Duluth

My Stats:

33 ACT
3.98 UW GPA
4.12 W GPA
2 APs junior year (5s on both)
5 more this year
Almost all honors classes
3 solid teacher recs
3 varsity sports, captain of one team
Tutor
30 hour/week job three summers
Mission trip each summer
Around 100 hours of community service locally
Decent Essays
Minnesota Resident

Denied Admission?!?!?

I hate to sound like a sore, whiny, unhappy reject, but that's what I am - I'm f***ing p***ed!

Really? I think admissions needs to snap out of this crap and realize that they ain't Yale or Notre Dame. Last time I checked, Madison was still an enormous state school with a ~55% acceptance rate.

A few weeks ago I was cheering on my Badgers and excited as hell when they kept the axe. Now I hope Minnesota absolutely kills them in every single football, basketball, and hockey game in the forseeable future.

Becky Badgers suck

Balthezar

I'm not sure why they would have rejected you outright. Did you call and try to find out why? I don't know if they would give you a specific reason, or not. At any rate, they do have an appeals process that I'm documenting below. Also, those stats of yours should get you several admissions offers.

Appealing a Decision
Every denied application has gone through extensive reviews. Therefore, for an appeal to have merit, it must bring to light new compelling academic and/or personal information, as well as details pertaining to extenuating circumstances that were not addressed in the initial application. Essentially, the appeal must present information that clearly shows the student to be stronger than had been earlier evidenced.


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Appeals must be written and submitted by the applicant. They should also be supported by appropriate documentation, as needed. The appeal letter must clearly outline the reasons for appealing and present new and compelling information. It should not simply repeat information that was presented at the time of application.

It is our usual practice to respond to appeals within six weeks of the date we receive them. While all appeals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, the rate of a decision being reversed based on an appeal has historically been very low. Appeals should be sent directly to the Office of Admissions.
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rodney

Something's fishy in the hinderlands; have your guidance counselor call admissions.......

barrons

Second Rodney. Be calm and ask for some answers. Maybe somebody entered your ACT as 23 instead of 33.

etherdome

It can't hurt to appeal. At the least, a phone call would be in order.

It may have come down to a demographic thing. Or, perhaps your essays put them off.

Duluth

sorry about being kinda obnoxious - it's just that I got back from captain's practice last night and was in a bad mood and getting the letter put me in an even worse mood. I've been browsing this place for awhile and decided to get an account and kinda went off on a rant.

I've made an appointment with my counselor tommorow to go over things so hopefully I can make sure nothing was screwed up. I don't think it was the essays cause I shared them with two of my English teachers and they thought that they were great. And coming from Northern Minnesota I don't think demographics hurt me - I could see that more likely if I was from the Twin Cities.

I did say I'd apply for fin aid if that matters.

Thanks anyways though. I have applied/am applying to other schools (Notre Dame, UMN, Goergetown, Iowa, BC, Tulane) and honestly, although I thought UW was a safety, it was tied with Notre Dame as my favorite and I was seriously considering going there so it was kind of a big shock last night.

TheyCallMeCC

ouchh, that sucks & my stats aren't as good as yours, but i was also considering it a safety. now i'm just plain nervous :|

rodney

let us know what happens; like I said earlier; something is definitely amiss

barrons

D, I doubt anyone blames you for being upset. You should be a slamdunk admit on paper. Something seems amiss.

toshimelonhead

They are really cracking down on OOS for sure this year. That sucks that you got rejected.

Pea

I don't get it either. You should pursue what is going on.

LuckyStarBoy

There have been many instances this year (specifically on these boards) of kids with similar or even better thats than you getting rejected/postponed. You'd find them if you looked through, but I'll post them:

Applicant w/ 34 ACT, 3.9 ACT, Excellent EC's, 20something AP's,---> Postponed (ShampooSwallower)

Applicant w/ 35 ACT, 3.8 GPA, good EC's, Job, AP's ---> Postponed (LoonLake)

Applicant w/ 29 ACT, 3.5 GPA, OUTSTANDING EC's, AP's ---> Rejected (Cody2010)

Applicant w/ 32 ACT, 3.5 GPA, AP's, Good EC's ---> Postponed (HotIvy)


I myself had worse stats than all 4 of these people, AND the OP, and I was admitted 2 years ago. I think we have to accept the fact that Wisconsin is becoming the new Michigan and that students with near perfect records are going to start getting turned away.


To the OP: That really sucks. There's nothing like getting rejected from your SAFETY. Best of luck trying to get into Notre Dame. Also, it actually might be worth your time to call UW to make sure they didn't make a mistake.

matok

This may seem like a stupid question, but what makes schools like UW favor instaters? Don't out-of-staters pay more for tuition therefore making UW more money? I'm sure I'm missing part of the equation here

barrons

They don't favor either. It really depends how many apps they get instate and OOS. Instate gets 65% of the slots and OOS 35% including Minn.

John2698

The University of Wisconsin limits out-of-staters to 25% (excepting Minnesotans, who are counted as in-state). This is a political decision by the university's board. If they rejected too many in-state students there would be political hell to pay.

UW-Madison admissions myths: Applicants from outside Wisconsin are taking up spots that could go to state residents.