"X" Syndrome--why should Tufts get all the glory?

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<p>It's the time of year when students and their families are feeling confused and/or hurt because of rejections. If they've been accepted to other schools that are more selective or considered higher ranking, then they're in luck: they're clearly the victims of "Tufts Syndrome". But what if they don't have a "better" acceptance in hand? Don't these students and families deserve a name for the cause of their angst?</p>

<p>I'm taking a stab at a few well-known syndromes. There are more out there, and I might've gotten some of the names below wrong, so edits and additional contributions are more than welcome. </p>

<p>(Mostly :) ;) :D but in every joke there's a bit of truth. ;) )</p>

<p>Harvard Syndrome: Rejected because every single 12th grader in the known universe is applying there, reducing admission to a lottery.</p>

<p>Tulane Syndrome: Rejected even though they mailed you a priority application, which was the only reason you applied.</p>

<p>GWU Syndrome: Rejected because the school saw through your attempt to attend school in a specific city, even if you'd really rather attend the school with the higher USNWR ranking.</p>

<p>UC Syndrome: Rejected because you went to a grade-deflating high school and the adcoms didn't make allowances for that.</p>

<p>Vassar Syndrome: Rejected because you're a female applying to a LAC.</p>

<p>NYU Syndrome: Accepted, but the aid package is a de facto rejection.</p>

<p>More, please!</p>

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<p>The obvious one would be:</p>

<p>Tufts: Accepted because it is obvious that your stat is not good enough for Harvard.</p>

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<p>MIT syndrome - computer nerds are a dime a dozen, but don’t worry that other college up the river can have you.</p>

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<p>China Syndrome: You lose containment and melt down when you don’t get into Harvard, Stanford, or MIT despite your 2400 SATs (superscored, 6 tests) and heartfelt essay about how your parents want you to be an engineer but you are your own person and want to be an investment banker or hedge fund manager.</p>

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<p>Notre Dame syndrome- you didn’t attend the well known parochial HS in your city which is a feeder.
Wash U syndrome- you wrote your essay on how proud you’d be to attend the Flagship U of the great state of Washington.
U Penn syndrome (I won’t repeat my obvious comment)- you applied to Wharton with an essay on your participation in Occupy Wall Street
Brown syndrome- The adcoms could tell you really wanted to apply to RISD but were too lazy to put together a portfolio.</p>

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<p>Duke Syndrome: Rejected because Adcom saw you applied primarily to become a Blue Devil.</p>

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<p>Ha, ha, ha, ST :)</p>

<p>Cute idea for a thread!</p>