WHAT is THE POINT IN TRYING IN LIFE?

Applying to College
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<p>Rejected-Duke, JHU, Northwestern, Rice, University of Texas(not top 10 thats why, and I applied to Engineering, for bme) fml
Waitlisted-WashU, Emory, Boston College
Accepted-Local State School</p>

<p>Stiill Waiting on Cornell(no point, not going to check, its a rejection) and Vandy(mail hasn't come in yet for the day, if its not today, its a rejection/waitlist)</p>

<p>Stats
Asian Male from Dallas
Rank: Top 15 percent
Gpa-3.8 unweighted, 94/100
Sat Score- 1500/2200</p>

<p>FML!!!!!</p>

<p>I could have easliy made all C's, gotten a 1700/2400 sat score and still gotten into my local state school....just goes to show that no matter how hard you work, it doesn't matter, just be average and do as little as possible to end up in a college...</p>

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<p>You haven’t failed until you’ve given up. Till then, you haven’t failed - your plans or strategies have failed. What happens if they fail? You try a new plan.</p>

<p>Semper fi. >>></p>

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<p>That’s the winning attitude brah.</p>

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<p>^Assuming that you’re talking to me and assuming that “brah” is short for “brother”, it should be “sister”. Lol. :)</p>

<p>To the OP - cheer up. Life goes on.</p>

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<p>^^^ am I right, my time could have been better spent, doing other stuff in high school instead of trying in school…</p>

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<p>You never know. You might get into one of the waitlisted colleges. And don’t say “what if” - say “what can I do now?”</p>

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<p>keep a positive attitude. you must have been rejected for a reason and you can work on these weaknesses in college</p>

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<p>^^^ lol, I have been saying “what can I do” all these months, when I applied to all of these schools, when I studied for the sats, when I worked hard for 4 years…now is the time to say “who the hell cares”</p>

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<p>say “what will I do”</p>

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<p>you can go to the state school, if you want to you can always transfer to another school, but maybe you could happy there, don’t underestimate it
and your hard work did prepare you for college- not for your admissions but for your education</p>

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<p>you can take a gap year, study abroad, start an internet business, WHATEVER, and apply as a transfer use your frusterations for something good</p>

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<p>I feel you bro. Asians always have it hard. As a fellow Asian, I understand all the pressure and feeling like a dogcrap after letting you and your parents down. But if you give up now, you will feel like a dogcrap for the rest of your life. So think of this as an ultimate obstacle you have to overcome. I hope this helps.</p>

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<p>It sucks, I agree with you there. And I’d be feeling down too if I were you. But the point is that you can’t let this affect you too much. Many people who’ve come from state schools have done brilliantly. You can be one of them, if you put your mind to it.</p>

<p>You can’t do much about the universities that have rejected you, that’s true. So forget about it. But you may be able to affect the decisions of the ones that have waitlisted you, by keeping up with your work and making sure your GPA stays fine. And you can definitely do something about making the most of going to a state school, if you end up going there. </p>

<p>I’m sorry and I know how it feels when you’re disappointed after working your heart out, but you really can’t let this dissuade you from studying hard ever again. The sharpest steel passes through the hottest flame. Gotta hang in there, even if it’s the last thing you feel like doing. -virtual backslap-</p>

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<p>If you think that the point of “trying” in high school is to build a resume for college, then that is why you aren’t getting into the schools that you want to go to.</p>

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<p>If you do well at the local state college, you will definitely be able to transfer to U. of Texas (main campus)–if not somewhere better. I don’t know what the rest of your record is, but if you’re top 15% and they don’t particularly like your EC’s, upper tier colleges may reject you. </p>

<p>You’re definitely in charge of your own destiny in terms of being able to go to U. of Texas (at least.) Your SAT scores are outstanding. Transferring within a university system is pretty easy if you have good grades.</p>

<p>The point of working hard the past 4 years is that now you have the ability to do well in college. So don’t get too down on yourself. You invested your time well. Eventually, it will pay off.</p>

<p>BTW, you should write to your waitlist colleges telling them of your interest to attend…it will increase your chance of getting in. The one you like the most, tell them that they are your first choice. The other ones you may have to word more carefully, maybe say that you would rather attend their college than the college you are set to matriculate to.</p>

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<p>^^ I got into Texas A&M which is not much different from University of Texas…I don’t see a difference between the two, imo acadmically and socially they are very similar…I really wanted Rice/Emory/Vandy…too bad I am too dumb for these schools…</p>

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<p>I understand Cornell accepts a relatively high percentage of transfer students after their first year someplace else.</p>

<p>But anyway, one works hard in school to learn and think. No?</p>

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<p>^^ lol, I work hard in school, to get into a good undergrad program so I can get into a good grad program…If I suck this much with undergraduate programs, i will be the kid who won’t get into any law school at all…</p>

<p>as for Cornell transfers, the college within cornell I applied to was CAS, which gives few if any Guaranteed transfers…</p>

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<p>^^Law school admission is pretty numbers-based, LSAT and GPA. You are obviously great at standardized tests, so you have half of the equation already.</p>

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<p>Got rejected from Vanderbilt…■■■ EVEN MORE…</p>