<p>Congratulations if you have been accepted! You can find the class of 2018 facebook group link below. Believe me, it's going to be very useful in the near-future!</p>
<p>I got in! So happy about it!</p>
<p>Anyone else? I’m ready to sleep five hours a day for five years.</p>
<p>Still waiting for my admission decision, would love to attend though! 
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<p>Sent from my SGH-I897 using CC</p>
<p>Sleeping for 5 hours a night is an overstatement, Sandy. I wish I could sleep that much!</p>
<p>Oh, it’s so tough. I gotta exercise much more </p>
<p>Hi all! I just got accepted with a 19k scholarship, so happy.
Unfortunately Syracuse isn’t my top choice. I did like my visit there though. Anyone here wanna convince me otherwise?
And how hard is it to get in, exactly?</p>
<p>@bklynNets - If you’re not serious about going to SU you should notify admissions immediately as a courtesy so you can make room for Mysticalkites who is so anxiously awaiting a decision and wants to attend SU so badly.</p>
<p>IMHO, If you need to be convinced a college is good for you then it probably isn’t.</p>
<p>Toptobottom, I’m pretty sure admissions does not work that way. Offers of admission can’t be traded. It’s a different case if someone is on the waitlist. </p>
<p>ByklnNets, ~10-15% are accepted RD. ~20% ED</p>
<p>Yea, I think you have to be put into the wait list first to receive an open spot. They probably won’t fill open spots until May though.</p>
<p>I feel bad, all my condolences to Mystical Kites… but I may be easily waitlisted or rejected at my higher choice schools, USC, CMU, Cornell, and Cooper Union so I’m in a similar boat, anxiously waiting. The architecture school at Syracuse is more than impressive and I would be more than happy to go there. I wouldn’t say I’m not serious about it…it’s one of the best in the country. It’s just the location and the rest of the university I’m not so familiar with as opposed to other schools.</p>
<p>If I get accepted at those other schools I’d notify SU of course. I’d love to go but I’m still waiting for the right time to make a decision…</p>
<p>@XCcoasterfreak - I know it doesn’t really work that way until after the 5/1 apocalypse when the waitlisters get their shot. I posted it more in jest to humor Mysticalkites which is eagerly waiting for acceptance after not hearing in the 1st round.</p>
<p>@bklynNets - I feel for your dilemma all the same. It is probably good practice to notify those schools that you will not be attending as early as possible.</p>
<p>This whole process is mind-wrenching and much of the reason why many students such as yourself don’t see initial acceptances. The ease of online application has created a monster of uncertainties. Prospective students can apply to 20 schools if they so choose but can only attend 1. Over-applying is an epidemic which creates negative results for those who may have been accepted vs. waitlisted. Schools aren’t doing anything to change this because it’s a cash cow. Example: SU’s approximate 22,000 (apps) X $70 = $1,540,000</p>
<p>Good luck this Friday to those who really want to ‘Go Orange!’</p>
<p>I will be most likely attending SU now. Has anyone else gotten in?</p>
<p>How many people are usually accepted?</p>
<p>Accepted to architecture with a 18k scholarship!
I also got the Chancellor’s Scholarship!! so happy!!!</p>
<p>I also got accepted to USC and Pratt. Which one should i choose? :-/ :-/ </p>
<p>I have been waitlisted as my decision. Does anybody have any information regarding if they rank the waitlist or if there is anything I can do to increase my chances of being accepted?</p>
<p>A lot may have to do with the particular Major/College you are applying to, but I told my torn waitlist D (2 yrs ago - applying for Architecture) to write a letter on why she so desires to attend Syracuse and how good of a fit she would be for the school. She spoke of her excitement to join clubs and to overall promote SU with pride while attending there and her longing to eventually be a proud Alumni. SU is big on devotion if you are truly sincere about attending there. </p>
<p>There’s some hope in waitlist status if you take it to the next level to let admissions know you are still extremely interested in being a student of this prize University. Admissions considers prospective students not only by a SAT score or GPA. However, in your correspondence you should also include your current half year grade status to prove you are trying your hardest and to update any additional extra-curricula’s to show that you haven’t become a couch potato after your applications got sent. My D started a Mountain Bike Club in our town (small rural town). It didn’t have to be a successful idea right away, but she felt this was a void in our area for residents of any age to get together and do something healthy instead of sitting around the house. She had the Town Clerk advertise it in the Town Newsletter. This became one of the things she conveyed as one of her most recent achievements. Don’t worry, you have time to do this so get an extra-curricular in still - something outstanding of notice - and then submit your whole update package right after Easter. Don’t do it now because Admissions is still overwhelmed with finalizing applications. I told my D to hold off so her correspondence was fresh in their minds. Don’t rush this - it’s your last important shot at getting accepted of the waitlist if you still really want to go there. Those who give up right away are less likely to be a part of the small percentage that ARE accepted from the waitlist. It’s almost as if Colleges/Universities looks to see who will not go down without a fight. Calling them and asking them to change their mind is pointless in my mind and I’m pretty sure would go on deaf ear. Show them you put some time into your plea for consideration.</p>
<p>Sadly, we had to commit to her 2nd choice school and sent $500.00 (non-refundable deposit) for the May 1st deadline. Fast forward > On May 3rd ( 2 days after commitment deadline), D received a phone call directly from an SU Admissions representative that she was accepted and her MySlice account would be updated to enter a response. As we were never 100% sure, we still to this day believe it was her communication of desire that helped tip the scale to help her become a proud SU student finishing her 2nd semester as a Sophomore. She absolutely loves attending there and feels she is getting an outstanding education. </p>
<p>One more thing to mention that had us worried upon accepting, we still were on the edge of hope to see what FinAid would be because it might not have been affordable to us. It took them just over a week (felt like a lifetime), but she received an extremely generous FinAid package even as a waitlisted applicant.</p>
<p>Now’s the time to stop sulking and pick up the pieces to put your update achievement package together. Send it BY MAIL - YES - BY MAIL to the Assistant Admissions Director, whoever that is at the bottom of your formally mailed waitlist letter.</p>
<p>Good luck,</p>
<p>SU RULES! GO ORANGE!</p>