@CavsFan2003 I’m so excited for their package to arrive lol
Go for the school, not for the loot. You’ll get plenty of stuff over the years from shirts to cups to athletic wear and more.
I’m revisiting Exeter on the 29th. Anyone Else?
@SquashPlayer123 me!
Revisiting on April 2 for St. Mark and 5th for Loomis, anyone?
Is anyone else who got rejected/WL from certain school reapplying?
To those who did reapply did you improve, and how did you change your app?
Lastly, anyone else going to the revisit for Kent?
@aplusryan Sorry, I didn’t apply to Kent. Anyone going to Peddie revisit day? I’m going to the April 2nd revisit day.
@aplusryan personally, I don’t mind rejection - if it is sensible, I would definitely consider reapplying.
On the other hand, many have mentioned WL is just another form of soft rejection - which I have a few. Nevertheless, I still can’t see the wisdom in the Rejection I received.
Applying for 9th grade boarding / SSAT 98% / GPA 4.0 for 7.5 years / all-state musician / all-state athlete / multiple regional/state/national level academics / two arms / one reddish face from anger and confusion… WL me for not being unique. Admit me for being on par with your class profile. Rejection? No, I will not reapply. They failed and their action did not reflect the values they led others to believe in.
Probably best to let it all sink in for now and decide over the summer.
@Heading2HS we had a similar experience. I think it’s a good life lesson, though. It was for my DS. Sometimes being perfect on paper isn’t enough. You aren’t alone in that regard. Only you can decide if it is worth it to try again.
@Heading2HS I understand your frustration but I mean… everyone gets rejected. Perhaps you didn’t fit well with the school. So many reasons beyond the surface level. You shouldn’t expect anything. Nothing against you! I was rejected and waitlisted from many schools. It’s just how the cycle goes.
I am sorry for your rejections, though, and obviously you’ll do great things! Just when you apply to such selective schools, even if you are the “perfect applicant”, there are so many things that come into play.
I am thinking 27th Mar
@Heading2HS Reading your stat, frankly I cannot see the logic (or justice) in the result you received either. Academically, what more can one achieve than GPA 4.0/7.5 years and multiple national level academics? World level? I have heard that boarding fills in many seats with developmental cases (legacy etc) and institutional priorities (how many tuba players they need) as well - both of which are beyond your control. You did what you could with what you had. Yes, life is not fair.
One thing you have to remember is this - nobody knows which path will bring you more satisfaction and reward in the long run.
When I was your age, I wanted to apply to Andover, because I read somewhere that was the best school in America (that book certainly must not have been “Catcher in the rye”). I could not even finish my application, because I realized my parents did not have the money to send me there. So I went to a free local public, where I thrived, while having so much fun at the same time. I spent the best 4 years of my life, and as an added bonus, I ended up being admitted to every college I applied including 4 Ivys, Stanford and MIT. 2 of them offered me a full ride, including room & board, and books. My parents did not have to pay anything for my 8 years of higher learning.
In the college I chose to enroll, I had a first-year roommate from Andover. Very nice guy. Sure, academically he was much better prepared than I was - he knew linear algebra and multivariable calculus. So he started taking more advanced math. Prep school kids usually have head starts at colleges.
But by sophomore years, the gap between public and prep closed to minimal. No matter how well you prepare in prep, college is college - it’s a whole new ball game. Don’t believe anybody who says “My college was actually easier than my prep school, thanks to my prep edu.” Either she is exaggerating or she did not attend a super rigorous college. My Andover friend had some difficulties by junior year, and ended up graduating in 4.5 years rather than 4 with us.
Prep school will prepare you fantastically at top colleges - for the freshman year. It does not take that long for public high kids to catch up - remember, colleges admit only those who can do the work. No matter where you go, it’s up to you. If you go into engineering or STEM, you would be actually surprised at how few are from boarding.
So you don’t know which path would be the best path for you at this stage. Trust your destiny. I can already see – you will be more than fine with your life.
As George Harrison once said, “it’s all in the mind, y’know?” Once you control your mind, you’re in control of everything.
The concept of emotional quotient/EQ is key to success. In a nutshell, it’s the ability to bounceback from anything, to learn from your mistakes, and move onward and upward. With our DCs, I’m trying to give them advanced warning of mistakes that I have made and help them avoid those same mistakes. If I didn’t do that, I would be grossly negligent as a parent.
@Enpassant2019 (great name! must play chess) is right about it really not mattering about which school you go; it’s what you make with that school. With a high EQ, there is no stopping you wherever you may go. After this week’s scandal, I’m far, far more egalitarian in my view about schools (elementary, prep, college, and grad) than I was at the beginning of the week.
The world has so many opportunities, and if you work hard, are honest, and look around to see the opportunities, it really doesn’t matter where you go.
Best of luck, and your future begins right now! (I really do sound like a motivational speaker, so it’s time for me to stop). :-h .
Peace and have a great weekend all!
@mynameiswhatever Thanks mate - yes I love chess. As a side note, there are certain opportunities ONLY OPEN to going public located in big cities. As I look back and think about it (at that time, I did not realize that), a big key to my admission to America’s most selective colleges was not my SAT or grades (at that time, in my ignorance, I thought these were the reason; little did I know every applicant is perfect in these numbers) but what I had to do out of monetary needs and passion: I worked minimum 30 hours per week flipping burgers to prepare funds for college edu (I was ashamed of this and thought totally irrelevant but my English teacher found out by visiting the joint one day and put that in her recommendation!); my storming to the city hall and advocating more edu funding after finding out most of our high school science lab equipments were outdated garbage (my principal told me the city committee decided to increase budget after my speech); my making and distributing term-specific dictionaries to help immigrant kids adjust faster and better. In any big city, if only you look around with open eyes, you will see just so many things are in desperate need of help. Yes, cities are jungles whereas boardings are rarefied zoos. Jungles may well contain opportunities zoos lack - to those who have burning passion in their heart.
@CavsFan2003 You must be so incredibly proud. My DS was waitlisted and its his first choice school. Curious, could you tell me a little bit about you. You are obviously very smart and talented. Thank you and all the best!!!
@momensa Sure! PM me like what you’d like to know about me lol and thank you!
@CavsFan2003 I can not figure out how to pm you. Could you send me a hello to get me started. ?♀️
@momensa you can’t PM yet because you aren’t at 15 posts. Once you’re at 15 posts, you can PM but at the moment, you can only receive PMs and reply to the ones you’ve received.
@ImWaisian Thank you.