Penn State University Park. I got into the Sapphire Program, which is an accelerated business program, so if i apply to michigan as a transfer student i might have good credentials.</p>
<p>I guess it will take a while to sink in...maybe until the time i start going to Penn State in the fall. :(</p>
<p>Keep your head up, I have a feeling they're gonna take a bunch of people off the waitlist.</p>
<p>My d just notified U-Mich that she is rescinding her acceptance. Others will follow. Not everyone decides by May 1. Keep your hopes up, but have a good back-up plan, too.</p>
<p>Don't contemplate offing yourself just because you didn't make it into Michigan dude, that is mad lame. Penn State is a quality college and the business program there isn't bad. If you really want to go to Michigan, work hard and transfer, but don't feel like what college you attend as an undergrad affects what kind of person you are and can be.</p>
<p>thanks for the boost of confidence guys!</p>
<p>I doubt they'll accept many people from the waitlist. My guidance counselor says that I have a very very very small chance of getting in. Besides, i messed up my senior year transcript by taking AP Physics B. I have an A in every single class except Physics, in which I have a C :( I doubt i'll get in as a result of that.</p>
<p>Note to juniors who are planning to apply to Michigan: DO NOT take classes that are too hard for you just for the sake of getting many AP's on your transcript. Stick to accelerated/honors courses and take only the AP classes that you can handle. Michigan looks at your unweighted GPA and AP classes bring that down! (i'm not telling you guys to not take AP's classes in your senior year...only take those classes which you like. I took AP Physics even though i'm not interested in physics...and look where I ended up. Such small things can make a big difference).</p>
<p>OMG i feel even more stupid now. WHY did I take Physics when I wasn't planning to go to Engineering school????!!! I wish there were a time machine and i could go back into the past!!!</p>
<p>Yeah i know that the college I attend won't affect what I can be in the future...but its a confidence-killer that i am not able to get what I worked hard for in school. I mean, I could have gotten into Penn State without taking all these hard AP/honors classes. I could have had a 3.5-3.6 GPA instead of a 3.9 and still be where I am today. In hindsight, all that just feels like a waste of time and effort.</p>
<p>I'm curious as to who's being taken off the waitlist, and when. I looked at last year's admissions statistics from this site, and compared this year's statistics, and couldn't believe the difference. So many kids got in last year. But again, no one has ever really gotten in off the waitlist, although there has been a tiny exception last year. Argh... June is going to go by so slowly, each day is going to be agonizing! I'm supposed to be excited about next year, and already have my plans, but this is messing with my mind!</p>
<p>MightyNick: </p>
<p>Your hard work has not been wasted. Your hard work is actually something you can be proud of. Getting a 3.9 shows your responsibility. Listen, I know kids that get into michigan by the hair on their asses (family connections, great test score/ VERY low Gpa people/legacy) and they don't do well at all. I know people in michigan with 1.5's. They didn't learn the skills needed to survive in the real world in high school.</p>
<p>Maybe if you were a legacy you would have gotten in. Or maybe if you applied earlier. These are all extraneous factors. My point is, the fact that michigan waitlisted you has nothing to do with what kind of person you are. I think that if your bright (obviously you are with a 3.9) and if you work hard, you have the potential to do just as well in life as any Ivy graduate.</p>
<p>Dude if makes you feel any better MightyNick, I was waitlisted at UVA, my dream school! I know that UVA is just a school, and it will always be there. Maybe for grad school? Who knows. A waitlist shows that Michigan wants you, but there isnt enough space. I know that reason is kinda lame, cuz if UVA wants me, why dont they just accept me right? Well the school you go to isnt what defines you. Just remember that everything happens for a reason. I worked extremely hard to get into UVA, but right now it didnt pull through. Maybe UVA wasnt meant for me who knows? Look at the brightside MightNick, if you go to Penn State maybe you will be that cream of the crop and stick out as you obviously can succeed (3.9) which will help you for grad school. At Michigan it will be harder because there are many people like you. Im not saying Penn State doesnt have smart intellectuals, im just saying its not quite as competitive as Michigan. As for me, I am going to Boston University on a good grant, so Im trying to get my mind tuned to Boston! This is my plan: If I fall in love with Boston, i'll stay. If not, I'll transfer to UVA after 1 year. Just remember that where ever you go you will succeed. I am going through the same feeling as you bro, trust me. I mean i did the IB program and all this other stuff, and I dont get what I worked for? It sucks, it does. However, life isnt always fair and we'll both face disappointments throughout our life right? Might as well be able to start and cope with them now. Just enjoy your senior year right now, and think about Umich later.</p>
<p>I got into UMich i'm so happy!!! =]</p>
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Note to juniors who are planning to apply to Michigan: DO NOT take classes that are too hard for you just for the sake of getting many AP's on your transcript. Stick to accelerated/honors courses and take only the AP classes that you can handle. Michigan looks at your unweighted GPA and AP classes bring that down! (i'm not telling you guys to not take AP's classes in your senior year...only take those classes which you like. I took AP Physics even though i'm not interested in physics...and look where I ended up. Such small things can make a big difference).</p>
<p>OMG i feel even more stupid now. WHY did I take Physics when I wasn't planning to go to Engineering school????!!! I wish there were a time machine and i could go back into the past!!!</p>
<p>Yeah i know that the college I attend won't affect what I can be in the future...but its a confidence-killer that i am not able to get what I worked hard for in school. I mean, I could have gotten into Penn State without taking all these hard AP/honors classes. I could have had a 3.5-3.6 GPA instead of a 3.9 and still be where I am today. In hindsight, all that just feels like a waste of time and effort.
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<p>Why couldn't someone tell me this at the end of sophmore year?!?!?!!?WHY?!!?!!?POURQUOI!?!?!?!!</p>
<p>I took precal honors and I got a C, FOR TWO TERMS. I dropped into precal and now I have an A. So given that, AND the fact that I would have spent less time on math and therefore more time on like other classes, I would have gotten 3.7s and 3.8-3.9s instead of 3.3s......goddamn it!!!! BTW I now have a 3.8ish and I'm happy. Stupid physics....it's bringing my grade down....and I'm an intended finance major so I'm totally screwed.....GRRRRR</p>
<p>If I could have a time machine and do Junior Year all over again, I would: </p>
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<li>NOT take precal honors. Instead go into precal and get As...I don't mind math, but the teacher sucked.</li>
<li>NOT take physics. I could have and should have taken AP Bio because I did much better in bio than I did in chem. Plus if there was a word stronger than abhor, I feel a stronger hatred toward science than that word.</li>
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<p>To be honest, I was pretty dejected when I didn't get accepted at my dream school of JHU, but I got over it. I decided that it was fate, and something better was in store. I think I was right, and hopefully you will be taken off the waitlist. If not, make the best you can of your backup school. College is about the experience, not the college itself--trust me, you'll see when you get to college. Hope this helps.</p>
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I got into UMich i'm so happy!!! =]
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<p>Thanks xaiur, you tard.</p>
<p>Kid is pouring his heart out on this thread, and you come in here and rub it in on him.</p>
<p>futurenyustudent picked up on something that will apply to many in college: the teacher can be more important than the class -- a good teacher will get you interested in something you weren't before, but even with good material a bad teacher may make you hate it (and as a result, do badly in it).</p>
<p>I don't get it this year.....so many of my friends that deserved to get in got rejected (3.7's high 2000's) but then so many kids got in with very low stats...(3.4's mediocre sat scores)........I know a lot of my friends are in the same situation/mood as you are</p>
<p><em>CRIES LOUDLY</em> </p>
<p>I'm not getting into Michigan!!! I probably won't get into NYU and so my life is over!!!!! <em>cries a lot</em></p>
<p>i am taken off the waitlist</p>
<p>You mean they accepted you off the waitlist umichfreak?</p>