<p>My parents are mad right now. They paid over 100,000 for a great, highly renowned private school in New England and all I got into were Vanderbilt and the Buisness School at Villnova...I don't even know if they're paying for college they are that ticked off. I got rejected everywhere...and I had good SAT's 2200 and our school has great connections. I have no idea what happened. Even Georgetown rejected me and my counsler said that was my SAFTEY because it was our feeder school.</p>
<p>Is it more important to YOU where you got in, or is it more important to your parents? If it's more important to your parents, in my opinion that is a problem, because you sound like a great student.</p>
<p>If your counselor at your $100,000 private school told you Georgetown was a safety then I would think your parents would be mad - at your school. Where else did you apply? And Vanderbilt is a very good school - what were you hoping for? Where did you get rejected?</p>
<p>I was hoping for Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn, Duke that tier of schools and got rejected from every one. I know that Vanderbilt is a great school, its on the lvl of Gtown, Northwestern, ND, etc. but all I really ever wanted to do was make my parents proud.</p>
<p>Thanks for telling me that im a great student hxzero, I work really hard.</p>
<p>My school does not rank and my GPA is an A-/A so I really was hoping to nab at least one of the very top tier of schools...</p>
<p>SweetLax, I don't know what school you go to, but it could be the same one that my son goes to, it sounds very similar. From what I have heard from him, I think there are a lot of students who are disappointed/surprised by their admission results. I have a feeling that this year may leave the college counselors scratching their heads. IMO, I think it has something to do with the baby "boomlet" (more kids born 1989-1991) and the increasing use of the common app ( more applications sent in by those kids).
Give your parents some time to adjust, just like you, they are probably a little shocked. Believe me, they know how hard you worked, they will get over it.
Focus on your future!!</p>
<p>LOL, im sorry but i have to laugh, your parents spent 100k on your high school education? I dont plan to spend that much in my graduate/undergraduate education- this kind of spending should be outlawed, my public high school is sending about 15 kids to ivies and its free..tell your parents they wasted there money,</p>
<p>Fsu-uf & collegebound, you might be lucky enough to live in a community with a good public school system, not everyone is so fortunate. We decided to make a lot of financial sacrifices for our son to go to a private school because we felt our local school would not be able to provide him a challenging academic environment ( only 3 AP classes available, science classes VERY limited due to no lab space, very crowded classes etc.) I am very jealous when I read about the great public schools that are available to some of the kids on these boards, I only wish that they were available to all students! So, you may be laughing now,but given the condition of our educational system, you may not be when you have kids and it is time to make education choices for them!</p>
<p>wow- but I don't think you are alone in this scenario</p>
<p>a family member of mine put two kids through a similar school w similar price tag..both were very good students with all advantages. They are now at out of state public schools (U VA and U Maryland CP), not Ivy's. I think one was rejected from Vanderbilt, one rejected from Rice..</p>
<p>does make you wonder if it's worth it if a good public school is available. some families are fortunate enough to be able to live where public schools are good.</p>
<p>Ok FSU, and where do you go? I probably wouldn't have gotten into Vandy if not for my private school so its ok. and 15 kids out of 1000? Thats not that great. Dont come in here and laugh when you aren't any better.</p>
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<p>I completely agree with you one that. But, nowadays, colleges factor in the how good the school system is when they are making a decision on an applicant. (i.e a student who excelled even going through a bad school system compared to an excellent student student who has all the opportunities to do well).</p>
<p>It seems as if the only way to get in college these days is to go to a prestigious private/prep school so that colleges will think highly of them. That is true to some extent but that is not always the case.</p>
<p>To sweetlax88: the admissions process can be random. Don't expect an acceptence letter from all the school you applied to just because you scored a 2200 on the SAT and your school has great connections. Be yourself, do want you want to do. Don't try and be something you are not.</p>
<p>My last advice is try to appeal to the schools you were rejected to. You seem like a very nice kid who wants to really do well in college. </p>
<p>lets see, i go to coral gables high school about five mintues away from the campus of the university of miami, and you're incorrect its about 15/730, either way my point is that although i do believe the school affects you're overall performance it all comes down to the individual and how much he is willing to put into his head, thus allowing him to graduate with high grades etc etc. </p>
<p>With that said my point was not to say my school is better than yours it was to say was it really worth your parents spending 100k for you to get into the same schools that people who haven't paid a single dime are getting into also.....</p>
<p>before anyone criticizes me my high school is half public/ half magnet, it has an ib program with strict requirements and many advantages located in an affluent nieghborhood in miami, in accordance with most schools in miami, this is one of the better ones but still it was up to the individual to perform, not how much are you willing TO PAY for me to get you into X,Y,Z.</p>
<p>wITH THAT SAID I WISH PARENTS WOULD REALLY RECONSIDER THE WHOLE PUBLIC VS PRIVATE ISSSUE</p>
<p>^I have the same issue, which is why i'm basically upset at the OP not for wanting to get into a better university but because he feels like he's entitled to it. Although i was accepted into some great schools i can't afford to go to any because my parents are unwilling to budge on anything more than enough money to eat on a daily basis..so state u here i come.</p>
<p>well vanderbilt is an amazing school, so i wouldn't care about where you didn't get in, but that you got into one of the best schools in the nation(with the hottest girls).</p>
<p>nice... UF has the overal better rankings and football but fsu is surprisingly good i hear considering their poor usnews ranking(usnews isn't everything i know bla bla bla)</p>
<p>How is Vanderbilt after undergrad. Can I get a job right away? Thats what I want to do. Get a job, work for a big company a couple of years then get an MBA.</p>
<p>Fsu-uf, how great that you had that wonderful public school to attend, but not everyone is so lucky. I think a lot of parents would, how did you put it,"reconsider the whole public vs private issue" if they had the same great option that you had.
I think that the OP was about being upset about disappointing his/her parents and not so much about feeling "entitled" to being accepted into a "better" university.</p>