<p>Well, today I faced the inevitable - rejection. Of course, I turned cocky after looking at my school's Naviance. The average ACT accepted early was a 28 and seven kids had been accepted EA last year with mediocre stats. So after three days of no sleep just anticipating celebration, I walk around my house with my Gtown shirt on talking about how nice it will be to have a fall back if I get denied at UVA regular decision. So I call home on the train-ride today to find out that my letter is waiting for me when I get home. I asked my sister if she had looked, and by golly, of course she had (she held it up to the light). I asked if I was accepted and she said the only word she could see was "sorry". The minute I heard this I can't even describe the feeling. It was honestly like getting the wind knocked out of me then having to run. </p>
<p>I don't know why I'm posting this here, I just am utterly disappointed. I could almost taste the acceptance. This is really a good wake up call for me and should be for every other senior. This year is by far the hardest year for acceptance in ages. I mean UPenn alone had an increase in apps by 17% I believe. I feel so discouraged right now. I thought doing lousy on my SAT or doing bad on a test was a bad feeling - nothing hurts like sitting and thinking about how you were rejected. </p>
<p>At this stage of the game I really don't know what I'm going to do for regular decision. If I don't get into a school that my dad thinks is "worth" it, I'm going to a state school. Georgetown was just extremely discouraging because of how easy it has been for other students from my school to get in. For regular decision all I'm applying to is UVA, Upenn, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Columbia. I'm pretty sure I could get into some mid tier schools like BC but honestly I don't know if it is worth the money. At some point you have to make the distinction of whether it is worth it or not. I mean paying 200k for a "private" school vs paying 40k for a state school is almost a no-brainer once you get to a point. </p>
<p>Sorry if I wasted your time guys. I really can not describe this feeling right now and really needed to just vent. Fortunately I had all my rage venting during my car-ride from the train home (plenty of screaming / tearing). This regular decision is going to be very very stressful. Still got UVA going for me though!!!</p>
<p>aww, don’t worry everything happens for a reason! you’ll end up at the college that was meant for you! try not to stress about it! example: my mom got into cornell, but couldn’t afford it, so she ended up at rutgers, and this is where my she met my dad, and they’ve been married for 26 years seriously, don’t get discouraged, you’ll be great no matter where you end up!</p>
<p>aww yea i agree with ^^^! dont get upset i heard georgetown is very finicky with their apps and this is something you have no control over! dont be discouraged youll still get inot a great school! and maybe we’ll all end up at UVA together</p>
<p>Just remember, I was deferred from UVA, which was pretty much a rejection at the time until it turned itself around by miracle in the spring (but I had basically come to accept I was not going to UVA and was going to the state school that accepted me rolling in October). I dealt with the deferral by dropping AP German and trying to live up senior year instead of focusing on what colleges may or may not want from me, and I’m glad for the free time and experiences I gained. What will be will be and you should just live your life and enjoy this time you will never get back instead of harping on what may or may not be in a year, since it is all a dice roll anyways you have already done what you can do get in and now you just need to have some time for you and your senior year. My 2cents.</p>
<p>UVa make sure you apply to some safety schools as well as some of the other “mid tier” schools you mentioned in your post. You do not know how you are going to feel come May and you may decide they are “worth” it. The one you mentioned is a great school. There are other good ones too. Give yourself choices. Hang in there.</p>
<p>I was rejected by Gtown as a CommColl transfer. It was lousy. I met all their gpa stuff, blah, blah… And my alum interview went so well - I had so much in common w/ the interviewer! But, rejected still. I feel your pain.</p>
<p>But I’m here at UVA, where I wanted to be:) You’ve been trying so hard, I really pray (really!) that you’ll get in. I don’t really think there’s a bigger UVA fan here on CC.</p>
<p>I thought it would be much easier than last year because there was a baby boom in 1992. Wouldn’t that mean there would be less applicants? And aren’t they accepting more out-of-state applicants to UVa this year? I thought I read that somewhere but I may have misinterpreted.</p>
<p>As far as safetys go, I’m applying to University of Florida, Florida State University, and Centeral Florida. I mean I’m praying I get into one of my regular decision schools (or UNC EA) but if I don’t I guess I’ll just go to Florida and try to transfer. I just need to hit 1/6 to make the past four years of work worth it.</p>
<p>And honestly I would just stay off here until you have your decisions back, there’s nothing you can do from this point on and you’re just stressing yourself out. Relax. Go do something fun. Take up a new video game or someting, but this site is really not helping you at this point.</p>
<p>How can Geogetown ever be considered a fallback! this is a good wake up call for you. Remember all the wise advice people were giving you on this board last summer?</p>
<p>Guillaume, I never for one instance, thought that Georgetown was a fallback for me - ever. The scattergrams are so decieving at my school that it just seemed as if I would get into Gtown without much trouble. I’m really doubting acceptance now to any of my regular colleges and I’m probably going to end up at FSU or UF.</p>
<p>Thinking about how I responded Gulliaume, I was somewhat vague. What I meant by fallback was if I didn’t get into any of my regular decision schools it would be nice knowing that I had Georgetown. I didn’t mean in terms of admissions because Georgetown is definitely not considered a “fallback” for anyone. Sorry for being confusing.</p>
<p>You really need some more safety schools because all of those Ivy League’s on your list are not easy to get into. I feel like the rejection was probably a good thing for you though…now you’re brought back down to earth. Not everyone can get accepted with high stats and tons of extra-curriculars, it’s such as toss up. Especially for schools like Georgetown. And I totally agree with m4dskillz07. Stop stressing, relax, have fun, and whatever happens will happen.</p>
<p>Yea I have 3 safetys - UF, FSU, and Central Florida. This college stress is so painful. I can’t wait for Jaunary 1st to roll around so I can just sit back and wait for the walls to begin to crumble.</p>
<p>Worse comes to worse you transfer UVAorBust, you kick ass your first year then you apply! Don’t settle for anything less than what you believe you deserve.</p>
seriously, don’t get discouraged, you’ll be great no matter where you end up!</p>