I have been rejected at 6 of my top 6 choices in the past 4 days and its not like I wasn’t qualified. I have 1480 SAT, all mid 700’s SAT II’s, high rank, GPA, etc. The valedictorian of my class, the biggest jerk I know, got into my number one choice Princeton. I am left with only my safety school, which I don’t like at all… Every single ouce of hard work I’ve put in has been an utter waste. I’m going to a school that half the kids in my school could get into. Why is there no justice… WHYYYYYYYY DID I NOT GET IN ANYWHERE???
<p>I am really sorry to hear this. For every spot at the Princetons of the world there are 10 qualified candidates so it really is a crapshoot. You know you met their standards and it may have been that more slots were taken by kids with no better credentials but who were legacies, URMs, from underepresented states, the list goes on. Not to mention the advantage for kids willing to go the ED route that increased their chances by a mile. I think the terms "reach" and "safety" should be abolished. They have outlived their usefulness and leave many kids feeling their so called safety school isn't worth consideration when the next kid might consider it their top choice. Where did you get in? Is there an Honors Program there since you seem to be well qulaified?</p>
<p>What other schools did you apply to... any other matches?</p>
<p>I'm really sorry to hear that. I know it's not any consolation, but you can be the smartest person at your safety school and maybe transfer to a better one...</p>
<p>Applied early action to yale, rejected. Regular at Brown, Harvard, Princeton, Penn, and Georgetown... 5 rejections. </p>
<p>I got into Villanova and Boston College and I'll most likely be going to Nova, but still have to make the final choice. I know people will say they're good schools and all but they were at the bottom of my list and I thought that I would get into a least one of my top schools.</p>
<p>As for the kid from my school who got into Princeton, he had nothing over me except his ranking and GPA. I had higher SAT I's, II's, I'm an all-county track athlete, he doesn't play sports, I was president of 3 clubs to his 1, my interview was excellent, I spent weeks on my essays...</p>
<p>this is why when you pick a safety school, you really need to try to find one that you will actually be happy to go to, not one which you "don't like at all." you never know what can happen in the admissions process (i got into very good schools, but was also rejected or waitlisted at the most random/not-so-prestigious places).</p>
<p>My heart goes out to you. So this can serve as a guide to others, I'm wondering why your college counselor did not suggest some schools in between ivies and BC and Villanova. Your scores make you an average candidate for the ivies. Without a hook there was no probability that you would be accepted at one.</p>
<p>I am in the exact same position as you. I feel I deserve something much better, didn't make it into any of my matches/reaches. It's ****ed up, thats all...</p>
<p>Zagat... I didn't have much guidance throughout this whole process. My parents were very hands off and my counselor did not make any school suggestions. I feel like if I could just go back in time I could fix sooo many mistakes that I know I made and do things that I know I should have done. Had I known before hand what I know now, I think things would have turned out very differently. I blame myself for this, but also my guidance counselor who didn't really help me much with this whole process.</p>