<p>I'm feeling absolutely HORRIBLE right now. Some quick stats:
ACT: 35
SAT: ~2200
GPA: 3.9 school does not rank
2 summers of research in a lab at NYU
lots of leadership
girl from New York~</p>
<p>WAITLISTED:
WUSTL
Northwestern
UChicago
UVA (w t F?!?!)
Wesleyan
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>WAITING ON:
Cornell, Brown, Vanderbilt, Columbia, Tufts, Emory, Dartmouth</p>
<p>I feel absolutely horrible. All of the work I've done over the past four years, I feel, has gone to waste. Kids at my school with nothing near what I have are getting in, and I'm not. Is there any glimmer of hope remaining for me?
:(:(:(</p>
<p>I think you’ll receive at least 2 acceptances from the schools you have remaining. Try not to lose hope! Your hard work will pay off in the end.</p>
<p>^Agreed. Much as it hurts, consider that you’ve been accepted to some top-tier schools that you (presumably) have a strong interest in. It doesn’t matter HOW MANY you’re accepted to, it matters which one you go to and what you do while you’re there.</p>
<p>That said, my sympathies. I know it hurts. I’m in the same boat.</p>
<p>That’s so frustrating, rhyn0. But know that you’re definitely not alone… it’s been a frustrating couple of weeks. Still, you’ve got two awesome choices so far, and I bet you’ll get good news from some of those other places come Tuesday. Plus, you never know what’ll happen with the waitlists. Best of luck!</p>
<p>My friend, who has a similar astronomical list of reaches and stats, would have died to get into Carleton (she’s on WL now). It’s a great school, as is UMich. Nothing’s wrong with you, there’s just a lot of chance involved and you were on the wrong end of the percentage.</p>
<p>You applied to 20 schools? Based on FAFSA and SATs the schools you apply to can in many cases see where else you applied. Applying to that many schools shows a lack of focus that may have hurt your chances. The admissions people see that many and say “why give her a slot, she’s not coming here anyway”.</p>
<p>Iron Maiden, would you please clarify. I understand the FAFSA form you submit shows all of the other colleges to which you are applying.</p>
<p>But are you saying College Board’s score report to College A will reveal that student has also requested scores to be sent to Colleges B, C and D? If “yes,” what’s your source? I’ve just combed the College Board website and can’t find any statement on the practice.</p>
<p>OP, Carleton & Michigan are both incredible schools, in different ways. Congratulations!</p>
<p>And wow, look at that waitlist. All of those schools consider you to be just what they were looking for–they just don’t know if they have a space for you. </p>
<p>And the fat lady hasn’t sung yet!</p>
<p>As a parent, I’m proud of you! You’ve obviously worked hard and are ending up with some excellent choices.</p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with you; you applied to very competitive schools in a very competitive year. You also applied to several different types of schools; it’s possible even if the schools didn’t see where else you applied, they could tell you weren’t focused enough on that specific school. It could have been your essays; you don’t mention your ECs much, so I can’t comment on that. And a lot of it was probably luck of the draw. You didn’t seem to apply to many (if any) real safeties.
Good luck. You’ve gotten into two [very different] schools many people would be happy to attend. I know several alumni from both schools and they are all doing well.</p>
<p>That is incorrect as to the SAT. I have asked College Board about this. The College Board reports to colleges do not show any information that would allow a college to figure where else an individual applicant is applying. The College Board does provide colleges with AGGREGATE lists of “overlap” colleges, which for the colleges the OP is talking about would already be well known to those colleges on the group level.</p>
<p>What, so colleges CAN see where else you applied based on FAFSA? WT f.
What if ALL your colleges thought, “oh she’s not going to come here. Waitlist/Reject.”??</p>
<p>FAFSA and don’t forget CSS PROFILE both provide colleges with transparency on where else you are applying. Now, the UCs could care less. But the Profile you fill in shows each school where else you are applying for FA. In addition, let’s not forget IDOC where all our parents financials reside. So, unless there is a huge Chinese Wall between Admissions and FA, schools pretty much know where you are applying to.</p>
<p>…WOW, i did NOT know that. I shouldn’t have applied for aid.</p>
<p>So Tufts syndrome is not a myth? Would schools seriously waitlist you if they see that you are qualified but unlikely to attend even if they give you acceptance?</p>