@kuriosmind - Yale wasn’t (and still isn’t) my top choice; I applied there because I knew I wouldn’t have finished my music supplements before my actual top choice’s early deadline. It /was a pretty close second, but I’ve tried distancing myself from it ever since the deferral. As for my actual top choice…it’s a pretty gloomy school in NorCal that’s totally not known for CS, start-ups, and a 4% acceptance rate I can dream. What about you?
I’m trying to fall in love with USC because I’ve already gotten in and I’m guaranteed at least half tuition, but I really can’t imagine myself fitting in with the people there.
I’d rather get a waitlist than a rejection, but it’s just a pride thing–I’d like to know that I was “good enough” for the school. If I get any, I’d just treat them like rejections and not even entertain the possibility of squeezing in.
Yeah, same, I feel like a straight out rejection is more of a “not good enough” than a waitilist (although, of course, ton of people who get straight out denied are completely good enough, especially when we’re talking about the big schools).
There’s only really one school I would be willing to entertain the false hope of the waitilist for, though (but that one’s an ivy with an 8.6% acceptance rate, so, you know).
@glasshours wow how alike we are! My holy grail is the Ivy with a 5.3% acceptance rate in Cambridge, known for it’s individualism, grad schools, and tourists. I didn’t apply early because I felt my essays could be improved, and I took the subject tests in November. Also didn’t help my confidence that most top students in my school applied early (all were deferred). Anyways, I know the chance of getting in is so slim, but hey, a girl can dream, right?
Although I must say applying early to Yale totally worked against me, as it is now a close second on my list after all my research. Good luck to all of us!
I’d prefer a waitlist to a rejection from my top choices. Someone I know was accepted off the waitlist to Harvard last year, giving me hope that the waitlist could become an acceptance. However, i don’t think a waitlist means you’re better than someone who was rejected, just that the school feels some students similar to you might not accept their offer of admissions and they need a well rounded class.
I guess I am different, but I am glad I got straight out rejected to Wharton. Now I can actually look at the other schools on my list and made my mind up between rather than hope for slim chance I would get in off the waitlist.
@kuriosmind - What’s your probable major (or what major did you list on your app, since I know those two are different for me)?
And yeah, definitely doesn’t mean you’re not qualified or good enough if you’re rejected. It’s just a good feeling (after getting over initial qualms) that the school /did like you and entertained the possibility of you attending for long enough to add you to the waitlist, as opposed to a straight-out rejection.
I’m going to die if I have to wait any longer for MIT and Berkeley and Financial info from schools I’ve been accepted into. I need to know now. Where have you gotten in @glasshours?
@glasshours haha I actually have a complicated answer for that question. Most of my high school activities were based on business/entrepreneurship, but I actually became more interested in politics, even though I didn’t have as much experience with it. I decided to be completely transparent on my Yale apps, which might have made me less competitive, and indicated that I was primarily interested in political science.
After I was deferred, I decided to stand out amongst such amazing applicants, I should showcase my strengths instead of my thoughts (actions speak louder than words?), so I wrote new essays centered on business, entrepreneurship, etc. In my 10 other apps, I indicated economics as my first choice.
But soon after, I won first place at an international politics competition, so I guess either prospective major would’ve been fine and represented me well.
How about you? What is your prospective major and what did you list on your apps?
I can dream. What about you?
