<p>wow. didn’t realize how hard this would be. rej from Princeton 
and waitlisted at Yale…boohoo</p>
<p>Advantageous, you are so sensible. The ED process made the rejection thing hard on my son, because he sat faced with the rejection for months before he could get it into perspective. Now that he has some excellent options in front of him, the rejection letters are just a matter of “win some, lose some.” Looking back, I think the ED system does put undue pressure on kids — and then, the kids who got accepted ED really feel left out now that all the other kids are bonding around their rejection experiences. I don’t think I will be recommending doing an ED application when it’s time for my second son to go to college.</p>
<p>:( lolololololol</p>
<p>Newzbugg–I applied to one school EDI (Colorado College) because it was my dream school and I saw myself there. I agree with “win some lose some” thoery…but I have been very excited for the ast four months about my acceptance and don’t feel left out at all because I can’t bond around rejections.</p>
<p>Again, thank you for your compliment Newzbugg. I was also not an ED fan and am happy that I didn’t apply ED anywhere. I mean, it’s a great thing when it works out and you get into that dream college and go and are happy, but I don’t think that it is right for most people. Although I feel somewhat annoyed with them, because they knew the rules of the game, every year there are people who either get cold feet about the school that they have been admitted to ED or who plain want to break their contract–people’s preferences change, and that makes ED dangerous. </p>
<p>I have to say, the good thing about being outright rejected at Princeton instead of pity waitlisted is that had I been pity waitlisted, I think I would have felt more regretful that I did not apply ED and take advantage of my legacy. Being outright rejected, it seems very unlikely that I would have been accepted in the ED round anyway–makes it easier to move on.</p>
<p>kraz–were you not accepted at Cornell stop feeling bad Cornell is a great school</p>
<p>I got rejected from UCLA and offered spring 2008 admission for Berkeley… Berkeley was my number one… so I accepted the spring admission… but it’s still a slap in the face. I’ll admit, I cried like it was a rejection.</p>
<p>Cornell fall 2008 acceptance (guranteed transfer) I am really really not happy.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-shaw30mar30,0,6582311.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail[/url]”>Rejected by Stanford? You'll live;
<p>College is seminal, not terminal.</p>
<p>^That is a great article tsdad. I sent it to my parents earlier in the morning and they liked it a lot too.</p>
<p>So I’m on 6 waitlists right now. This is pretty ridiculous. “I’m sorry we cant give you a final decision now, but…” If your school has a @%%^@@@@ .06% acceptance off the waitlist, you’ve pretty much done it.</p>
<p>I always thought that I wouldn’t be too concerned by rejections from these top schools because it was either Ivy League or settling down for a nice public university in Canada. If I had realized how devastating getting rejections one after the other without any acceptances would be I would have applied for some less prestigious school. But I had thought that would be so unnecessary because I would just go to the U of Toronto or McGill instead… I guess it has to do with pride and a bit of idealism. Berkeley’s rejection totally devastated me because I had honestly thought I was a sterling candidate for UCB…</p>
<p>Rejected UCLA, UF, and UCSD</p>
<p>UCSD and UF were last friday at the same time ,but I didn’t really care, but yesterday was the worse. UCLA has been my dream school since a little boy in ninth grade. I really am considering suicide at this point, since nothing seems to ever go my way.</p>
<p>I was born into a messed up family, with parents who play thieir children on their sides and have been seperated on and off and almost divorce. Moved to the worse state when I was a toddler, and attend a bad school which runins my chances for good school. If I stayed in NY, I would be getting into UCLA and other schools especially with my circumstances. </p>
<p>As I have said in many threads,
I was diagnosed with cancer last year and have only been in remission for about a year. I spent 7 months of my junior year, which is a little more than half of it, on chemotherapy and had to withdraw from my local crappy high school, and take regular level courses over the phone. I had to drop all my AP courses and it sucked. Then, I had no time to prepare for the SAT’s, b/c I was always feeling weak and tired and school was stressful enough when your under such heavy treatment. More so, I was born with a high voice and made fun of it since 10th grade, which has produced some emotional problems with me. I am short, still not very deeped-voiced, and I just feel that I should kill myself.</p>
<p>I am worthless. With my grades and extracurriculars, regardless of my test scores, I should be going to a prestigious school such as UCLA.</p>
<p>Heres my status</p>
<p>Got rejected by Penn, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown and Columbia, waitlisted at Hopkins</p>
<p>my options now are UCLA, Berkeley, UChicago and Penn ST 6 year med program.</p>
<p>My mentality isnt the same as the guy who posted before me but ive always dreamed of going to an Ivy league school and it hurts when your dreams are shattered. especially when you work your butt off and get a 2340 SAT with a 4.6 GPA from the 2nd best school district in california with great extracurriculars. also when people from your school get in who you think are no better than you if not worse.</p>
<p>BruinsJew-</p>
<p>Rejection sucks… But UCLA is a very tough school. Keep in mind it is the most applied to college in the U.S. UCLA can pick from the best of the best even if it’s not an Ivy League. Even if you or I got in, could we actually succeed there? It’s a very hard school. I got rejected as well… Yeah it hurts, but it’s life. I don’t think grades and extracurriculars are an accurate representation of someone’s intellect. They’re more about motivation, which in your case you had circumstances which held you back. Life has many options or paths to go down, and concentrating all of your energy on UCLA, UCLA, UCLA- can prevent you from finding a college that fits well with you, where you can thrive.</p>
<p>man…I’ve been rejected/waitlisted at all my RD schools…BU, Holy Cross and Georgetown. Darn 1st semester grades…</p>
<p>3 more rejections pending?</p>
<p>XD Dry I’ve been rejected by BU and Holy Cross, too!</p>
<p>BU rejected me today. [shrugs] Probably cause my grades and SAT. >/// I feel like I’m becoming like The Grudge from the The Grudge movie. xDD HA HA! JK!</p>
<p>Rejected from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford
Waitlisted at Columbia
Accepted to Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and my safeties</p>
<p>I know I have no reason to complain, as Cornell and Hopkins are both wonderful, amazing schools, but I’ve definitely had my heart set on Columbia since I was like 13. I expected the HYP rejections, but thought I had a chance Columbia. </p>
<p>How many people do they accept off the waitlist anyway, 2?</p>
<p>I think I can get over it eventually, especially after reading some of these wonderful stories. I’ll be alright after I torch some letters. :]</p>
<p>I got rejected from cornell, columbia, boston college, tufts, and george wash U in a span of 2 days. My dad yelled at me for the rejections and started telling me about how his friends daughter got into wherever. My dad said some pretty unwanted things but i didnt respond.</p>
<p>tsdad posted (#190) a link to a wonderful article. In case anyone didn’t open the link, here are the last couple of paragraphs:</p>
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<p>Great message - thanks for sharing, tsdad.</p>