<p>I feel like barfing as well. I've been ranting the whole night, but this just seems to be a widespread phenomenon. I've never seen such exceptioanl people getting rejected from such an abundance of schools. I'm at a loss. </p>
<p>I don't know; I thought perhaps there was logic to college admissions, but I'm convinced there's not. This year, our class's biggest drunk got accepted into Yale. He was in my Calculus class, and for every single test that we took, he had a cheat sheet taped to the cover of his calculator. And now, he's going to Yale. OH...MY....GOD!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>It seems that more people are realizing the importance of higher education, and not simply any higher education. Everyone is scrambling for selective schools to compete in the increasingly harsh world we live in. </p>
<p>Still, though, it would be nice if we could be given a chance. I'm just so tired of being dissapointed, of holding on to hope and being crushed when your dreams collapse around you. </p>
<p>I'm tired of working hard and getting nothing in return. I'm tired of seeing people who didin't put in 1/4th of the effort I put in get into their first choice schools. I'm tired of disappointing my parents, and mostly myself.</p>
<p>Sersiously? Please don't tell me that you're going to argue it's my fault I wasn't admitted to an Ivy because I wasn't ingenious enough to have a cheat sheet myself. </p>
<p>I guess I could have cheated, but then I'd feel like a piece of s**t for the rest of my life. Sorry if you think that's naive.</p>
<p>i think many of you misunderstood the point i was trying to make. I truly understand the pain that many of you felt of getting rejected. The same happend to my brothers and close friends at even some local colleges. And I did not even mention that Penn was bad. To tell you the truth, I would have an extremely tough time choosing between Penn or even Harvard. Both are great schools. The point I was trying to make is that getting rejection upon rejection just kills you but I do understand that I am one of the extremely lucky ones. I just hope those that have had misfortune can turn it around and work hard in college so that they can prove their doubters wrong and possibly get into a good grad school or place themselves in the right career. I hope nobody took this as some arrogant post to look down upon those that were not as fortunate as me but rather as a commiseration for I to have experienced it with me but also with close friends as well. They have gone through the same situation that many of you have gone through.</p>
<p>And I totally agree that college admissions have gotten out of hand as commented by the above posters but we cannot take fault away from ourselves. We put ourselves in this place, myself included, by applying to around 10-15 schools that not only increases competition but decreases acceptance rate. It is not a phenomena but rather curse of our natural instinctal desire to be the best.</p>
<p>I got waitlisted by three schools, two of which were my top choices, and rejected by one I didn't really give a damn about. Getting waitlisted hurts knowing I was good, but not good enough.
I truely hope the best for all of you and wish you all luck in all of your endeavors.</p>
<p>I agree that US NEws has caused mass chaos in college admissions. People don't apply for their likes anymore. Rather, prestige and the ability to say "I got into the top 20 schools" has overcome many students. This is ridiculous. I bet many who appleid to Penn were not even frenzied about it as I was.</p>
<p>I was stressed about PENN. My parents sat on me to apply. They seemed to believe that they knew me better than I knew myself. Maybe at one time that would have been true....but not now.</p>
<p>I really wanted to go to a particular LAC, which was a match/safety and got waitlisted. The part that was interesting is that I got into some reaches and most of my matches. I'm still slightly disappointed in my admissions pattern, but I also know that the schools that I applied to (excluding some of my parents choices) I'd be very happy about attending. After a quick food fest, I all good.</p>
<p>ISleBoy, I dont really understand what you're trying to say agianst me. I said that US News' ranking has made peopel apply without any passion. You are an example considering that you didnt care, but your parents did.</p>
<p>Not saying anything against you...I agree. Just showing how an overreliance on rankings can add pressure to applying to college that is out of proportion to the situation.</p>
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P.S. A random thought. The theory that if you get a letter in the mail from the Fin Aid department asking to you to complete your Fin Aid application is true. I didnt get a single one in the mail except from Penn and they accepted me.
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<p>Not neccessarily. I got one such from JHU and they waitlisted me. I also didn't get one from Northwestern and they accepted me.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry!
My take, college admissions are all games anyways. Honestly, Penn = super super hot and so does Berkeley!
Either would be sweet and fun all at the same time!
My vote... not sure. Penn is Ivy, and they throw toast on the field at football games. lol. I know, that is pretty cool.</p>
<p>I agree with sexy. College admission seems more like a game than anything else...you just won't know what will happen next. It's a game that screws with your emotions and your confidence though. I agree that the college admission process owned the HS Class of 2006...</p>