<p>For those of us who had out hearts set on 'nova and due to the "extremely competitive nature of admissions this year", were not admitted. Feel free to post /complain/hate 'nova freely on this thread for toying around with our young fragile emotions and causing such distress. For all of those who applied early with the thought that, maybe, just MAYBE they'd have a shot in the dark at getting in. Were then deferred to regular, with the thought that some how, some way they'd one day rejoice with the mailman dreaming about the chance of an acceptance later. For those of us who were flat out REJECTED and also for those added to the waitlist of 457894978 million people, still grasping on to a glimmer of hope that their acceptance letter just got lost in the mail....or simply dreaming that it will arrive one joyous August afternoon while they are preparing to leave for the "second best" school they were forced to settle upon after having their heart broken by villanva university. Again, thank you for your time...and thank you VU for making the college admission process the most miserable eight months of my life, oh and for crushing all of my hopes and dreams for the future.</p>
<p>Maybe you shouldn't have had your "heart set" on just one school!</p>
<p>why not? i visited & applied to 8 other schools, but I couldn't help but feel like it was a perfect match for me...</p>
<p>If you think it's the perfect school for you, then you should try to transfer. Are you at least a little bit happy about the school you are going to?</p>
<p>I totally know what you mean. Villanova was my first choice, and I thought I would get in no problem (they wanted a 3.6 GPA, I had a 4.0, my SATs were higher than they wanted...this was according to the standards they gave us in the summer). Then...wait-listed. I cried my eyes out for 5 straight hours and asked God what I had done to deserve such a horrible fate. Now I don't even care anymore and am going to UMD intending on transferring to UPenn or NYU.</p>
<p>I wish I was excited when I got into UMD, I never had that WOO I GOT INTO COLLEGE moment. I was saving it for villanova.</p>
<p>i TOTALLY feel your pain. i'm going to loyola in maryland</p>
<p>I know how you guys are feeling except it is with a different school. From my name you can probably figure out that I had my heart set on ND. I had above the 75th percentile SAT, had lots of EC's, had a sibling attending the school and then in April found out that I had been rejected. </p>
<p>However, I have had to cope with reality and have decided to make the best of my time elsewhere. If after one year of college I still want to shoot for my dream school I will apply as a transfer, but right now I am going in to college with the expectation of making great friends and being happy even knowing that my dream school turned me down. I suggest you take a similar stance upon your current situation and make the best of your college experience.</p>
<p>NDphish--Where are you going to college? You've posted on the Nova thread. Are you going to Nova?</p>
<p>ATM I am waiting on a waitlist at Columbia but I have enrolled at Villanova.</p>
<p>I will probably be going to Nova though because I don't expect to get off the list at Columbia.</p>
<p>columbia didnt let you know about waitlist yet?</p>
<p>..thats brutal</p>