| ANTIELON
I'm sorry for your rejection at Elon. We know from personal experience that rejections really hurt, especially when you were expecting an acceptance. I think your stats look very good, however I would guess that your SAT scores are what hurt you in the EA round at Elon. In the past, 1200 would have been sufficient, but every year it seems that Elon's scores are higher and higher. We have been told that EA is the MOST difficult round for acceptance at Elon because the kids applying who are accepted then often have very high stats yet it is a non-binding agreement, so kids can get in and then choose to attend or not. You are correct that Elon may accept many kids who are using Elon as their safety school. However, many of those accepted kids may also really LIKE Elon, and may attend. I have a daughter who is a current freshman at Elon, and another who was accepted EA yesterday, and both had very good GPA, ACT scores, rank in class, and extra curricular activities. My daughter who attends Elon has many friends there who also had similar profiles and had other acceptances to schools such as NYU, Syracuse, Ithaca, Penn. State, etc. but CHOSE Elon.
I hope you have many great acceptances to other schools this year!! PLEASE don't be too discouraged by this one non-acceptance. It seems that usually things work out and I hope you end up at a school which is just the right fit for you! |