<p>Perhaps I shouldn’t have gotten my hopes up for Smith, but I actually believed that I had a fighting chance. I received my rejection at 11:30 this morning and spent two hours crying uncontrollably.
Their rejection letter seemed a little harsh, and included something along the lines of “compared to the other applicants, you weren’t qualified” (alright, it didn’t say that, but something along those lines that still stung.)
After spending the last year working tirelessly to get almost straight As, being the president of a club, and giving up my social life, I suppose I just thought it was going to turn out better.
My grades in Freshman and Sophomore year were not very good, but I have a medical excuse, and I managed to bring my grades up to almost all As, a 34 on my ACT, and a 2100ish SAT score.
How do I deal with my rejection letter? I find out from Middlebury tomorrow and I’m frightened, if I didn’t get into Smith…well, I doubt I’ll get into Middlebury.</p>
<p>yea i was disappointed 2 especially after that gruellin application process. the main reason i wanted to go to smith was because of its ‘culture’. ma mom was always like ‘i dnt want u exposed to bla bla bla’ so she’s glad. considerin that i have a gf…ma mom really dnt have a clue</p>
<p>Yes, my D is absolutely devastated. Like you, she has a decent gpa, great SAT scores, had a great interview, overnight, class observation, but I think what hurt her is that we are from a town very close to Northampton, and I think they put a limit on the number of local girls they accept each year. She felt like she just fit, and from my perspective she really does. She is bright, quirky, fun-loving, eager for a challenge, and really thought she would get in. What a nasty shock. It is really Smith’s loss. My D would have made a great alum some day, as I am sure you would too. Good luck wherever you end up!</p>
<p>@teachandmom
I’m so sorry about your D and I wish that the two of us were both entering the class of 2015. Coming from Punahou, a school in Honolulu, HI that doesn’t really produce many applicants to small liberal arts colleges such as Smith (I might’ve been the only applicant from my school this year, I’m not entirely sure,) it was definitely a shock as I thought that my location, and my lack of need for financial aid, would really help my application.
Is your D considering sending an appeal? I’m thinking of doing that to either Smith or Middlebury, as I got rejected from both, but feel as if I’d be perfect at both.
My mother went to Smith for a few classes while she spent a semester at UMass at Amherst in an exchange program with USC, and she loved it, and told me that I would be a perfect fit there. Your D and I are similar in those character attributes, and it really is Smith’s loss.</p>