<p>Yesterday I got my first waitlisted notification from a school that I thought I had a pretty good chance for. I was crushed even though I tried not to take it personally.</p>
<p>Now I'm thinking I might get rejected at all 14 schools I applied to. On the surface, they might seem like low reaches or even matches for me. But for one thing, I have a horrible downward trend. Also, for two of my schools (one of which I am really counting on getting in for the scholarship money), I sent the wrong essay. Even for the rest of my schools, my essay still had a couple of mistakes. I mean, it's all my fault, but I still feel stressed at getting rejected for making such small mistakes.</p>
<p>Right now, I am trying to enjoy the rest of my senior year, and I'm grateful to be able to have the chance to even realistically consider the schools I applied to. I also have a great safety school option. However, I don't deny I will feel crushed if I do see 14 rejection letters in the mail come April. All my life, I've been told that academics are #1. My safety school scholarship was based on one test (the PSAT) and had a minimum GPA requirement of 3.5. Not that I didn't enjoy being challenged and doing my ECs for the sake of doing them, but I could've taken standard classes and done absolutely nothing outside of school and still have gotten my scholarship. If I had to go to my safety school, it's like my last four years would be completely thrown in the trash can.</p>
<p>I was really scared after I learnt that I was rejected at Vassar, which has 50% acceptance rate for ED. However, I got in Wesleyan University through EDII. By the way, I only have GPA of 3.3. You will be fine.</p>
<p>i am going to be a high school freshman… and i dont know what will happen on those nerve-wracking days, where i will be jumping at the slightest sound. I’d say just hope for the best, and me personally, on those days i would pray alot too, i really hope i get into my target schools, because i dont want to throw my hard work away in the trash like you said. Good luck, and dont worry, if you put in the required effort, definetly they will accept you. Keep us posted on what happens and Good Luck!
P.S. What schools did you apply to?</p>
<p>and you got waitlisted at…
I hope you get accepted to either brown, cmu, nyu or uchicago…just saying… (i live in aurora near chicago, and my friend goes there, it is an amazing place) thanks for the advice :)))</p>
<p>oh my gosh yes! i can relate.
I already got into a few schools EA and rolling so now i’m waiting for all the top schools in April… but if I get rejected from everywhere else in April, I’ll just go to my state school with a full ride+honors program.</p>
<p>It’s understandable that the college admissions process is very stressful on applicants, but you’re worrying about something that hasn’t even happened yet. What if you 13 acceptance letters and 1 rejection? It’s common for schools to reject people who feel that they are a sure in because they don’t think you are serious about going there, plus you’ll probably end up going to a better school. I know it’s stressful getting a rejection, but you need to what you touched on (relax and enjoy your senior year). Also, if you don’t want to go to a safety school, consider the Community College route. You’ll save a big chunk of money and most likely get into your #1 via transfer, possibly even a “better” school.</p>
<p>I made a big post on this earlier actually, but I would never go to community college. I went to my local one through dual-enrollment, and I hated it. My soul got sucked out every time I stepped on campus. I don’t think not having friends for one year and missing out on college life is worth going to a better school than my safety. Plus, I don’t think they give scholarships at CC, so it would actually be more expensive. :)</p>
<p>I mean no disrespect to you and I honestly hope you get into your #1 or #2, but I don’t understand why people view CC’s so negatively. If you hated your local one, I’m sure there is another one close by you might find to be a little more pleasant. Who says you won’t have friends for a year? CC’s and universities are what you make of them, you might not have friends for a year at a University (I’m not saying you specifically won’t, but using your same logic as a CC). I know plenty of people who transfer and still have healthy “college lifes”, granted it’s not 4 years but they still get to experience it. You’re giving yourself a false dilemma. Just because you go to a CC doesn’t mean you don’t have friends and miss out on college life. I know my CC gives scholarships so I doubt they are the only one to do so. With the schools you listed, unless you get practically a full ride I don’t see how they are going to be cheaper than CC. You even said, “If I had to go to my safety school, it’s like my last four years would be completely thrown in the trash can.” What’s wrong with going to a CC for 1 or 2 years and getting into the school you really wanted? Most of the people who turn their backs to CC’s either view themselves as failures, think their parents will, or both. Anyone who goes to a CC isn’t a failure, college admissions is just a numbers game now (not enough room for the # of applicants) and there is nothing you can do about it. (Outside of your best throughout high school.)</p>
<p>I seriously doubt you’ll be rejected from all those schools and will even have to worry about something like this. But, I dislike it when people are so quick to judge something. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Me! I applied to 12 schools and I’ve gotten into four. Got a full-ride to one. But it doesn’t mean I’m going to give up on my reaches (Duke, Notre Dame, Brown, Northwestern, Williams) Tulane is the other but they’re so strange with their admissions, I’m not sure what to expect.</p>
<p>I was rejected from my ED, rejected from an EA, deferred from an EA, buy accepted to an EA.</p>
<p>I was very nervous after receiving bad news 3 times, but getting into one of my EA really calmed me down.</p>
<p>I will be finding out from 10 schools in the coming month. 8 are reaches. I’m realllllly hoping to get into atleast one of my reaches, such as NYU. I would be so happy! But it is nice knowing that no matter what I will attend a great school.</p>
<p>Well, I got into my safety schools (most are offering some sort of scholarship or honors program), but I really feel like I am going to be rejected at all of the top schools I applied to. I don’t like this waiting period at all! It makes me scared to think that the next 4 years of my life will be determined in about a month…</p>
<p>^^ I know exactly how you feel and it’s literally killing me. I keep having thoughts that I’ll be rejected to every single school I apply to regardless of my stats…except my safety cuz i already got into that one lol. but ya…freaking out every second of my life. good luck though</p>
<p>But, chaosakita, you do not have to worry about being “rejected everywhere,” as you reportedly are already in at the University of Alabama, Hendrix College and Centre College. They are not included in your list of 14, but you indicated a few weeks ago that you had a full-tuition scholarship (or something along those lines) at Alabama as well as scholarships at Hendrix and Centre. Do those not count as schools you’ve applied to?</p>
<p>I didn’t go to just one community college, but two. I hated both. Yeah, I guess I could get friends there if I really wanted to. But considering how most people there are either much older adults or slackers, it’d be a huge uphill climb. There seemed to be a huge amount of liars there too. There is another one in my area, but it’d be 40 minutes commute each day. And then there’s another, but that’s a 1 hour commute. I understand people drive that far for work, but do you really think that’s reasonable for a student?</p>
<p>And I don’t see why I have to go to CC when I have a full ride from a much better 4-year university with research opportunities and the chance to meet peers. It has a much more beautiful campus too than any CC in my area. Clearly, you didn’t read all of my post. Also, if I got to CC first, a lot of scholarship opportunities will be blocked from me if I want to transfer and my FA will be worse than it already is.</p>
<p>Personally, I have no idea why adults are so eager to push the idea of CC.</p>
:)))</p>