<p>didnt get into MIT or Stanford... maybe becuase i wasnt really qualified (my counselor let me know that)</p>
<p>oh well, ill be fine at ucla or cal</p>
<p>son rejected at BC..surprised he wasn't even waitlisted...in at College of the Holy Cross, Lehigh, and Villanova though</p>
<p>Got rejected by Lawrence (fit in the middle) and College of Wooster (over qualified) and wait listed at an even lesser school. Got into Earlham and Beloit.
I heard that getting into colleges these days is a crap shoot! Agree that some schools where you were overqualified knew you didn't want to go so therefore rejected you or wait listed you. This was the most competitive year yet. It's all downhill after this year!</p>
<p>i kinda thought that...dartmouth would accept me. but - i guess not. i know that its an ivy, but b4 ivies no rejections. now - soooooooo many.</p>
<p>Haha, yeah I thought Cornell would let me in but I guess not. The Ivy League decimated my school this year. No one got in anywhere except for one kid who applied ED.</p>
<p>in at unc-chapel hill withhh a scholarship but waitlisted at nyu. i probably would have chosen nyu too.</p>
<p>Rejected at: UCBerk, Stanford, Harvard, BROWN (biggest disappointment), Hopkins</p>
<p>Waitlisted: Scripps (though it was obviously due to perceived lack of interest. I like yelled at them via email because their system is so silly. It kept telling me I had things missing when I didn't, and didn't explain why. Turned out one of my letters of rec wasn't from an "academic" teacher, but it took a month to figure that out. Sorry that I considered my 4 years of having Mrs B for journalism, newspaper, then 2 as editor, more important than it being a core academic class.) (also they wouldn't TELL ME why I was missing a letter. I sent it 3 times before I could get a personal response. Also no where on the site did it specify that the letters had to be from certain classes) (yes this is the tone I used communicating with them lmao.)
(but I'm sending them copies of all the newspaper articles I've been in this year for my achievements, seeing as they said we could send stuff to sway the decision. Cause I'm MORE THAN INTERESTED now.)</p>
<p>Accepted: American, UMCP, Arizona Honors aka Barrett.</p>
<p>I think I deserved to get into at least ONE of my rejection schools. I did literally everything that I could. I had ECs out my earholes and I'm VP, President, and Captain of 3 separate ones including Relay For Life (entirely community service). I also am an excellent writer and wrote wonderful essays. I took 2 AP classes junior and senior year including US and Chem, and there really weren't any more I could take and still be an editor for a paper that got Columbia gold this year. I run XC and did 2 years of outdoor track. National Merit Finalist.</p>
<p>I dunno... i just kind of feel like I shouldn't have worked so hard. I could have gotten into what I got into with much lower ... .lower. .. .everything... how depressing.</p>
<p>teal....it breaks my heart when I hear kids say that. My niece and nephew are in the same position, both worked their cans off and while they got into some schools, ironically American being one, they both felt cheated out of the college acceptances they think and probably did deserve and at the very least were well qualified for. This year as everyone keeps saying, however was just an unprecedented year in almost every way and if it makes you feel better, there are literally hundreds of thousands feeling just like you. Two kids in my sons grade haven't gotten into a single school yet! At least you have gotten into some, and some very good ones I might add. Remember tranferring is always an option and somehow these things really do work themselves out. It was a tough year for almost every teen I know and like everything in life, this too shall pass and I bet in six months from you, I will bet you anything you will be at a great college having the time of your life. Good luck to you and everyone here!</p>
<p>Rice-WL, but my bitterness is waning since I'm so excited to go to USC. woot~~</p>
<p>**** Brown University.</p>
<p>Wash U. Stanford and MIT I can definitely understand, but getting waitlisted as Wash U was ridiculous.</p>
<p>Fortunately, I wasn't very invested in them, so it's fine.</p>
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Looks like the colleges are targeting the top 2-3 % of the class. The wholistic view of a student that the adcom officers talk about is just a "PR" talk. I am not seeing that. Either you have to be a top scholar or URM. Otherwise there is no place for a student like me. Good luck to everyone!
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<p>Not even the top students are immune. My D is top 1% at a competitive public high school, will graduate with 10 APs, AP Scholar with Distinction after junior year, National Merit, State Scholar, great EC's with community service and unusual legislative experience, great essays, etc... ...rejected by UCB Engineering - OOS, though.</p>
<p>Her GC and science and math teachers are scratching their heads at the UCB rejection, her only one.</p>
<p>Georgetown...I thought if I could get into any reach school, that would be it. I'm also really bummed at being waitlisted by Middlebury and Amherst, though I suppose if I work hard enough there still is some hope.</p>
<p>rejected from providence college, bu (not surprising), and ithaca.. waitlisted at muhlenberg though.. (37% acceptance rate over pc 40 or 50 something...). but I was accepted to hofstra. I'm confused--big time.</p>
<p>BU & NYU :(</p>
<p>Rejected from 7 so far...waiting to hear from 3. Luckily they aren't reaches.</p>
<p>von-herrs I wouldn't accept you either, you are the one with the enormous ego thinking a school as elite as northwestern or nyu stern was entitled to accept you, obviously your personality leaked out of your application.</p>
<p>My commiserations to those who got rejected at their choice schools.</p>
<p>However, permit this boomer to provide a bit of perspective. I matriculated at a state U (a sibling went to Stanford with lower SATs - to the great delight of my parents). But, truthfully, I wasn't ready for a HYPSM. I rotated through a couple of majors before starting to find myself in my senior year, then went off to save the world, where I really found myself. Got good GMATs and wrote a killer essay to get into one of the very top B-schools in the world - which, realistically, got me an interview for my first real job, which started me on a path to my current CMO job.</p>
<p>What I really learned in all this is to find something you are passionate about - you'll work hard at it, be successful and, most importantly, have a great time.</p>
<p>And it doesn't much matter where you went to school...</p>
<p>thanks ctmomof3, that makes me feel a bit better.</p>
<p>To the kids who got denied at UT Austin: we all hate the top 10% rule as much as you do. I was accepted in under 14 hours - I know they didn't even read my essays. It sounds ridiculous - but it hurts, in a way, knowing that they only want you for numbers.</p>
<p>BC waitlist surprised me. UVA rejection floored me - not going to lie. It wasn't like I BSed the application either. I'm now faced with a choice of my reach (too expensive) or my last choice. It's awful. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. Anyone.</p>
<p>waitlisted at gwu....what? for anyone who does scattergrams, youll understand when i say that my dot was farther up and to the right than any other applicant from my school recently. they nabbed me as a safety applicant</p>