Please read what I wrote again.
But, essentially, they can’t tell you why exactly you were rejected because you were compared to others and disclosing the comparison’s terms would diclose other people’s information.
You can use “dear” in several situations:
as a very old person (70+)
as a waitress in a diner
to your spouse or children (NEVER as a child to adults)
You can also use it to start a letter but MUST follow it with a proper name, or in the expression “Oh dear”, synonym with “Oh my”, “oohlala”, “yikes”, etc.
“Yes but if a student has very good SAT score as well as very good in all types of extracurricular activities then also why all USA universities are rejecting?”
You and your friends did not apply to “all USA universities”. There are plenty of places that automatically admit students (even international students) based on their grades and test scores. Some even guarantee significant scholarships for those students. There also are plenty of places that aren’t picky at all about who they admit, so even students (including international ones) with lousy grades and test scores can get in.
Colleges and universities in the US are not obliged to let anyone know why they were rejected. I expect that colleges and universities in your country aren’t obliged to explain their rejections either.
Dear Aunt Sylvia would be addressing someone using their name, just like for a letter.
(You don’t answer adults who try to help on a forum, as OP did, “Dear” …)
@SeekingPam: take comfort in the fact that to an 18 year old, a 30 year old is old.
OP, your English is, to put it mildly, not good. If your your posts represent the quality of your writing in your essay, that was probably all the information they needed to reject you.
For some reason, you seem to be under the impression that because the process isn’t transparent, it is necessarily random. That’s very poor reasoning.
You come across as very entitled. Perhaps that also showed up in your essay or was mentioned in your recommendations.
If you are in India (as your user name implies) you know very well of the IMPOSSIBLE standards that the best schools in India have for admission. Those standards are based upon the performance on an entrance exam. I guess you feel that admissions in India are “transparent” because you will know people ranked 1-1000 will be offered a seat at a particular school and those with lower ranking have no chance.
We simply have no ranking process in the US. We have a number of factors that all are weighed by the admissions committees. SAT/ACT scores, GPAs, types of classes taken, extracurricular activities, passions and interests, essays, etc.
The college is “creating a class” and attempts to choose students who will make a balanced, interested group of students.
Yes, that makes it MUCH harder to predict who will be admitted to what school.
On the other hand, it allows for a much greater range of factors to be taken into account that are allowed for in the Indian system. It also encourages kids to pursue other interests and passions.
That being said, if you had proper guidance you would have been able to select colleges at which you had a greater than average chance of admission (based on average SAT scores). If you did not do that, and applied only to places where your chances are very slim, you will be disappointed.
Perhaps you are not aware that some of the highest ranked colleges and universities only accept around 4 kids from ALL OF INDIA each year? You are competing against the best of the best from India for those US seats. Kids from all the best private schools in India apply to those colleges.
If you have been shut out this year I would recommend that you speak to a private college counselor in India to better understand your chances for next year.
@manindia, 43,000 people applied to Stanford this year. Most of them had top scores and top grades. Do you actually expect Stanford to admit 40,000+ students per year?
Of course schools didn’t tell you why you didn’t get in. They don’t owe you an explanation. And the real reason is simple: they found (probably hundreds) candidates better than you. Or candidates just as good as you, but with something to offer that the school needed: a musician for the school orchestra; a classical dancer for one of its many dance groups; a chess champion; an applicant from an under-represented part of the world.
If you want transparency, apply to schools that offer automatic admissions based on clearly stated criteria. They exist. You just chose not to apply to them.
