for today
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I feel pretty hopeless about BC not going to lie. I’m hoping for a deferral today.
Well, unfortunately, I was right. I got rejected. Not super surprised, but I still was trying to hold on to some hope. Looks like it’s going to be a very rough round of RD
Keep your head up. You have a bright future ahead of you no matter where you end up.
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I just don’t know what was wrong with my application. I’m probably rejected at every private university I applied to. Already planning for having to transfer somewhere.
I’m sorry.
There’s nothing wrong with your application.
But you don’t know the competition and what caused another Canadian to be selected v. You. Perhaps they came from Catholic school or were involved in Catholic charities. Perhaps they played an instrument their orchestra needed a player for. BC and other similar universities have 5 or 6 or 8 qualified applicants for each spot.
That’s the way it works and that’s why having a couple safeties you like matters.
There’s still time to apply to a few more universities in the US if you wish.
But you have solid safeties in Canada, right ?
Right now, where have you been admitted ?
And at public universities did you apply to the honors colleges?
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So far I’m only in at UMN and a Canadian state school. Didn’t apply to U of A and ASU honors cause I’d rather go to UMN over them. UMN honors comes out in march. I think test optional killed my app.
for UMN Honors.
No regrets. You’ll never know why. It’s the torment. That’s why you need a cushion of acceptances.
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Again - you already have the cake.
Anything else is icing.
You’re already in a position of strength!!
You have value - whoever gets you is lucky…not the other way around.
You could always apply to other schools later.
And don’t worry about Honors…if the experience matters, great…but UMN can be great…regardless. And great for chem.
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Honors makes a big difference at a university with 40,000+ students…1° priority registration is worth its weight in gold 2° instant community 3° smaller classes and direct contact with professors 4° ngl ego boost 
. ChemE at UMN (chemistry overall) is nationally-known so there’d be worse safeties to have! Or if you applied for Business, Carlson is very well-known in the Midwest and has privleged relationships with several companies and dozens (hundreds) of companies are located in the Twin cities, which are a vibrant, hopping metropolis. A friend told me “all the advantages of California, none of the problems” (well, except weather, but if you don’t mind exchanging icebox super cold temps with blue skies 1/3 of the year and huge mosquitoes in the summer, for megafires, drought, and floods…)
Do you want to send in a couple more apps in Canada or are you fine with UMN?
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Well I’d go to UMN over any Canadian school. I’m also in at U of Arizona and I’m expecting to be in at ASU, so I think I have enough safeties covered. I’m ideally hoping I don’t end up going to any of these though. I don’t have much hope for RD though since I was rejected by BC ED II. It would be nice to get into somewhere other than a safety.
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I hope you’ll come to see that the safeties have areas of excellence and fit that will serve your goals and offer unique opportunties.
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The classification doesn’t matter.
No matter where you get in, then it’s a safety.
You couldn’t even attend an accredited school at BC of engineering. It was a terrible choice to be honest.
UMN is a top chem and chem engineering school.
Forget ego. Those are great. So is Arizona, a top science school.
Maybe BC is a better fit but ranking is not relevant to the best school for you.
Based on what you described at the outset, I noted all along BC wasn’t right.
Take the positive. You got a win. Your career will be brighter from these accredited schools, if you decide to go engineering.
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Yes, that is true. I’m hoping for NYU Tandon school or Emory now though. I probably have little to no chance at either but still hoping
because you want to spend a fortune at a school that’s not even at the main campus (Tandon is elsewhere)…or another school that doesn’t have engineering.
I’ll say this - - and I see you moved engineering from the intended - but if it’s a possibility (and given you applied to Tandon, it is), these would both be mistakes given your wide area of interests - - because UMN and U of A will be better for both - and both Emory and BC don’t have your possible area of interest so other than an ego POV (which you noted above), are not good choices.
You’re looking at the wrong things IMHO.
But - good luck.
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As noted, back and forth should be moved to PM. Thank you! Both positions have been clearly articulated. Further posts will be deleted.
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It’s more of a case of being interested in science, broadly, than Engineering (and economics as well, so social science). OP is keeping his options open because he’s not definite about Engineering - hence Emory or BC.
Most 17 year olds naturally don’t know precisely what they want to do with their life. Academically strong students have many interests and aptitudes, so logically are interested in different majors.
Add to this that OP is from Canada, which has a different culture from the US - and one advantage of the US over Canada is ease of pivot at the University level.
I wish @ravk06 the best, lots of choices.
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A perfect reminder above and with that in mind, OP wishing you nothing but the best and glad you have some strong options. Please try and find time to reflect on all that you have achieved and enjoy what’s left of your senior year.
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If this is what you are hoping for, I’ll keep my 
that you get your choices. If not, you have other options…and that is also a good thing.
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Yes, please keep hoping. Stay positive. They only person who knows what is right for you is YOU. Please take judgmental lectures or criticism from random strangers with a very large grain of salt. Some of us used to joke that half the kids go to college with an undecided major, and the other half change their major. Having a wide range of interests is great. Best of luck!!
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