Good point.
I know this is disappointing, but this was the expected outcome for an international student — or honestly, a domestic one too. That is true of all highly-rejective/highly-selective colleges.
I hope you can end your spiral and focus on what you can do at this point, not on what you cannot.
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I am utterly disappointed to look at some universities (other than us), they like give scholarships about a certain treshold like Aalto (1550+), I was totally capable of getting that my center ruined it
I still can’t get over it sadly, Seeing rejections everywhere makes me really feel sad.
That sadness and disappointment is totally understandable. That said, I hope you can telescope back and maybe absorb a lesson or two from the experience. You came onto a board and made the decision to crowdsource to a group of experts, volunteering their time and energy to help wonderful students like you. Instead of embracing the nearly unanimous opinions, you pushed back and rejected the advice. You focused on bumping your test score when it was unnecessary. You obsessed over the size of your laptop. You focused on schools that did not have a history of providing full assistance to international students. When people recommended less well-known schools that could be a fit, you didn’t like the advice. Finally, you approached the entire process that the schools in United States owed you a $350K education and that you were being wronged if it didn’t work out.
You are an amazing student and I have no doubt that you will be successful. Might I suggest that as you continue to mature, you accept that heeding the advice of experts is a cheat code to life. Good luck to you.
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They “likely” - you don’t know.
And you have no way to know your SAT would have been better.
You have no money. No matter what - that’s going to stop you everywhere - even traveling to somewhere.
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Just in case you don’t know already, two years ago there was a student from California with 4.0 GPA and 1590 or 1600 SAT who was rejected by almost all the top schools he applied to.
In October you believed you would score 1560 but turned out to have scored 1430. Did you take it again to score 1470?
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My daughtrer’s valedictorian had a 4.0, top rigor and a perfect ACT and applied to 16 top 20 and was 0 for.
OP is believing he was ripped off. He wasn’t. College is a business. You need money at some level.
And even that, like the student above, assures nothing.
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OP, I know you worked so hard and had hopes that your hard work would result in an affordable acceptance in the US. I am 99% sure you would get an acceptance to Ole Miss and Minot. I don’t know about the others, as I don’t know where you applied. The problem is not the acceptances, it is the price tag.
You have said you want to study environmental engineering, with a minor in data science. I can assure you that setbacks like these will happen all the time in environmental engineering – a promised contract won’t come through after you have already done a lot of work for it, regulations change and you have to start over, there are budget cuts for the project or your firm, environmental reports come back differently than you expect. This type of situation will occur over and over, for you ,for me, for most of us. All of us have to be able to pivot and move forwards. Think of this as unwelcome, but useful, practice for the future.
I know your local options aren’t what you aspire to, but if you can get an engineering degree from one of them – either environmental engineering or maybe civil engineering with a focus on environmental, and you can create a good portfolio of projects that you can showcase and hopefully work in a research lab and graduate with top grades – then you should be in a good position for a master’s program outside of India – perhaps Germany or somewhere else in the EU where the master’s programs are funded. (In the US, most master’s programs are not funded, although PhD programs are, so the US is not a likely destination for a master’s program).
If you list some of the affordable options, I’m hopeful that someone here can provide some input onto the likelihood of graduating from there and then getting a master’s overseas.
@MYOS1634 – is this a reasonable path forwards?
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I cannot understand ATP, private colleges here charge skyrocket fees for stupid education.
My local colleges (KLU and SRM) are legit feeders for masters education. They fake GPA’s. My principal’s son studies there. He told us about the incident how his son could not get good marks and hence he had to join the latter.
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Battery died half way during the first exam.
So basically I believe all the doors of undergrad education are closed for me right now.
I really messed up stuff…
Please consider this and all other future options for yourself. There is nothing you can do now about the past, so it’s time to look forward. You aren’t the first (or last) student who found themselves with no affordable college acceptances.
So…start to make a list of your options and do it now. Local college? A job? What.?
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I did not mean that in a good way, please read it full.
They are really not worth spending the money for.
I DID read the whole thing. Your goal is to get an education of some sort. And to move on. You need to at least consider this option if no affordable other options come your way.
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OP- this is your chance to take that incredible energy, drive, and ambition you have and channel it towards a viable plan. You are going to be the student every teacher, professor, administrator wants and talks about for years- the dedicated and hard-working and focused student at a second-tier institution who is working like he’s attending Cal Tech. We all know you can do this. The world is filled with talented adults who were hampered by their families financial circumstances who pivoted- and got themselves an education anyway. You can attend a second tier institution, come out on top, and land at a world renowned graduate program. You can do this!
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Start working. Save money. Get involved with something really impactful in your community, if you are able to do so. There will be volunteer opportunities in your area. Maybe contact organizations like Teach for India.
Yes, this is very demoralizing. Give yourself a few days to feel disappointed, and get back in the saddle.
Edit: try to stop fretting about the SAT score. That is not why you weren’t accepted. Trust us on that. I’m sorry to say that it was almost certainly the money issue.
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The private institutes he’s talking about are closer to the for-profit outfits in the US.
@Ihopethebest
1/ apply where you still can in Germany and France or any other country you researched. Time is almost up for this so if you really want to leave India this has to be done now.
2/ spend your energy, not on regrets, but on getting the best possible grades on Class XII board exams. You’ll need these no matter what you do next.
3/ look at RECOGNIZED, PUBLIC (non JEET) colleges or universities where you could get admitted in your State or in India, even if they just prepare for A levels to complete Class XII and not a Bachelor’s degree, even if they’re not high ranked, as long as they’re public and recognized.
4/ if all fails, you can always register at a language institute to take language classes (French or German or?) so you have more options next year in the relevant countries. That’s for AFTER your board exams.
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You have been given some logical paths forward. You can spend the rest of your days complaining about the SAT, US colleges that did not give you a full scholarship,your lack of funding, etc. OR you can start to plan for the future.
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Not to be mean, but the OP doesn’t understand or accept nuance; don’t give options. So the better way to phrase:
Start to plan for the future, but don’t spend the rest of your days complaining about the SAT, US colleges that did not give you a full scholarship, your lack of funding, etc.
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Yes, I was asking about #3. Aren’t they very inexpensive for a low-income student?