Please be realistic with me

harryk92
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:13:20 +0000

Unbelievable. This week I have been rejected to Santa Barbara, San Diego, Davis, Berkeley, and Irvine. I have no negative attitude toward my less qualified friend. However, his sat was 1700, his GPA equal,(I still took more AP and Honors classes though) did hundreds more volunteer hours and earned the rank of Eagle Scout… and a legitimate job at a store for over a year. (he cleaned baseball fields for two years). He got in to UC Irvine, I did not. We both applied for slots in Aerospace Engineering. The only things he may have done better than me is write a better essay or have his bahai faith working for him. I know those sound like weak arguments but I just can not for the life of me explain why he would get in and why I would not.
However I am proud I got in to the honors college at Rutgers. Thats a pretty good school. I would not have even gone to Irvine if I had gotten in there. Just seeing someone with those qualifications being admitted compared to my superior qualifications being rejected is upsetting. Nonetheless, I must make the best with what I have. I think Rutgers and UC Riverside are my top choices as of now. I can’t stand to see one more god damn rejection letter this week… lol