<p>Well, I would have liked to have gotten in at Duke, but I wasn't totally stunned to be denied. I was at best the third most qualified regular applicant from a school that got two in early.</p>
<p>In at both UNC-Chapel Hill and UVa, though, so that feels nice, as well as Pitt-Honors.</p>
<p>Waitlisted at Johns Hopkins. Screw them.</p>
<p>wow this thread screams TUFT'S SYNDROME all over it</p>
<p>waitlisted at Chicago. but got into Duke?
no interview for PPSP at Case Western. But got REMS at U of Rochester?</p>
<p>i see a lot of people have gpa and sats well above what is required. unfortunately many school are not going to accept a student that is deemed unlikely to attend. its all about yield, yield, yield. and then these same students are rejected from schools that they should be making make. talking about being between a" rock and a hard place".</p>
<p>in at Northwestern... out at UF.</p>
<p>:|</p>
<p>I'm not so arrogant as to say I "should" have gotten into Vassar, but I'm just puzzled by the fact that my close friend who had lower stats than me was accepted while I was waitlisted. I guess diversity things and luck of the draw kinda screwed me on this one. And I'm a little sore about being waitlisted by Oberlin, but whatever.</p>
<p>What is "Tufts syndrome"?</p>
<p>I got rejected at Hamilton when I had a great interview and my stats were above their mid 50%</p>
<p>harvard. what were those idiots thinking? My essay "Why Harvard might as well burn itself down and throw the ashes in the sewer with the crocodiles if the stupid adcom doesn't admit Intelligent, Wonderful Me" rocked.</p>
<p>tufts syndrome is an admissions practice where a university or academic institution rejects or wait-lists highly qualified students on the grounds that such students are bound to be accepted by more prestigious universities or programs and thus almost certainly would not enroll, thus increasing the yield rate and lowering the acceptance rate. Yield rate refers to the proportion of students who matriculate (i.e. accept an admissions offer and attend the college) after acceptance to a college. Yield and admitted rates are of concern to academic institutions because they are sometimes considered as factors in annual school rankings.</p>
<p>if i got waitlisted or rejected...that school screwed up</p>
<p>'nuff said</p>
<p>tufts syndrome is what GW teaches their adcoms on their first day</p>
<p>I thought I had a chance at Villanova</p>
<p>seafoodlover, I always like your posts.</p>
<p>i got a likely letter from unc, and was then accepted early action, so i assumed i had such a strong application. i was wrong.</p>
<p>i understand my duke rejection, but i was blind sighted by georgetown. they rejected me! it has been my dream school since 8th grade, and i didn't get it. i spent days on my essays and my application, and showed SO MUCH interest, and not even a waitlist? i was so ****ed. and i was a little surprised with my northwestern waitlist. i thought i'd get in, but it makes since, because five people from my school got in, and two were waitlisted. finally, my uva waitlist caught me off guard. my friend last year with much lower sat's, the same gpa, and literally NO ec's was waitlisted, so i assumed i would get in...but no. apparently we're equal.</p>
<p>I was kind of surprised by rejected by Reed, but dumbfounded by being rejected from Oberlin. Frankly, my "numbers" weren't great for these schools, but I wrote very good essays and supplements, visited each place several times (except for Oberlin) and had good interviews at both. </p>
<p>I really wish I got in to Oberlin...</p>
<p>Denison. But i got into lehigh</p>
<p>Ucsd .</p>
<p>shifty:</p>
<p>Thanks for that. I hope I am helpful to kids here....its my intention to help them through the process....though not my profession by any stretch of the imagination. I just empathize with decent hardworking and well intentioned kids.....</p>
<p>I have little patience for kids with "attitude" even if they have great stats.</p>
<p>College admissions are VERY quirky and often unfair. It is what it is. But there is a reason for everything.....and in six months when you are on campus of that special school that is just waiting for you to show up...you will not look back.....</p>
<p>it happens over and over and over. I had a chat with my D's boyfriend's mother over supper one evening at Parents Weekend....and we laughed and cajoled about all the frustration and bitterness....and how it all worked out....</p>
<p>yes its hard and yes you have hard feelings....and I empathize a lot about that....and its REALLY hard when you hear about or see kids who you believe dont deserve something get precisely what they wanted or even better.....but that is life....it happens in business all the time....so we take a more spiritual or character filled approach....less superficial and credentialist....and focus on your core values and being happy and content from within.....</p>
<p>and also know that MANY of these same schools who waitlist you today will gladly accept your application again next year if that school is still burning in your heart....but often enough....that pain whithers away and so does your interest.....</p>
<p>Somehow Notre Dame and Georgetown dont seem like the ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD MY KID COULD BE HAPPY (using them anecdotally) six months after they sent that waitlist or rejection letter.</p>
<p>If you got in somewhere special....Good for you and Congrats! If not, dry your tears and move on quickly with joy in your heart....pick up the pieces and focus on what is good....the schools that accepted you....there may be someone or something special waiting for you there.</p>
<p>God bless.</p>
<p>SUNY Binghamton</p>
<p>Duke :( stupid waitlist</p>