The sad thread, for those rejected or waitlisted

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I think we need a sad thread, where we can complain and feel sorry for ourselves for not getting into the number one school of our choice. Of course we'll eventually have to pick ourselves up and move on, but until then - it's okay to be upset!</p>

<p>I found out I was waitlisted to my number #1 school. I am making the 5 hour drive out there Tuesday to try and speak to the admissions office, but it was a reach for me anyways and I'm not very optimistic. Sadly, I was dumb and didn't apply to the best match for me (I have to stay in state), James Madison University. I'm going to be stuck going to George Mason, VCU, or ODU for a year until I can hopefully transfer in. ):</p>

<p>Lets here your sad story, complaint, etc!</p>

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<p>You’re going to drive five hours to try to talk your way off the waitlist? Can…you…do that?</p>

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<p>Well, that’ll definitely show initiative if they allow you to even enter the building…</p>

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<p>Yep, I called ahead and scheduled an interview. Thanks for the optimism though. ;)</p>

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<p>Good luck! XD</p>

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<p>good luck. i hope you kill it in the interview!</p>

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<p>Denied to Hunter College.</p>

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<p>Denied to Swarthmore, but I’d rather be going to UNC anyways</p>

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<p>I’ve been wait-listed at three schools and rejected from three schools.</p>

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<p>Bah. I applied to three high reaches and two low reaches/high matches: Stanford, Yale, and Brown (high reaches) + U of Chicago, Pomona College (low reaches). I was rejected from Stanford, and waitlisted at both of my low reaches. I hardly have high hopes for Yale and Brown.</p>

<p>I have UC Berkeley and UCLA, but with library hours being cut, not the best advising for pre-med, low prospects for Medical school, hard time getting the classes wanted, overpopulation, et cetera, a UC sounds so unappealing. I know too many people who seem to be miserable at UC Berkeley, and though UCLA is appealing, it is just a bit too far for me. I also do not like Los Angeles very much, so though UCLA might be the better choice for pre-med (more hospitals + options near by, med school interactions…), I did not want to have to go to LA unless it was for Pomona College. The most opportunities post-graduation are local, and I would rather be in the bay area than LA, but I don’t know if UC Berkeley is for me…</p>

<p>I can only hope for a miracle come this Thursday…</p>

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<p>That fabulous James Madison University waitlisted me =/</p>

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<p>BITTER RANT AHEAD…</p>

<p>I freaking HATE the UC system SO MUCH right now. They go on ahead and accept the same 30-40 4.0+ students from my hs to all the good schools and leave the rest of us to UC Riverside or Merced. In year’s past, kids who didn’t have necessarily the highest GPA found some luck with good UCs like Santa Barbara and Davis, but this year they seem to reject everybody who does not have a perfect gpa and 2000+ SAT.</p>

<p>Why would you accept the same students from my high school to each one of your schools if they can only commit to one? OBVIOUSLY they’re not going to be able to attend all 5 upper-tier UCs they got into, and that’s unfair because it takes away spots from hard-working and diligent students who actually WANT to go to Santa Barbara or Santa Cruz. </p>

<p>California higher education is a joke. And then you have crowded classes, budget cuts, overpriced tuition, and to top it all off, unfair admissions. So glad I’m going out of state for college. California is overrated as HELL.</p>

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<p>^ I’m from CA, and I 100% legitimately did not know there was a UC-Merced until you posted that.</p>

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<p>^I’m not from CA and I knew there was UC-Merced…weird.</p>

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<p>Eh I wouldn’t know. I hate the UC’s. I got rejected from many of them. (UCLA, UC Davis, UCSB)</p>

<p>Who would wanna go to college in Merced?</p>

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<p>^I don’t even know where Merced is or anything about it…I just know the UCs for some reason.</p>

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<p>Merced is in the middle of the California valley. I thought the area to be quite dismal… Cows roaming, treeless plains, wafting cow-manure fume coulds. The campus is kinda nice though! …</p>

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<p>I was pooled by my Cambridge college (Dear Christ’s!) and was only fished by a college I don’t like nearly as much. It’s all female. Ech.</p>

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<p>Rejected at Amherst. I no longer like purple. Sigh.</p>

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<p>hahaha thats the best thing ive ever read in my life! [RE not knowing about merced]
someone did their research teheee</p>

<p>[from San francisco so i can say this]</p>

<p>Im heartbroken. ive been waitlisted at my number 1, pitzer. i cannot even comprehend what to do with myself.</p>

<p>im not going to list my stats but here is my list with appropriate responses:</p>

<p>3/3 states:
sf state [full financial aid covered]
sonoma state [havent checked aid]
cal poly SLO [havent checked aid]</p>

<p>UCs 1/3:
riverside acceptance since summer 2009
LA/ berkeley rejection. LA hurt, wanted it to be my pocket school but the 30% fee increase just aint worth it</p>

<p>Accepted at:
Emerson with scholarship… trying to figure out my aid package
Boston University’</p>

<p>Waitlisted:
University of Chicago
Bates - this sucked, ive known i was going to apply since freshman year
Pitzer</p>

<p>Rejected:
northeastern, claremont mckenna. USC>> NE was unexpected cuz i looked ideal on paper; CMC was expected cuz i did my essay in 4 hour cuz i got behind; i thought id get into USC cuz a lot of ppl i know did last year who had worse stats then me but its too big anyway</p>

<p>waiting to hear from:</p>

<p>puget sound [applied for safety and have incomplete app cuz i didnt send something in so not happeneing there…]
NYU, syracuse</p>