<p>I didn’t apply to HYP..but to top/good schools anyways with some I was in the top 25%. When I got a letter with my first rejection in March, I was surprised because reading this school’s thread the day before, I saw this same school awarding Presidential Scholarship to RD students this year with 200 or more lesser scores in their SAT compared to mine. And lower GPAs. And their subject scores were in the mid 550s- low 600s. So naturally I was livid. And thn the avalanche came.
As you can see through CC after the tornado has now settled, many top students who I respect, way better students thn I can ever hope to be, are facing this exact problem now in bemused/angry confusion . While there are a lot with great acceptances, there are many whose great scores and accomplished have not been recognized. I am not sure what theories to define this situation, while I did tried to think of many in my head. Did I apply to wrong schools?
Did the colleges screw up, did the system screw up, and on n on..</p>
<p>So to those great students, as someone told me, for all those schools who passed you up , its their damn loss.
Perhaps, for some there is that one or two schools out there that have recognized your merit with some decent scholarships to boot maybe. Not your top choices but they see the diamond in the rough and know your true value.
So giving those schools a lot of LOVE from my heart.
And always give some credit for the school who waitlisted you as well, since they are not completely blind to your shine and glitter just partially. Hope some will open their eyes completely as April closes.</p>