The I just totally got rejected thread

[Milkmagn]

Originally Posted by Infinite_Truth

Obviously any person with a shred of intelligence knows that they can be supersuccesful by going to any college in general [within certain limits]...but the fact is that, going to Harvard is simply a much more enjoyable experience, both self-confidence wise and actual-wise, than going to your local CC.

well, obviously... Those are two ends of the spectrum

[Poh125]

Rejected at HYP. Princeton's letter really sucked. It was like "We had a great applicant pool, you weren't halfway there. Have a good life." It was my dream school...and to get that sort of response when I put in heaps of effort for the app...

Daaayyyymmm....

The class of 2012 for those Ivies must be absolutely phenomenal, considering the stats of all the rejects.

I agree with beowulf90...it would have been great respect, a fantastic experience, and great bragging rights for parents. Meh...

[jerushs]

milkmagn-

while i appreciate ur attempt to console, it doesn't discount the fact that harvard would be an AWESOME experience. and not just in itself. if i went there, i honestly believe i'd be able to achieve my full potential. there's only so much motivation that comes because you will yourself to. can you imagine the conversations, ideas that would flow?

sigh. college admissions is ---practical. there are too many people applying, hence the application process is simplified into a piece of paper+an interview maybe. it's too bad there's no aptitude test for college. how well you'd fit in, etc.

oh yeah- i'm not going to go into denial and be all 'H doesn't like me, i don't like H either'- i realize i'm not H's ideal applicant(not that i applied there).

what's SUCKY about it, is i might not be the best for H, but H might be the best for ME.

[Nickel Xenon]

Got into Boston U, NYU, and the University of Dallas. Rejected at Yale and Stanford. Waitlisted at Columbia. Waiting on USC to make a choice. -_- Most likely a rejection.

[giajale]

Abhimanyuk, you scare me. You have absolutely a spotless record, you should have gotten in somewhere.

Try for a Spring term 2009 at a good college which'll offer you some FA. I know how much it sucks to get rejected... and don't borrow money till it's the last option. Try for a state college in the US, they give good waivers.

Now my turn on this "gripe" vine...

Rejected: Stanford, UChicago, UPenn ( I loved UChic)
Waitlist: Wellesley, Swarthmore, Haveford, Northwestern
Accepted: Grinnell, NYU

Waiting for: Vassar, Emory (but probably rejected).

It sucks cos I was so sure I'd get in somewhere nice.... but probably it was for the best. I wouldn't have realized what a marvelous place NYU is, perfect for me.

[FellowCCViewer]

It just hurts when they all come in a row.

Got that right.

[skp]

Yeah, my input:

Rejected - Columbia (knew this was coming, so wasn't disappointed)
Waitlisted - Cornell, Brown (was disappointed with Brown, my first choice)
Accepted - Hopkins (glad I got in here, great pre-med, almost applied ED), WUSTL (too expensive)

Overall, it was okay, got into some good schools.

[raekwontc]

Rejected - Cal, UCLA, UCI (seriously, ***), Georgetown, NYU (Stern)
Accepted - UIllinois, Babson, Penn State, Boston University, UC Davis, Purdue
Waiting- USC

I really wish I got into one of the schools I was rejected in. Was really hoping to go to California.

[anh1vodoi]

I'm rejected from ALL the schools I most wanted to go to; waiting for the wl from Dickinson and preparing to deposit to Drexel. And I thought my 2190 SAT would account for something, since I'm intl.

But I seem to be less dispirited than you guys here... Let's try my method though:
1. We still have transfers, and grad school. And Steven Spielberg went to a not-so-famous school.
2. Go to the accepted schools' websites. I totally love Drexel's, and found that it has an honor program, and I can get extra credits from UPenn. Well that soothes me

[anh1vodoi]

And let's blame the baby boom in 1990.

[Milkmagn]

while i appreciate ur attempt to console, it doesn't discount the fact that harvard would be an AWESOME experience. and not just in itself. if i went there, i honestly believe i'd be able to achieve my full potential. there's only so much motivation that comes because you will yourself to. can you imagine the conversations, ideas that would flow?

Swarthmore would be better for more "intellectual" conversations

[Roman God]

I was rejected from every Ivy....

IT is ridiculous... I think SATs really really mattered this year to the point where colleges would toss aside applications that did not fit their ranges.

I congratulate everyone who was accepted.

Being a minority (I am Hispanic) or having a super strong hook is NOT the ticket into the Ivys without the proper scores...

I wish I had focused more on scoring well than being the best Latin student in the nation >.>

[the_village_idio]

Remember, a lot depends on what you want to do for a career. For some, it matters a lot that you make a good undergraduate school. A few of my friends want to be college professors/ researchers, so going to a school with a lot of "prestige" will help them along the way. This also helps with people who wish to go into business. A "Harvard" undergrad degree would be pretty appealing to prospective employers for engineering, law, etc. as well.

However, if you're like me and want to go into med, going to one of the "top" schools isn't necessary, or even favorable for that matter, from my perspective. I didn't apply to MIT because I knew it would seriously mess up my GPA, and I would be too busy to study for my MCAT. Though I was admitted into Yale and Princeton, I'm seriously considering Rice, with their 92% med school acceptance rate, scholarships, and the shorter amount of time it takes to graduate (2-3 years instead of 4, tempting because Med school is a LONG and debt-incurring road).

[Milkmagn]

yeah, for med school, gpa and MCAT are FAR more important than attending a prestigious undergrad school

[robinhood]

got rejected and waitlisted except Dartmouth.
This is so............bad.
When it comes to Asian male, colleges look at your application very differently. They want to see picture perfect GPA and SATs. The wholistic view that the adcom officers are preaching are all stupid hoaks. I had high GPA (not perfect, but top 10%), SAT (2340), Siemens award, Science league awards, research varsity tons of community hours everything went out thru the window. I agree trying doesn't get you anywhere. So now with the new tuition plan, the Elite colleges have reduced the acceptance rate, so they are victimizing the students even more. Why dont they publicize that openly? Instead they give false hopes and try to attract good students just to raise their ranking. This whole process is so unfair! A lottery in NY timeSqaure would be a safer game than participating in this process. Yes I'm frustrated!