<p>^^^no sympathy for you johnny. Not even ONE safety? that was a pretty dumb move for someone applying to top schools...</p>
<p>Haha I know, my reasoning was that even if I did only get into my safety, I wouldn't want to go there, so what's the point?</p>
<p>I hear ya, Johnny. I have a friend who thinks exactly the way you did--she applied to only three schools and got rejected by all. She's got into the National University of Singapore, though, so now she's set.</p>
<p>I applied to a lot of schools--primarily because I'm an international asking for aid and that just makes everything a lot harder--and I got into two, waitlisted at five and rejected by three. And one of the schools I got into--NYU--hardly counts because they gave me NO aid.</p>
<p>While it's true that safeties are the least place you'd want to attend on your entire list, they can actually really turn things around. My only safety gave me an EXCELLENT merit scholarship, and by now I've totally fallen in love with the school. I couldn't picture myself studying there earlier--but now I'm incredibly attached to it and can't imagine myself elsewhere. You just need an open mind and an attitude to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. I'm seriously in love with my current school. Give Vanderbilt a chance. You won't regret it.</p>
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<p>Same for me. I really wanted to go to NYU. I thought New York would have been exciting, but like most people, NYU didn't give me enough aid. I'm really disappointed I didn't even get to visit, but at the same time I'm not that sad. When I went to Boston U's orientation, it was a lot of fun and it seems like the kind of place where you can make friends easily and there's always something to do. Getting off the waitlist would sure be something, though.</p>
<p>@Johnny: I only applied to one safety and I was a shoo-in. It may sound arrogant, but the acceptance rate was 89%. I applied to the University of Dallas and they gave me a <em>very</em> nice scholarship. I wasn't going to have to pay a single cent or take out a single loan. Still, I guess I was looking for something more exciting. Don't look down on a school just because it was your last choice, though. It's better than not going to school and for me, it would have been better than a community college. It wasn't a bad school either, though I didn't like how small the class size was. They have a lot of graduates working at the white house too. I think they said they're only second to Harvard at the number of graduates in the white house.</p>
<p>haha ya andromeda, same here international + need financial aid...lots of it</p>
<p>it's cool johnny, I beat you out on the # of colleges applied..19 8) oh ya, proud of myself that I acutally finished all 19. Got into everywhere except for Harvard/Princeton and Columbia -_-</p>
<p>That's really impressive tealover. ^<em>^ I got rejected from Stanford and Yale. -</em>- Oh no wait, it was three I got rejected form. USC too.</p>
<p>Nickel Xenon- I live in Boston and I have to say you absolutely made the right choice. Even with a huge amount of northern snobbery around here, amplified by the fact that half the people you run into under the age of 30 seem to be studying at Harvard or MIT, absolutely no one looks down on BU, and know that it is a GREAT place. Boston is the greatest city on earth, well maybe in America, I love Geneva, Paris and London...Anyway, you will have a great time. I am more excited for Vandy then I let on, I'm just worried about the fact that its not considered a target in terms of the top banks and consulting groups, and very few come recruiting on campus. Also, it has a huge frat scene, which is not exactly what I'm looking for, but maybe things will change...</p>
<p>I really liked Boston too. I'd never been there before, but it was awesome. I liked it more than Los Angeles and I lived there for eight years. ^_^ BU seemed like it was a ton of fun and like there was always someone to rely on.</p>
<p>So then I'm assuming Monday, the 30th is the day of judgement. I'm now feeling as pessimistic as you all...My Dad says he's positive no one is getting in and that they are just going to terminate the wait list, not that he's involved in anyway, but I mean he was as hopeful as I was, since he's an alumn, so if he's lost hope so have I. This sucks.</p>
<p>"I'm just worried about the fact that its not considered a target in terms of the top banks and consulting groups, and very few come recruiting on campus"</p>
<p>Johnny, I wouldn't worry about this too much. While the bulge bracket banks and top consulting firms have formal recruiting programs at Columbia and the like (actually, Columbia isn't as popular as some of the other ivies--BCG doesnt recruit there!), that doesn't mean you can't apply. If you have strong credentials, you will get interviewed. There is a general opinion that Wall Street likes the Ivy leaguers--which is true--but that in no way eliminates the rest of the very talented student population that isn't in the Ivy League.</p>
<p>My advice: get good grades, prepare for your interviews, and apply wherever you want. If you have an alum or family connection, that helps hugely.</p>
<p>I just looked at BCG's website and it seems they do recruit there but that's besides the point. If I submit my application they way everyone else from a non-target does via internet or mail, I will just be in the general pool of 50,000 applicants for a couple hundred spots and will be quickly discarded. Either place I end up, I'm going for at least a 3.8 GPA but I feel that the added bonus from being at a target like Columbia is invaluable.</p>
<p>They hire students from Columbia, but they don't come to the career center like McK and Bain do, for example. They may have changed their policies though, but they didn't come to campus last year for the undergrads.
As always, it helps to build relationships with HR or an alum from Vanderbilt (I'm pretty sure I met one or two at GS somewhere else during recruiting season)--so they do exist, and I'm sure Vanderbilt has a career center through which you can reach out to them.</p>
<p>omg they just took me off the waitlist!!</p>
<p>You're kidding right?</p>
<p>Omg quag_mire congratulations but now I'm freaking out even more, I just checked my email and I have nothing!!!</p>
<p>lol, i was jk...no need to freak out. I just wanted to see the reaction of other waitlistees lol</p>
<p>Omg you are a horrible person quagmire, even more f'ed up than the family guy character (who at least is funny). I am at my internship and Fidelity doesn't let us check personal email so I am panicking, I woke my mother up from a nap by calling the house 35234 times, she ran downstairs to check the mail, and would you believe it, there was a thin envelope from Columbia. Of course she was devastated for me until she realized it was an alumn letter addressed to my dad but either way, you got everyone worked up, thanks a lot.</p>
<p>i don't think we should expect to hear anything from them until mid-July, johnny</p>
<p>giggity giggity giggity goo......heh heh, allriight</p>
<p>on a more serious note, how does Fidelity allow you to be on CC and forbid you from checking personal email??</p>
<p>Cause I'm a mack. I don't know, I spend most of the day on CC or wallstreetoasis haha its educational.</p>