<p>So many of people here are in the same situation! Several rejections and only Amherst left. It seems like there the admission process is absolutely random. So sad.</p>
<p>Sending all of you warm thoughts. My D is also waiting to hear from Amherst and it is her first choice as well. Good luck tomorrow!</p>
<p>Well. I won’t cling to the idea. I’m just getting myself excited (read: less depressed) about attending my safety so that if I don’t get in on Friday, I won’t feel like my last hope has been extinguished, and if I do get in, it’ll be a pleasant surprise!</p>
<p>when exactly is late in the day? 5 pm ?</p>
<p>I’m really really hoping to get in but I don’t have too much hope. Rejected from two of my other top choice schools (Pomona and Duke) and rejected from my other reaches (Yale, Brown, and Stanford). I got waitlisted at Swarthmore, Tufts, and Claremont McKenna too. At least I got into one of my top choices (WashU) which, if I don’t get into Amherst, I will be thrilled to go to. Good luck to everyone!</p>
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<p>Sounds about right.</p>
<p>I honestly can’t say I really care if I get in or not at this point.</p>
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<p>You could say this about EVERY Ivy school. Every Ivy has huge numbers. Why pick on Brown in particular? Indeed, if Brown has a low acceptance rate (due to “huge numbers”) it may in fact reflect a relatively decent yield (54% or so last year <a href=“Office of Institutional Research | Brown University”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University). This is lower than HYPSM (generally 60’s - 70’s+), but not abysmal. More importantly, if Brown has a really low yield (proving in effect that it is a safety school for other Ivies), Brown would have to necessarily increase its admissions rate, thus blowing its current single digit admissions figure and thus making it seem easier to get into (like the 12% for Duke and 15 for Vandy, Williams, and Swarthmore, for example). Essentially, being able to cover one’s Freshman class requirements with a single digit admissions rate is impressive, however you cut it.</p>
<p>Wow. I am on the same boat. Deferred from Brown and denied yesterday. And now waiting for Amherst. You guys are all smart people, I guess I am not going to have a chance of getting in Amherst since it’s an extremely selective college, too. Good luck!</p>
<p>We really are just peas in a pod in this thread. I am also a northeasterner who received six rejections yesterday, one of which was from Brown, the school of my dreams. I was crushed, and I still am, now having to choose between very limited options, neither of which I can say I am completely pleased with. I’m praying for a positive response from Amherst, my second choice school, tomorrow, but it’s hard to hold out too much hope. I’m not going to stop dreaming though, and neither should any of you guys. Good luck to you all tomorrow.</p>
<p>My heart goes out to all of you. I really think that the application process has become hideous and cruel. I think that colleges should be MUCH more transparent about what they’re looking for. In general, I’m sure there’s some kind of checklist that admissions officers use. They should share some of that information and save everyone some money and emotional distress.</p>
<p>Just looked at Amherst site and it says that the online reservation form for the admitted students open house will available at 4P…maybe decisions then?</p>
<p>I think it will be 5 pm or later–after the admissions office is closed for the day!</p>
<p>Hey, me too!
I applied to 11 schools, have been rejected/WLed at 9 so far, and accepted at NYU.
I’m so glad NYU saw something in my application that no one else did, and I’m very grateful to them/excited I’m going to a college I liked. But it’s so tough to get rejected and waitlisted from all these schools. I’ve felt physically ill the last few days. </p>
<p>It’s over tonight. :)</p>
<p>Does everyone feel the same way?:</p>
<p>Last year, people told us the college process didn’t make sense. I was like ehh sure.
Now I realize it ACTUALLY DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.</p>
<p>I’m a Dad and this is my first post, although I’ve been lurking here for a while. Just wanted to write and say this thread is oddly comforting to me. The college application experience has proven to be truly a nightmare, for our family. My son has had 8 rejections and 2 acceptances - both at safety schools that we never ever thought we’d have to actually consider. Amherst will be the last kick in the backside. The strange thing is that all of the schools my son applied to were in what we were led to believe was right in his ballpark in terms of scores. </p>
<p>If we had known how this was going to turn out, we’d have aimed lower, that’s for sure. I’m sure a lot of second and third tier schools will be happy recipients of your disappointments - not that I expect that to make any of you happy… It doesn’t do much for me! Good luck everyone…</p>
<p>Decisions are out, my D just got an acceptance email.
Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>I assume this is where our stats go…</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
800 CR/800 W/760 M (I got a nosebleed and had only 5 minutes for a whole section =( )
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted):
World History 800
US History 780
Math II 800
Math I 790
Bio E 730
Chem 740
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/430
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), English Composition (5)[/li]Will take Calc BC, Physics, Spanish, and Psych</p>
<p>[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Spanish/AP Psych/AP Calc BC/AP Physics B/H. Global Studies/H. English 12
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): as of now NMSF, a lot of random state awards</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Varsity Math Team (Captain)
Town Crier school newsletter (Editor)
National Spanish Honors Society (VP)
Model UN
MSA
Published book reviewer for international website
Researched at Cleveland Clinic
Various other activities (ie Kenpo and Kung Fu Karate)</p>
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
~500 hours in total at a hospital, tutoring, at the library
[<em>] Essays: I procrastinated and wrote them last minute but I thought they turned out well
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing I think, they both love me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Likely very good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Research mentor who taught at Harvard and Oxford, he said it was really good
[li] Interview: Didn’t get one</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Technically I’m an international b/c no green card yet. India
[<em>] School Type: Big Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k - 200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/li]Research but hasn’t been published (yet) so doesn’t count</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, possibly essays because I procrastinated
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no interview, bad luck, this is by far the toughest year I’ve seen…[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>So that makes:</p>
<p>Harvard waitlisted
Wesleyan waitlisted
Brown waitlisted
Amherst waitlisted</p>
<p>Yale denied
Princeton denied
UPenn denied
Swarthmore denied
Williams denied
Tufts denied</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> honestly what do you have to do nowadays? I have 500 hours of community service, am about to publish my research in an international medical journal, was valedictorian this year, and got a 2360 on the sats (missed ONE question on math because I got a nosebleed).</p>
<p>I feel like I gave my best and it just wasn’t enough. Anyone who got in want to explain the mystical prayer that did it haha, or whether I just wasn’t actually good enough? Sorry if I come cross as a bit of a (idk the word) prick but this has possibly been the most disappointing week of my life… I only got into 2 non-safeties, and neither of those is giving any financial aid.</p>
<p>Amherst was a school I really poured my heart into, so this is a crushing blow. I’ll accept my place on the waitlist but they only take 21 kids a year from a pool of 500</p>
<p>I feel the same…well, no, because I didn’t even get any waitlists. And my safety didn’t even give me much merit aid, when it seemed to give everybody else a ton.</p>
<p>Well that’s depressing. Final college search results</p>
<p>In:
USC (no money though)
University of Washington (safety :/)
Whitman (no money qq)</p>
<p>Reject:
Duke
Rice
Amherst</p>
<p>Waitlist:
Carleton
Haverford
Bowdoin
Vanderbilt
Pomona (the painful one)</p>
<p>This process makes no sense, and I’m extremely disappointed and disillusioned with my hard work. Going to look into safety school now</p>
<p>I guess the thing to take heart in is that its really what you make of your degree, not where you got it from. After all, you learn the same things everywhere. Aahh who am I kidding haha, if only we could look at everything rationally. My love for Amherst was not rational, it was emotive, and therefore this disappointment can’t be argued way.</p>
<p>Anyone who got in want to post stats?</p>