A devastating mum here 
. My son having all the great credentials and SAT of 1560 didn’t hear back from any school . It is so disturbing for all of us .
I request u all kindly let me know wt else can be done . What students do if not accepted from any college.
Hopefully waiting forward for your suggestions .
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Consider community college. Is it too late to apply?
Did your son not hear back from any colleges, or do you mean he was denied by all the schools to which he applied? Did he apply only to very selective schools? There are many schools still accepting applications. Tell us a little more about your son and what he is looking for in a college.
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I’m so sorry. I think options include gap year, community college and colleges with rolling admissions (some colleges also have April 1 deadlines, which is tomorrow).
Is your child on any waitlists? This are often low probability but could offer another possibility, if slim.
I think in your case with great stats I’d recommend starting now to plan out a great gap year experience and re apply on the fall, reconsidering your list to include college options too.
If you care to share any places your child applied this year and or any academic interests or other constraints maybe the CC community can offer suggestions for other schools to consider.
I’m sorry again this happened. Chin
Up, it will be ok.
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Yes, the more the OP can tell us about the situation, the more helpful we can be. At a minimum it would be useful to know:
Residency (US or international, and if US what state)
Budget
Any specific academic/major interests
The basics of the secondary school curriculum and grades
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Also, where did he apply? If you are international, did you need financial aid, and if so, how much?
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Since the OP has yet to respond, and to help guide the responses, they are international from a very overrepresented country.
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1.NACAC will release a list of colleges still taking applications after May 1.
2. Some colleges are still taking applications…NOW.
3. Start at a community college and transfer to a four year to finish the bachelors…probably not a good option for an international student.
4. Take a gap year and do something worthwhile during that time. Then apply again next year, making sure you have at least one sure thing for admission.
- Apply to colleges in your home country.
As an international student, your chances of admission are half of what the regular %age of admission is. So for a college having 5% acceptance rates, your chances would be under 3%.
In addition, many colleges here are need aware for admissions, and if you need financial aid to attend, that is considered when your application for admission is considered.
And lastly, did you apply to any colleges in your home country? If not, why not?
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There are 740 Common App colleges (out of 1,084) still taking apps right now.
We don’t know when the NACAC list will come out this year due to the FAFSA issues and because many enrollment deadlines are later than May 1 this year. So, do not wait until this list comes out…less and less financial aid will be available the later things go (not sure if you need FA).
Go to College Search in the Common app to look at the schools still taking apps:
Filter by Fall 2024 and deadline on/after April 1:
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As far as non-common app schools, many CSUs are still taking apps for the fall. Go to this page, search for fall 2024 and international student. Some majors may be closed, click on the “see notice” links. Note: CSUs will not give financial aid to international students.
Here’s just a subset of the CSUs still taking apps:
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A 1560 is great but for a US college it makes no difference compared to a 1500 if you’re from a system that supports test prep (or 1400 if you’re from a system that doesn’t.)
There’s a first threshold- can this student do the work?- then a second one -what will this student bring our college community that no one else can?
And since no one knows what the whole pool is, it’s impossible to know the answer to that 2nd question.
A 3rd element for internationals is “can we afford to admit this applicant?”
What was his curriculum and what grades did he get?
What did he want to study?
What were his extra curriculars if he did anything outside school?
What was your budget?
Would he consider applying to the UK? (they’re scrambling because way fewer international students applied so it may be worth it to enquire at a few universities.)
In the US, there’s been a huge IT disaster with the system that processes federal aid, it changed this year and the disaster has forced universities to change deadlines so some may still be open to examining applications.
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Haven’t heard back means either the applications had an issue or the college hadn’t notified everyone yet. Or you were denied and used the wrong wording. We cannot guess. You also didn’t say where they applied, if it is only the top 20 schools it wouldn’t be surprising to be rejected.
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There are many colleges in the US where you can still get admitted - and are non competitive admission wise but still very good.
I don’t know the budget or interests - but if you have the funding, there are many colleges for you (but they may not be a huge international name).
So tell us more - major, budget, school type desire (large, medium, small), weather, etc.
Good luck.
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Either have him reapply the following year or have him start university in your country. Just because a student has a higher SAT and has met course admissions requirements, does not guarantee him a seat at a US university. There are only so many universities in the US and thousands of US students to fill those seats.
Even domestic students struggle with being rejected by every school that they’ve to because they didn’t apply to the ones that were considered “safeties”.
If you only applied to very high reach schools then it makes sense that you didn’t get into any school and were rejected by all of them. There are never any guarantees that your child will be admitted.
@Anam_Rizvi not sure if you are still looking at these replies…but just woke up to an email from LSU saying that applications are still being accepted. Good luck!
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Can you please clarify? Do you mean was rejected everywhere? Where did he apply? What was his course rgior and grades? What sorts of activites did he do outside of school? Did he seek financial aid? We need answers to those questions before advising next steps.
My main thought, without enough information, is that the student applied to all reaches and assumed that one of them would come through. Applications to super selective colleges that use holistic admisisons are not like buying lottery tickets. Especially not if any financial aid is needed.