waitlisted at my safety school.

Applying to College
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<p>I really don't understand this.</p>

<p>This one teacher who I'm very close with told me to apply to Suffolk U as a safety, because they'd give me a decent scholarship, her best friend went there on a full ride. I got deferred.</p>

<p>Their verbal midrange is 440-550 I have a 580.
Their math midrange is 450-550 and I have a 630.
Average GPA: 3.0 Mine: 3.2 (with an upward trend 2 honors classes and 2 APs)</p>

<p>Also, I have 1000 hours of volunteer work and what I believe to be a really good essay and great recommendations.</p>

<p>I just don't understand why I was deferred. Anyone have any thoughts?</p>

<p>Oh, I forgot to mention, 2 years ago someone from my school got in with a 2.2</p>

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<p>It happens, there must have been something in your essay and recommendations that they didn't like, stats are one thing, but character matters too.</p>

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<p>They might have deferred you because they don't think that you really want to go to their school, or because you didn't show much interest.</p>

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<p>yea it happens...it sucks that you had well above sat scores and you got deferred.....lots of college admissions nowadays seem to be crap shoots.</p>