what happens if i don't get in?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>if i don't get into my top choice school, i don't know what i'm going to do. since i've already handed in most of my application, i might as well ask the infamous question...</p>

<p>Skidmore College, ED Round 2
(chances for geneseo and hartwick are also appreciated, just in case)</p>

<p>SAT:
M610 CR610 V670 (best in 2 sittings....)</p>

<p>SATII:
will be taking french, us history, math 1 on dec 3</p>

<p>GPA:
3.7 uw, 3.9 w</p>

<p>APs:
1 soph, 2 junior (both fours), 5 senior
i've taken all honors courses, except i'm taking regulars french this year instead of ap (long story)</p>

<p>ECs and such:
-art club 11-12 (though i'm extremely dedicated), secretary 12
-world of difference 9-12, very dedicated
-ACLU 12 (first year of it), secretary
-yearbook 10, faculty editor
-french honor soc
-art honor soc (i'm helping plan the induction ceremony/organize and set up the exhibit for it)
-nat'l honor soc (we have to do several community service activities)
-w.o.d. cultural luncheon 9-12
-w.o.d. harvest dance 11 (dance for special ed kids..we'll probably be doing something similar this year)
-french elem school outreach 12 - went to elem schools and did french-related activities with the kids
-"distinguished artist" at an art adjudication at c.w. post
-one in five tri-state winners (in my grade range) for a french contest held by the french embassy
-CPR certified through american heart association/long island jewish hospital</p>

<p>EMPLOYMENT:
-file clerk at a law office for a little while during summer 2004</p>

<p>OUTSIDE SCHOOL:
-portfolio design class at Hofstra, summer 2003
-a photography class (got a B) and an advertising design class (got an A) at FIT, summer 2004
-a photography class (different class, got an A) at FIT, spring 2005</p>

<p>i think my essay is really good. i will be interviewing in the near future, and hopefully that will go well. i applied as undecided, but i'm thinking of going into education. i will be sending in art slides as soon as they are ready, as well as my 1st quarter grades (1st quarter average is two points higher than my junior year average...very happy with my grades heh)</p>

<p>thank you so much.</p>

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<p>have no clue how that school is, but if u dont get in, its relaly hard to take it, but if u think about life as a whole, its not gonna be over yet.</p>

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<p>why does no one ever help me</p>

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<p>Your numbers match, better than average; I think you stand a shot. Good luck with Skidmore! Skidmore is competitive, but you have a nice advantage over their average applicant.</p>

<p>If you are a NY resident, I don't doubt you'll get into Geneseo. I don't know what Hartwick is, but I wish you luck with that as well.</p>

<p>:) </p>

<p>AS.</p>

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<p>We can't help you because we can't answer your question. How should we know what you'll do if you don't get in? That decision will be up to you.</p>

<p>You can apply elsewhere (As late as the summer, there will be some schools looking for applicants), take a year off or you can permanently decide not to go to college. It will be your decision.</p>

<p>About 40% of college applicants do not get into their first choice college. Most go elsewhere and end up being perfectly happy there. If you look in the CC archives, you can find plenty of posts by people who were rejected by their first choice (or even their top several choices), yet have happy lives as college students elsewhere.</p>

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<p>Oh! Sorry, and if you don't get into your top choice school... take some time off. Unforunately, the way college admissions works is by semester; if you don't make it in one semester you have to wait a WHOLE other semester to apply again, or somewhere else.</p>

<p>If you get into any other college, GO there. You can always TRANSFER to Skidmore the following semester and have a better shot of getting in, due to the fact that transfer admissions are always easier and accept more applicants than they would regularly (in regards to GPA, ECs).</p>

<p>AS.</p>

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<p>it was a rhetorical question (i've had plently of experience with the college process from my siblings), but thanks to everyone. and yes, i live in ny.</p>

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<p>Most people are happy even at their second, third, or fourth choice school.</p>

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<p>bump...i'm not asking what i'm actually supposed to do, because obviously i'm going to go to one of the other colleges i'm applying to...it was rhetorical. a dramatic exaggeration. i'm asking for chances please?</p>

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<p>You still have time right now to apply to a rolling admission school.</p>

<p>This is the main reason that people (mostly parents) state that you should:
have a bottoms up approach to applying
you should love your safety school (you could very well end up attending)
You should apply to a rolling admission school to take off some of the pressure and to ensure you have a school to attend</p>

<p>If you end up with no place to go, you can take a gap yeae (you will not be the first or last person to do this).</p>

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<p>If you don't get in, you're going to be sad. And that thin envelope will haunt your dreams and your days for the week to come. But then it'll slowly happen, the hurt and the sadness will fade away like sand in the hourglass. Dribbling away until there are those few grains that never move from the top to the bottom, because there will always be a tinge of sadness. But you'll go somewhere else, maybe a second choice, a third, a safety!</p>

<p>But it will be what you make it, you will find the place where you are meant to be, everything happens for a reason.</p>

<p>Keep your hopes high, realism higher, and always have a Plan C because sometimes everything changes.</p>

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<p>emizzly - have you received acceptances from any of these schools yet??</p>

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<p>no..deadlines are dec 1 and jan 15</p>

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<p>So emlizzy.... update please...lol. Where were you accepted...and have you made a decision on where you're attending?</p>

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<p>i got accepted everywhere, attending Skidmore. thanks everyone!</p>