The Official Williams 2014 Rejected Club

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<p>Congrats to all who made it in this year, but if you clicked on this thread that clearly wasn't you. Nope, this is the place for all the poor souls who just didn't quite make it, for whatever reason.</p>

<p>Mope, rant, grieve, do what you will, but there's no reason not to let it all out at this point.</p>

<p>I don't have any real specific complaints myself, though of course I wish I'd gotten in, but for those who do I thought we should at least keep them in one place and out of the way of the others. ;)</p>

<p>So fellow rejected, let's all be declined together!</p>

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<p>Yeah :slight_smile: I saw the decision and then had that sinking feeling in my stomach. Now I’m okay and waiting for the rest of my schools.</p>

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<p>Waitlisted, but not accepting a place on the list.</p>

<p>= Rejection :/</p>

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<p>waitlisted! i got this letter:</p>

<p>Dear Paul,
We are impressed by your achievements, but you are simply too gangsta for admission to Williams College. However, we’re going to put you on this waiting list so you don’t glock us all.
Sincerely,
The Williams Admissions Staff
P.S. We are intimidated by yo swag.</p>

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<p>I was rejected all together… :(</p>

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<p>Rejected too.</p>

<p>Except I’m actually way more okay with it than I thought I would be…now to tell my parents…:/</p>

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<p>rejectedd :frowning:
I saw it coming anyways</p>

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<p>baaaaam i have just been rejected too. Only Brown and Cornell left …</p>

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<p>Since we have started this thread anyway, we might as well go the entire way and list where we’ve been accepted or rejected from. I’ve been rejected from Amherst, Williams, Chicago, Smith, MIT and waitlisted by Bryn Mawr. And I’m an international student applying for Aid.</p>

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<p>i am an international student applying for Aid and have been rejected from Williams, UChicago and Brandeis. Brown and Cornell left …</p>

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<p>I was rejected from MIT and Williams, and I’m expecting Princeton too.</p>

<p>I was accepted to Northeastern, Northwestern, and Tulane. And I’m pretty sure I’m going to Tulane, I got amazing aid from them.</p>

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<p>International student applying for FA. Rejected by Amherst, Williams and Vassar. <em>sigh</em></p>

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<p>oxy, there is a big difference between Tulane and Northwestern academically</p>

<p>is that financial aid difference that significant?</p>

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<p>Accepted: Caltech, Northwestern, WashU, Amherst, Wesleyan, Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Rejected: MIT, Stanford, Williams (odd combination, right?)</p>

<p>Waitlisted: Georgetown</p>

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<p>Anthem, so you are going to attend Caltech or Amherst?</p>

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<p>JohnAdams - since Northwestern is one of those schools that feels their athletes deserve a free education but refuses to award academic scholarships to even the best students, it isn’t surprising that many academically very talented students don’t think NU is worth $150,000+ more over a 4 year span than Tulane or many other schools. NU is a great school, and they certainly are more selective than Tulane (about a 150 point average SAT difference, although I suspect that gap will narrow some this year). But there is virtually no difference in the quality of the students that are in Tulane’s Honors Program (the top 10% or so of the incoming class) and students at Northwestern, Chicago, WUSTL, and the like. I don’t know about you, but if it were me I would love to have my parents save that extra money for me to use after graduation, whether it is for grad/professional school, or a downpayment on a house.</p>

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<p>NW
Test Score Ranges (Mid 50%)
Test Name High Low Avg.
ACT Combined 33 30 31
SAT Combined 2285 2030 2158
~ $50k per year (including room and board)</p>

<p>TU
Test Score Ranges (Mid 50%)
Test Name High Low Avg.
ACT Combined 31 28 29
SAT Combined 2090 1850 1970
~ $50k per year (including room and board)</p>

<p>So while there’s a difference between the two, if someone were comparing no aid at NW to 80% coverage at TU, I don’t know that the difference is significant enough to be worth $160k. If we were talking about HYPS vs TU, it becomes more obvious. FYI ,I am biased as I took a full ride to TU a decade or so ago. TU has helped my career as much as any other school (save a few) would have.</p>

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<p>I’m most likely going to Caltech, but we’ll see if Harvard/Yale/Princeton gives me a chance.</p>

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<p>To be fair, I wasn’t rejected by Williams; I was waitlisted. BUT I won’t be taking a place on the waitlist - I like Williams a lot, but I like my other options as well, so I’m not going to switch after May 1st once I committed.</p>

<p>Williams, I really liked you, but I guess it just wasn’t meant to be…</p>

<p>FYI - in terms of where rejected/accepted/etc…I won’t go into full detail, but I was accepted at Carleton (heavily leaning towards), Northwestern, UVa, UNC Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt, and Hamilton; waitlisted by Amherst and Williams; waiting on my double Ivy League rejection tomorrow (haha).</p>

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<p>JohnAdams12: I think fallenchemist and Benetode covered it (thank you!). I didn’t see a big difference academically, especially because I am in the honors program at Tulane. I also want a new experience in college. NW is an hour and a half away from my house and lots of people from my school go there. Tulane is about 17 hours away and I know absolutely no one going there and not much about it, except that I really loved my visit there. I haven’t seen my aid from NW yet, but unless NW offers me a full ride or close to it, I don’t think I’m going there. Tulane’s aid for me is amazing (and makes the school affordable), and I don’t feel like I’d be taking a step down in any way by going to Tulane instead of Northwestern.</p>