<p>I wouldve posted earlier but I’m just kinda dissapointed</p>
<p>Rejected to CALS and CAS
Stats:
SAT: 2320 750CR 770M 800W (Highest Combined)
SAT IIs: 760 Math IIC, 800 French with Listening, US History 750
GPA: 3.9
Rank: my school doesnt rank but probably top 5 percent
Other stats:AP Calculus 5, AP Stat 5, AP Italian 5, AP French 5</p>
<p>Other Factors:
Essays: I spent my whole summer on it
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): Good ec’s (tennis, debate, president of latin club, president of animal lovers club). I speak 5 languages. 1 internships</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: california
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>
<p>Other Factors:[*]General Comments: I can’t belive I got rejected. I worked so hard and my stats were pretty amazing IMO. I felt that I just wasted so much time and so much money on the app fee and test score. This is pretty bad given the terrible economy right now. If ED was this bad Regular is gonna be a slaughter. Good luck to the rest of you guys doing Regular.</p>
<p>Wow. I can not believe that not only did you not get accepted, you got rejected. Your stats are amazing. I do not understand their selection process this year. Did you ask for aid?</p>
<p>shirlyj, so sorry you got rejected, your stats look pretty amazing. Are you a NYS resident by any chance? I notice there’s a lot of NYS residents applying to contract colleges with amazing stats who were rejected this year…it blows. maybe just a coincidence, or maybe I’m just noticing it because I’m looking for it.</p>
<p>I do believe that deferred ED students do stand a better chance than most of receiving a guaranteed transfer, but the experience has been so extraordinary this year that I’m not certain what I can assert with any confidence anymore.</p>
<p>Shirly – Out of curiosity, what college was your primary? And what was your intended major? I’m astonished that somebody in your position wouldn’t have at least been deferred.</p>
<p>I’ll add that in my own CAAAN experience two legacies were outright rejected, which seems a little bit without tact on Cornell’s part.</p>
<p>It’s the alumni contact network that meets with applicants. It’s not mandatory by any means – maybe only 50 percent of students have such a contact.</p>
<p>My daughter never got called for an interview during ED. Should she ask for one now? Also, she took a bus trip and stayed overnight in the dorms and went to three classes. Would they know she did this or should she update them on this when she sends in additional info?</p>
<p>Applicants do not request CAAAN contacts. Contacts are only offered in areas where there is an active alumni committee in place, and even then, some students may not be contacted due to time constraints. Because not every student is contacted, not have a contact cannot hurt you, they are ‘non-evaluative’, even though the alums do write up a brief description of the contact and the admissions office does read the report.</p>
<p>I think the proper course of action would be to simply have her write a letter along with her mid-year report documenting her interest in the school and any interesting updates on her life.</p>
<p>SAT: 2100 650CR 800M 650W
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Physics
GPA: —
Rank: —
Other stats: IB 41/45</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: started in my grade 11 year
Teacher Recs: got both my HL teachers’ references
Counselor Rec: she’s pro in writing (she went to Cambridge)
Hook (if any): School prefect, Student council, all other kinds of volunteering trips that Im sure many of you do all the time, recent immigrant to Canada, experience of nearly death, Badminton silver winner, Piano and Flute RCM grade 10, Couple awards from Kiwanis Music Festival, did AMCs and other Canadian math competitions (rank Top 7% in Canada)</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Canada
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hong Kongese/Taiwanese/ Canadian
Gender: female
Other Factors: Good interview?
General Comments:
Well I thought I wouldnt get accepted cuz my super low SAT. But anyways…I can’t wait to see all the class of 2013!! :)</p>
<p>Chandlerbing - I’ve so enjoyed your posts. You have a great spirit. No matter what college you end up deciding on - you’ll be a success. Keep up the great attitude and thanks for all your wise and wonderful postings. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Thank you momwhowantsthebest!
That was such a nice comment
Hopefully it’s Cornell, I’m hell-bent on trying my darndest (haha) on getting in RD. And if it doesn’t work out, I’ll go somewhere else (hopefully Williams!)</p>
<p>ChandlerBing, you’re fabulous and if HumEc doesn’t take you, they’ve lost their marbles (especially with their being a female-majority school. They’d be insane not to take such a qualified guy). Like you said, maybe the contracts gave preference to out-of-staters over NYSers during ED to insure their financial well-being.</p>
<p>And I want everybody (not just Chandler) to remember how HUGE a part luck plays in college applications. I’ve heard stories about application committee people literally picking up a stack of five or six qualified applications and choosing the one whose name they like best or the one with a 7 in his/her SSN.To get in, you have to be qualified, interesting, and lucky - maybe you were qualified and interesting and didn’t get into Cornell ED, but your luck will be completely different this spring. </p>
<p>“Will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed. 98 and 3/4 percent guranteed!” </p>
<p>Ok. Too cheesy inspirational for someone who just got home from flipping burgers. Finish your applications.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks! I really hope HumEc takes me, I still love it
If only you guys were the admissions committee…
Maybe they did, maybe they didn’t. I’ll never really know. The important thing is to keep my head up.</p>
<p>Yes, luck is a huge part. At Ivies/their counterparts with certain stats it’s a crapshoot. They might see something random they like in your app, they may not.
Gah!</p>
<p>Hahahaha, well it’s flipping burgers today, and CORNELL next year!
Lucky bum :P</p>
<p>I… almost don’t want a GT, to tell you the truth. I’ll be happy if I get one (meaning I get SOME form of admission to Cornell), but I’ll only use it if I don’t like the college I attend. Is it more likely for a HumEc deferral to end up in acceptance or GT? I’m hoping with all the fibers of my being (corny) for acceptance.
Cornell, Cornell…</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you’ll get in Chandler, they even said you had all the right stats for it. I think it was just an issue with your essay, which could easily be fixed now that you know what they’re looking for.</p>
<p>I really hope you’re right, Silverzc, I can definitely write a nice letter of interest answering their specific question, it WAS my combination of EC’s that made me choose HBHS/HumEc, so writing about my genuine passions and experiences really shouldn’t be hard. But even with all that, they may just give me a GT due to lack of room or something.
Getting accepted would be the best day of my life. Or one of them, so as not to be too dramatic ;)</p>
