<p>I'm freaking out. I was wait-listed from my two top choices. First, I was deferred from Boston College for Early Action, then I was AGAIN wait-listed. Then, NYU, which I thought was the perfect match for me wait-listed me as well. It's all very discouraging after seeing all these people from my school who were not as challenged in high school as much as I have been and have lower gpa's and SAT scores, and are also not as involved with the school as I am. I'm not trying to be annoying (maybe I'm overreacting) but its very disheartening and frustrating. What do I do from here????? </p>
<p>Also here are some of my stats:
GPA: 4.4
Rank: 13 out of (about) 350
SAT I: 2120
SAT II: Chemistry: 790, Math 2: 780
Courses:
Freshman= 3 Honors (except history and French 1)
Sophomore= 4 Honors (except history)
Junior= 4 Honors plus AP Chemistry (5 on AP exam) (except history)
Senior= 1 Honor, 3 AP's (BC Calc, Physics, Lit), Economics
Lead Director of National Honor Society
Working on Gold Award for Girl Scouts
Field Hockey all 4 years (2 years Varsity)
Student Council 4 years
Science League 4 years (competed sometimes)
FBLA, Spanish Club, Art Club= 2 Years
Does community service with Church, Student Council, and Girl Scouts
School is a challenging, blue ribbon public school
Major: Chemistry</p>
<p>Also, this has left me feel like I’ve put too much effort into high school. I just feel like I was left with so much lasting, emotional stress for nothing…I’m really desperate to get into these schools.</p>
<p>Also this is the list of schools I applied to: (Still waiting for McGill)
Accepted: College of Charleston, Fordham University, Boston University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, TCNJ Honors
Waitlist: Boston College, NYU
Rejected: University of Notre Dame, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, Tufts University</p>
<p>The accepted schools are great, don’t get me wrong, but I can’t help but feel I wasted time in high school, and could of gotten into them without such a “complicated route”. Sorry I just needed to rant…</p>
<p>You’ve got great choices: CoC, Fordham (!), BU, RPI, TCNJ Honors.
I don’t think McGill will come through because they like more APs but they also like 2100’s and high SAT Subjects so you have a shot (let us know).
How much will each cost?</p>
<p>Where do you go from there? Visit if you can afford it.
In the meanwhile, ask to be put in touch with students in your major, or freshmen who went to your school or used to live in your area. Ask questions. Watch the school videos. Go to the “Admitted students” or “Class of 2018” Facebook page start chatting with fellow admitted students.
All your schools really are excellent. Congratulations!</p>
You’ll never know how the adcoms made their decisions, but I can’t help but wonder if your attitude played a role. It sure sounds like you did these “complicated” things with an eye on how they would be seen by some adcom and not out of any internal desire. Hence the regret when they didn’t pan out the way you hoped. Perhaps this attitude came out in your essays, or was noticed by those who wrote your letters of rec. </p>
<p>edit: I’d also add that looking at your list again you spend a lot of time but don’t have a lot of leadership or accomplishment. It would have been better to focus on 1 or 2 areas that you had a real passion for instead of spending yourself thin as member of this, took part in that. As Stanford says
You grades and scores show you are a strong student, but the schools you listed receive far more apps from strong students than they can enroll. Hence the reliance on other factors.</p>
<p>As for recs, did you actually ask your teachers if they would write a strong rec letter? Or just assume that they would, “Mrs. Jones loves me!” Sometimes she does, sometimes the answer is a surprise…</p>
<p>Like lots of seniors dealing with disappointment you have to face that you got in your matches and your reaches turned out be reaches. So the only to have avoided the drama was to not apply to reaches…then you’d never know. Don’t waste time comparing your results to classmates. You have some good acceptances. If you can afford them all, then pick one where you think you can stand out and start getting excited about college!</p>
Congratulations!</p>