So, as of 6 minutes ago, I was rejected by Cambridge University for Medicine.
I was never really set on the UK, but to be rejected outright…guess I’m a little shaken and freaking out that I won’t be accepted anywhere at all.
So, my q: what are my options if it turns out all of my schools reject me?
<p>That's what safeties are for... if you chose them right, they're what makes sure you end up in college next year.</p>
<p>Even if you manage to get spectacularly screwed by every single bloody place you applied to, you have options. You can take a year off and try again the next year, take classes at a community college and try as a transfer, or make the rounds begging schools to take you at the last minute when they find out the impact summer melt is going to have on the incoming class.</p>
<p>I am sorry to hear about your rejection. Of course, the best thing to do now is to make sure that you have good safety schools that you know you can afford, can gain admission to, and would enjoy attending.</p>
<p>If you definitely want to go to college next year and get turned down everywhere you apply, in about April, there will be a list published of colleges that still have openings and will accept applications. These will include some colleges that had much earlier deadlines.</p>
<p>Haha, thank yous : ). Sorry for the spaz - got the rejection over phone, flipped out, went straight to CC. nerd is me, huh?</p>
<p>If all else fails, every May, the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) runs a list of schools that haven't yet filled their freshman class for whatever reason and are still taking last minute applications. Every year, there are some terrific schools on that list --- so there is always another option.</p>
<p>But, try not to worry too much - it's still early in the game and if you have included decent safeties and matches on your list, you are highly likely to get in somewhere.</p>
<p>When a student is rejected by a school, it is important for them to consider the reasonableness of their safety schools. In California, the ultimate safety school is the community college that can set you up into a transfer program into a UC.</p>
<p>Remember there is a reason most people apply to more than one college. Getting denied, rejected or deferred is not an unusual thing. Nor is being upset because it happpened to you. Make sure all your other ducks are in a row.</p>
<p>Sorry about that... you'll find your place somewhere else.</p>
<p>I have only gotten one acceptance and it was from my safety school... you have no idea how glad I was that I got that before any rejections/deferrals/acceptaces from the schools I really want to go to. </p>
<p>I know I'm going to get denied to a few of my schools because my list was top heavy(meaning quite a few reaches). BUT, thats also why I applied to NINE schools.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>If I were in that situation, I'd go to a JC for a semester then try for Spring '06 admission.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear about your rejection. I'm not sure if you would consider any other UK schools (and I understand if you wouldn't because no-one in the US will have heard of them) but pretty much everyone who applies in the UK gets a place because of a process called clearing. In August (when A-level results come out for UK students) all the universities publish lists of their available places and students are matched to vacancies. So you would get a place, but it might not be one you actually want. Oxford and Cambridge don't enter clearing though, because they never have any places. Check the UCAS site and I'm sure they explain clearing somewhere.</p>
<p>Don't be too downhearted. I'm sure there are about 50 applications per place for medicine at Cambridge. probably more among internationals. Have you not applied for any 'safety' schools in the US?</p>
<p>i too got rejected by Cambridge for Engineering...:(
and i too am wondering what happens if EVERY single one rejects me (i have no safety at all, only far reaches).</p>
<p>cupcake: haha, well, yes, I do have safeties - I've apped to 8 schools in the US, with a less selective UC (Irvine) hopefully my safety, although it's not much of a safety given that I'm going for bioengineering.
I've also applied to northwestern, which my counselor has assured me I will be able to make.</p>
<p>hope i didn't sound too melodramatic : ) - posted too soon after hearing. I think I was just disappointed and suddenly a little less confident. However, it's nice to hear that there are options if worse comes to worst.</p>
<p>alyssa - eck, i hope like me you'll feel better in a bit. isn't cam lovely : )? Just remember tho, that hard as it is (the Cambridge college I applied to had 8 places for med in total), it's even harder for int'ls....it's tempting but irrational to think that this will be a precedent for your other applications. Cheer uppa : )</p>
<p>Don't worry about Cam. No one makes it to Cam for medicine as an international, unless they discovered the cure for AIDS or something (and then why would they want to go?). Did you try for something equally insane, like PLME at Brown?</p>
<p>aii, cam's great tho, and quirky. You know, at some colleges you can't walk on the grass unless you're a duck, or a Fellow?</p>
<p>abt PLME, hehe, nope, although I was considering. My list had enough insanity.</p>
<p>I thought the lawn thing applied to all colleges? I considered Cam, and applied, but in the end it's just not my thing, though the place is just amazing.</p>
<p>I don't understand why people don't apply to a sure safety school. It goes beyond my reasoning or logic</p>
<p>True, celebrian. There's always a what if tho, and it should be all right for people to check out their options, however unlikely the situation.</p>
<p>There is always Cleveland State. I still don't know why more people on this board don't apply to Cleveland State.</p>
<p>I understand being worried about getting into a school, but life is unsure, and applying to college is no difference. My #1 concern is kids who don't apply to a safety because they feel so sure they'll get in anywhere</p>
<p>Arizona state accepts you if you apply in may.....( ie if you have a 1200 + SAT , which i think you do )</p>
<p>If you can't get into a Uni...well, follow this procedure:</p>
<p>1) Find the closest mirror</p>
<p>2) Stare deeply into the mirror</p>
<p>3) Have a big, warm, engaging smile on your face</p>
<p>4) Utter this simple question: "Would you like fries with that?"</p>
<p>5) Recognize this is not what you want to do with your life and do whatever it takes to get into college, =P</p>