<p>So, I’m wondering, if your stats are above the top 25% at your college of choice is there a chance you will be rejected because they assume you won’t go there anyway? Is there a way to offset that?</p>
<p>Yeah, if the school thinks you are applying there as a safety, then your essay should really be geared toward how much you want THAT SPECIFIC SCHOOL.</p>
<p>uh NO.</p>
<p>that’s a BS created by those with huge EGOs. </p>
<p>then why do kids get acceptances from MULTIPLE good colleges?</p>
<p>applying to college is like getting a girl.</p>
<p>you need to be moderately good looking (stellar GPA).</p>
<p>if you look like George Clooney, that’s a big plus (academic superstar)
but that alone does not guarantee you to her bedroom.</p>
<p>you need some humor, style, money, hobbies (extracurricular activities)</p>
<p>and also good reputation (strong recommendation letters). </p>
<p>you also can’t be a noob and start stuttering and be nervous and insecure.
girls can detect insecurity INSTANTLY. so you need to have some experience (SAT) and that is a measure of how comefortable and confident you are with girls. Again, confidence alone won’t guarantee your success in love(2400 won’t do it!) but you definitely need some confidence(as in, knowing when to say what and when not say what) that comes mostly from experience(from taking multiple practice tests).</p>
<p>But most importantly, her looks aren’t everything (prestige isn’t everything).</p>
<p>You might find the love of your life at a totally unexpected location, unexpected girl, and unexpected situation (not going to your dream school isn’t the end of your life). </p>
<p>Lastly, you need some luck!</p>
<p>again, my point is: you can never be rejected for being too good.
of course she might want to meet a particular type of guy that is not you (colleges might be looking for other kinds of applicants, those from Idaho, for example, even if you’re an academic superstar from Andover). </p>
<p>so you can’t simply just say you were rejected for being too good.</p>
<p>They could think you’re out of their league though…I think this is more the case for freshmen admissions than transfer admissions though…</p>
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<p>Getting a girl has absolutely nothing to do with luck. Sorry, bud.</p>
<p>■■■■■. Applying to a college is like getting a girl?</p>
<p>Never needed an application…nor interviews. I usually don’t have to pay either (split it).</p>
<p>I’m a noob.</p>
<p>I have never heard of an applicant being rejected from a college because they were ‘too good.’ Even if that does happen, why would people on College Confidential know anything about it? Unless I am mistaken, most of us have never been on a college admissions committee. </p>
<p>By the way, ssl307’s analogy is dumb.</p>
<p>I think he’s talking more about the girl of your dreams when he says you need luck. I’m sure everyone can get such and such, but when you’re going for the (HYPS)'s of women, you might need a bit of luck? That’s his analogy? </p>
<p>Idk.</p>
<p>I need to get out more.</p>
<p>His analogy is sweet but doesn’t really make sense. Obviously if my stats are above the top 25% of the school I am looking at, I’m not looking at HYPS. I’m looking at a small liberal arts college that would be conisdered a very, very safe school for me. My concern is that I may end up getting rejected because they don’t think I’m a serious applicant. I’ve read about “Tuft’s syndrome” or something like that and don’t want to end up rejected because they are assuming that I won’t enroll and are trying to protect their ranking.</p>
<p>I think this is a perfectly legit concern.</p>
<p>Yeah that analogy doesn’t work. I equate getting women with a lot of different things, including the stock market, but comparing college applications to women definitely is not one of them.</p>
<p>Tufts’ Syndrome is a legitimate concern but I don’t think most schools gauge their applicants in such a way.</p>
<p>It must be a very slow day…because I checked the criteria that US N & WR uses to rank colleges:</p>
<p>[America’s</a> Best Colleges 2008: Undergraduate Ranking Criteria and Weights – U.S.News & World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/about/weight_brief.php]America’s”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/about/weight_brief.php)</p>
<p>Tufts syndrome should not be a problem for transfers because they don’t use yield at all, and acceptance rates are only based on freshman applicants.</p>