<p>ok well, it did not contain the “I’m in!” news. I did not get in to Hampden-Sydney College:( So where do I go from here? Who do I contact to find out WHY I was rejected? And what do I do to get ready for December? </p>
<p>In a way I feel better now that i got rejected. $40,000 a semester would have killed my parents. I’m ok going to the local cc especailly since i only have to pay 25%</p>
<p>Wabash–
If denied, you need to move on. If deferred, you need to redouble your efforts by supplementing with additional information to the admissions office.</p>
<p>I believe this school was your top choice from other posts. If denied, it may be attibutable to the high number of kids applying. It is insane this year.</p>
<p>Do you still want to go to school in the South? If so, time is running short to get some apps submitted.</p>
<p>Wabash…sorry about HSC…but still rooting for you and hoping you are going to be enjoying your college freshman fall in 06. Maybe it was meant…there are many schools as good or better out there. Remember too that if you actually do a cc next fall…make As and you may be surprised at your transfer options…could be excellent.</p>
<p>Wabash,</p>
<p>I am sorry you did not get into HSC. Usually the decision of the tribal counsel is final, so it does not make sense to do a lot of monday morning quarterbacking on a decision that is not going to change. Your best bet is to keep it moving. Hopefully, you have a rolling admit school in your pocket. </p>
<p>I am attaching the link to the common application as there are still colleges whose application deadlines have not passed in the event you still need to add some choices.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.commonapp.org/search.cfm?pg=1&srtCol=4&srtOrder=DESC[/url]”>http://www.commonapp.org/search.cfm?pg=1&srtCol=4&srtOrder=DESC</a></p>
<p>all the best</p>
<p>so, i shouldn’t have my GC call and find out why?</p>
<p>I doubt if you would get the information you are seeking.</p>
<p>Sorry about skimming your post and not noticing it was rejection.</p>
<p>Let me suggest the following for schools in the south: Wofford, Spring Hill, Milsaps (I think in Jackson, MS); bigger: Auburn, Clemson, Ole Miss, Alabama.</p>
<p>Good luck. Sorry about your denial, but keep your chin up. It’s their loss, not yours.</p>
<p>I read once that there are a few schools where rejection decisions can be appealed (although this isn’t something they choose to publicize). However, for most schools, a rejection is final. You aren’t going to find out why no matter who calls.</p>
<p>Wabash, very sorry to hear the news.</p>
<p>oh, Wabash, sweetie, I am so sorry that you didn’t get into HSC…I know that this type of thing is a real blow, but I’m with sybbie—move on, and take proactive steps to make sure that you have some good choices in the end. You sound like a committed and determined student. I have a feeling that your future will be an enormously bright one! Hang in there!</p>
<p>fondly, ~berurah</p>
<p>So is it a bad call to have my GC call and find out why i was rejected?</p>
<p>Also, how do I find out if HSC is on the “few schools where rejection decisions can be appealed” list?</p>
<p>is this the link you mentioned “reading somewhere”? <a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;
<p>Should I try and reverse it? or wait and transfer?</p>
<p>Wabash,</p>
<p>I don’t think you are getting the message or it is a message that you really do not want to hear: Let it go and move on. There are literally thousands of other schools out there for you.</p>
<p>I know that it is not easy to let go of something which you have held on to for so long (part of the problem of allowing your self to become so invested in one school).</p>
<p>Are you really going to feel better if you know why you were not admitted (it’s not going to change anything)? Perosnally, I do not think that this is the best use of the time and effort that could be but into another school.</p>
<p>Now I wish I had saved that article about appeals! (It was in a newspaper). I just googled and found some places that have appeals (I used “appeal college admissions decisions”) For instance, the U Cal system allows for appeals. I didn’t see anything offhand for your desired college when I put that in as a search term also, but I didn’t go very far into the links.</p>
<p>The following from CC may be useful for you: <a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000283.htm[/url]”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000283.htm</a></p>
<p>I would look through the college’s web site and see if you find anything (try using search terms as well – it may be somewhat hidden). If you find nothing, you could call or ask your GC to call and ask if there is an appeal process. S/he could also ask why you were rejected, but I don’t know that colleges will give out that information. It would lead to people arguing with them, even suing (“you said it was because I didn’t have enough APs, but you admitted someone with fewer APs who actually had lower SATs than me,” etc.)</p>
<p>We actually tried to appeal without an appeal process with my son. Well, actually it was the head of his school, who saw no reason for my son to be rejected. He is a retired general and used to getting answers and what he wanted. He was actually ready to fly out to Stanford to talk to them. After the admission’s office rebuffed him, he contacted the president of the college. He couldn’t pry any information out of the school.</p>
<p>For those places with appeal processes, it probably only works when there was an obvious mistake – they find they didn’t have all the test scores, the best recommendation didn’t get there and they never let you know, your qualifications are way over those of the average student, etc.</p>
<p>Realize that this is a long shot twice over – that there is an appeals process and that an appeal would be successful.</p>
<p>Looks like this will be a burr under your saddle until you find “the reason” you were not accepted. If so, have your GC call admissions and kindly ask. Maybe the school will say something specific (your grades or SAT weren’t up to snuff)–maybe it will be something generic (we had so many great applicants this year, blah, blah). I doubt that you will get an answer that will bring you any satisfaction.</p>
<p>Best to move on, as sybbie says.</p>
<p>A lot of our kids were in your position last year, and they are now at different schools and very happy. It is very hard, I know to give up on a dream, but all this means is that you really weren’t meant to go there, but there is something so much better for you out there. Take a deep breath, look at all your other options and get those apps done! You, too, will wind up where you are meant to be.</p>
<p>Been there, done that. I’m really sorry you were rejected- I know exactly how it feels and I understand wanting to know why. It doesn’t seem fair that you can put 4 years of your life down on paper, and someone can reject it and not tell you why. </p>
<p>That said, the sooner you’re able to move on and find a new school to love, the happier you’ll be. Dwelling on the rejection for too long will make it much harder for you to appreciate and enjoy the school you do end up attending. Try to forget about HSC until next December- after your first semester somewhere else. If, at that point, you still really wish you were at HSC, then submit a transfer application. If you’re happy (and you probably will be), then you won’t have spent weeks and weeks fretting over something you can’t change.</p>
<p>I truly am sorry about your rejection. Good luck with your other schools- I’m sure there’s one out there that can make you happy.</p>
<p>What did your letter tell you? Sometimes the reason is right there–or, anyway, as much reason as they feel it’s appropriate to share with you.</p>
<p>Probing for more feedback feels like a bad ideas to me because I don’t know what you would do with the information. It’s not like you can do a do-over, or use the information to change your approach to other colleges. With something like a job interview the searching may go on indefinitely–and every application or interview is a chance to present yourself differently, so feedback from each rejection is useful. College apps aren’t like that, at least not in February of your senior year.</p>
<p>Unless H-SC is a school known for its appeals, or unless you plan to take a gap year and do it all over again, I don’t think it would do much except give you additional news to feel bad about.</p>
<p>I know it’s hard to get such news from a school you were so interested in. I’m sorry.</p>
<p>Wabash, the important thing is that you learn from this.</p>
<p>I know several young men who were rejected from their 1st choices, then transferred later.</p>
<p>What you have to do (we’ve talked about this before) is take control, whether it be the CC or somewhere else, knuckle down and do your best. Upgrade your application via your CC classes; show your determination and quit using outside events as excuses. HSC is bound to have transfer spots, if that’s what you still want later.</p>
<p>JUST DO IT!</p>
<p>Wyogal
PS: how’s your grandfather?</p>
<p>Wabash–we are all very sorry that you have had such a disappointment. There are many students out there who do not get into their first choice school (including our D 3 years ago!), but I am a firm believer in the theory that you end up at the school that is best for you. Our D couldn’t be happier with the school she attends (originally her 2nd choice) and wouldn’t transfer for anything!!</p>
<p>Keep your chin up, and know that there are many schools out there that you will love, and that will love you!!</p>
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<p>I certainly agree. My son really wanted to go to Stanford and applied ED. He had the test scores, the grades, the rec’s, the ECs, the APs, and even three years of post BC Calculus math from Stanford itself. He was very upset not to get in (and not even be deferred to RD) … but then he went to another school and loves it! My daughter also didn’t get into her ED school (deferred, this time) … but by the time RD came around she had figured that she would actually prefer the school she is attending now. My niece was very upset to be rejected by three different schools and now is very happy where she is right now. A friend of my daughter’s had the same experience.</p>
<p>It hurts at the time of rejection, but you will end up happy somewhere else I predict. Best of luck!</p>