Waitlisted/Rejected at all schools

Applying to College
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From the 2015 list:
For example, Belmont University (TN), DePauw University (IN), Hofstra University (NY), Juniata College (PA), Ohio Wesleyan University (OH), Oregon State University, the University of San Diego (CA), the University of San Francisco (CA), and Washington State University (WA) are posting space available for the fall.

Reed College, Salve Regina University, the College of Wooster, the University of Florida, and the University of Oregon have spaces for transfers.

Locally, Trinity Washington University and the University of the District of Columbia are still accepting applications from prospective freshmen as well as from transfer students.

In Maryland, Frostburg State University, Hood College, Mount Saint Mary’s, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Stevenson University, Loyola Maryland University, Notre Dame of Maryland University, St. John’s College, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) indicate they will consider qualified freshman and transfer students.

To the south, Emory and Henry College, Ferrum College, Hollins College, Longwood University, and Randolph College, also show space and resources left for students still looking for fall 2015 placement.

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As an example of where your GC let you down, the University of Richmond’s 25%ile ACT score for admitted students is 30. A 27 puts your score in the very bottom of applicants. UR should never have been on your list as a match school, and your guidance counselor should have done much better research to build your list. UR does report that it did admit 16% of its students from the wait list last year(approx 120 students ), but they are also known to have a ridiculously large wait list, so your chances of being admitted are probably still quite low.

As others have suggested, check out the NACAC list in May, or consider a gap year. Experienced posters here on CC could help you build a much more realistic list for your situation.

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Beloit College website says that they are continuing to accept applications! Call today to verify that they would still offer FinAid. I believe that this is as good as you’ll find at this point. 28% of their students have ACT above 30. 52% between 24-30.

https://www.beloit.edu/prospective/apply/firstyearapplicants/deadlines/

This is a very appropriate school for you about an hour and 20 minutes from O’hare.

Hendrix College has not closed their applications either. Again, call today to verify that they would still offer FinAid.

So, there you have 3 very different schools

Truman - Public liberal arts honors college safety, $13K OOS tuition, roughly $20K tuition+room+board list price
Beloit - Very good liberal arts college on the Wisconsin/Illinois border. Strong student body.
Hendrix - Very good liberal arts college in Arkansas

Hopefully you will have multiple admissions so that you have a choice.

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Beloit was ranked #61 on US News Liberal Arts Colleges, Hendrix was #82. Truman is in a different category, and you have to evaluate it other ways.

Knox College, in rural Illinois #72 is still accepting applications
https://www.knox.edu/admission/apply-to-knox/first-year-applicants/when-to-apply

"Missed the Deadline?

Submit your Common Application and all supporting documents as soon as possible. We are still accepting applications and will do so until the class is full. If you have any questions, contact your admission counselor at 800-678-KNOX (+1-309-341-7100 outside the United States) or admission@knox.edu."

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If you liked Conn Coll and St Lawrence, consider College of Wooster in Ohio. We know it well from many visits, and it is a neat school. Others that we were very impressed with include Earlham, Kalamazoo and Knox.

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ACT of 27 is a couple standard deviations from the mean at alot of top tier places. That is enough to do damage. Your essays may not have been very good - or less good than your competition. But there is likely a relative weakness somewhere in there if the stats you list are correct. One common example: if your teachers rank you in the top10% in most categories in the recs, you will have difficulties up against students rated in the top 5%, 2% and 1%.

I would work on dealing aggressively with the waitlists. Stellar grades in the spring, plus a good letter of appeal (have a mentor help you with that) should be enough to move you off the lists. Figure that those three schools will lose lots of students that are on waitlists at higher ranked schools. Saw two people get a phone call from Duke in May. Harvard called in my class no. 1 in July! There is plenty of movement, so just keep pushing. And remember too that lots of students decline waitlist offers, which will move you upwards.

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http://www.thecollegesolution.com/list-of-colleges-that-meet-100-of-financial-need/

The College of Wooster is listed as meeting full need (although it was not on a couple of other lists I checked).

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I just read Wooster’s web site. I do not think they meet need.

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Wooster’s net price calculator at https://www.wooster.edu/admissions/aid/calc/calc/ is one of the least detailed ones, so its accuracy is probably suspect. It does list a net price of around $10,000 for a student from a family with income under $30,000.

They do say that the provide personalized early aid estimates from their financial aid office, but are not doing that right now: https://www.wooster.edu/admissions/aid/estimator/ .

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The surest way to move off the waitlist the waitlist is to be dull pay.
Wooster meets need for most students it admits but not all, but OP should not be in the bottom 25% who are less likely to get aid/sufficenr aid (as they determine it).
Because this is a private school, it’s quite possible the guidance counselors had never had a case with students with as much need as OP. Or OP isn’t a citizen, which plays a huge role and tuensntypixal safeties into matches and matches into reaches.

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There is no indication that Wooster is still accepting applications. The colleges I mentioned either don’t have deadlines (Hendrix, Truman and the LACs in Canada), or specifically say they are still accepting applications (Beloit and Knox).

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^I agree that for Wooster, the ship has likely sailed.

The Nacac list may be a solution but high financial need is a hindrance - OP would need a 25K family contribution to make the NACAC list colleges possible. Even if they still have FA, they no longer have as much funding as they did during the “regular season”.

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That’s why Truman is probably a financial safety with a list price of $22,475
http://www.truman.edu/admission-cost/cost-aid/tuition-costs/

I also suspect that the private school that the OP currently to costs more per year than that.

St Frances Xavier in Nova Scotia is $16,109.00 CAN for International tuition and $5455 for room plus $5000 mean plan which is roughly $20,000 US dollars.

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St Frances Xavier might me good in Canada but it is utterly unheard-of in the USA. Better to go to the local state university. Most Canadian universities also have poor facilities compared to American ones.

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Just reading this thread I’m so impressed with all the help you’re all offering to the OP. It’s really an amazing amount of work and knowledge that you’re sharing to get him/her out of a very upsetting situation. Y’all are awesome.

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Slightly overwhelmed by this and I actually forgot about this thread. I heard back from Miami in Ohio and Providence College recently, both accepting. Although this is true, the finances of both seem to be posing problems. Let me clarify a few things; I have had a very hard time with standardized tests throughout my life, these proving no excepting, thus I had taken it more times and even having mono, it wasn’t a better outcome. My school is a very competitive high school and there is a policy that admits students of the local area, as it is a private school, and many of those students choose to not attend a college, but rather work or do trade. I had great recommendation letters and a very strong essay. The only flaw in my application was the ACT score and if holistic schools are basing decisions on a single test score, is that very holistic? But I would like to extend my gratitude for the time, energy, and support you guys have contributed and you have brought many perspectives into play, and I thank you for that.

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Can you list all your acceptances (or all the acceptances you’re considering) and their net price*?
Or are you considering a gap year?

  • net price = (tuition+fees+room+board) - (scholarships+ grants)
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How much can your family afford to pay?

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@mulligan2020 your ACT score of 27, is not terrible, just slightly out of range for being admitted or getting high merit at the schools on your list. It does certainly not define who you are or how successful you will be in life, but many schools use it as a way to screen and sort applications for students who they deem likely to be successf at their schools, especially when other credentials are similar(GPA, curriculum, ECs, etc) When you have high financial need, a very targeted application strategy is needed to try and get that need met through merit /and or need based aid.

You seem like a motivated, hard working student, and that will serve you well, no matter where you end up. Hopefully, you can get some good guidance here on CC on affordable options. A gap year might be a good idea, too, you could regroup and apply to schools which will value what you have to offer, and you can earn some $$ to help with expenses when you start college.

Definitely post your financial aid award details, here. There are posters with a lot of expertise who can guide you and make suggestions.

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@mulligan2020 when you have zero acceptances you have been ill advised. your gc screwed up by not having you apply to safeties