<p>exactly, pch. </p>
<p>fwiw, if your stats are amazing (2300, top 5% of class) GW would expect you to go through the extra effort and apply to the honors program. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY KEY. if you don’t apply to honors, tell them your other choices are harvard and princeton, and turn in a fairly general regular decision application, of course you are going to get waitlisted/rejected.</p>
<p>I’m not particularly directing this at you, shotstop, but to everyone. This is a tip to any prospies reading this thread lol. Yes, visits and interview can show interest, but they mean nothing if you don’t apply what you’ve learned from them. I remember I put down something on my essay that was mentioned during one of my visits. And the funny thing is, I left after 30min! But by showing that I still took something away from it and used that as one of my reasons for applying to GW really showed good interest. At least that’s what I think because I was accepted. And I was an average applicant with mediocre ECs.</p>
<p>I don’t know… I got into Michigan and also got into GW. For me, I considered it a safety and never visited/interviewed. I just think that GW thought I was a good fit since I have a strong interest in politics. I mean, I didn’t get into honors and didn’t receive a scholarship which is a surprise because people with lower stats did, but it’s whatever.</p>
<p>Unless I hate Mich and don’t get into any other of my top choices, I doubt that I’ll go to GW. It’s way too expensive for me.</p>
<p>I feel as if you guys are just trying to find dumb reasons for not being accepted just to make yourselves feel better because you are apparently “over-qualified”. I understand that you all have amazing SAT scores and a great GPA, but that isn’t all. They look at the person as a whole, seeing if they are well-rounded, wrote good essays, had good extra curriculars, and so on. You guys make it seem as if everyone else that was accepted isn’t as good. It just wasn’t in the path for you to go to this school, so let’s just move on and congratulate those that did get in.</p>
<p>@soccer i’d be heading to ann arbor too. paying sticker is nuts.</p>
<p>They usually give merit aid to minorities because they want to make their student body more diverse. Can be a good and bad thing I guess. :/</p>
<p>I really don’t think it’s true. I just got in with a 4.3 and a 2280, I didn’t apply to the honors program, and I listed that I applied to Georgetown and Tufts on my app (international relations).</p>
<p>The difference might have been that I put a lot of thought into my Why GW essay and talked about the school itself, and not just DC, as others may have done. </p>
<p>I’m very happy, as GW is my top choice. My condolences to anyone who didn’t get in who was actually interested, but don’t immediately dismiss it as a case of Tufts Syndrome.</p>
<p>As far back as 2008, it was realized on CC that Tufts Syndrome existed at GW (several references to GW in this thread):</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/480961-colleges-tufts-syndrome.html#post5633005[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/480961-colleges-tufts-syndrome.html#post5633005</a></p>
<p>Also:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/480534-george-washington-u-acceptances-rejections.html?highlight=tufts+syndrome+washington[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/480534-george-washington-u-acceptances-rejections.html?highlight=tufts+syndrome+washington</a></p>
<p>I did not mean to offend anyone either and send my congratulations to all those who were accepted!! GW is a fantastic school and I am still hoping that I will have a chance by remaining on the wait list (as GW was/is a top choice)!!</p>
<p>Admissions staff have a tough job to do in making decisions and although we may not understand their rationale, they do a great job at selecting a well-qualified, motivated class. GW’s reputation is great and continues to improve!!!</p>
<p>Best of luck to all who remain on the wait list and congrats again to all accepted students!</p>
<p>My D has 35 ACT, 2340 SAT, good recs, awards, good, not great ECs and got in to Wash U and William & Mary (so far) but waitlisted at GW (and Northwestern) She’s letting it bother her. I did come here looking for reasons to feel better about it! She is interested in International Relations and I figure that field is over-full at GW (and maybe everywhere!). </p>
<p>She applied to a range of schools including Ivies and wouldn’t have hidden anything, so they must know. Visited once, no interview, no other demonstrated interest. I guess they made the right decision because she wasn’t very likely to got to GW (unless she got good merit aid). It’s time to let it go and move on, isn’t it? Sigh.</p>
<p>another thing with GW is the Why GW essay.
that can make/break your app and it’s basically your chance to show them that you’re more than your good (or not so good) grades and that you really love GW. </p>
<p>you need to make sure that you get the point across to them that you REALLY want to go to GW.</p>
<p>To hdb123:</p>
<p>Please tell your daughter not to worry. My daughter got into GW but was rejected (not even waitlisted) at a school that should have been a safety for her. We were stunned. As we understand it, however, the reason was based on the demographics at the college (too many applicants with similar backgrounds). Several days later, she received the acceptance from GW, which was a goal school for her, and which she preferred anyway. Your daughter may be disappointed now, but she should know that the reasons she did not get in may well have absolutely nothing to do with her as a person or applicant, just with the numbers. Further, as we found out, there may well be something more suited to her waiting for her around the corner. Everything happens for a reason. Best of luck to her and to all who are wait-listed or denied!</p>
<p>If people are being rejected for being “overqualified” or applying to “higher rated” schools, I sure have not seen the evidence here. GW is a very popular school on kids’ lists here and is often a school where a student is accepted who is also accepted to any number and sometimes a large number of more selective schools, and like schools.</p>