<p>I’m rejected too. Not entirely unexpected, as I previously said. I also just got waitlisted at Occidental.</p>
<p>God, college admissions are depressing.</p>
<p>I’m waiting to hear from Pomona. I’m almost certain - especially now - that that will be a no. So I will most likely be choosing between Bryn Mawr, Mills College, and University of San Francisco. </p>
<p>I mean, all of those are great schools, but this definitely did not go the way I had envisioned. I’m pretty disillusioned right now. Sigh.</p>
<p>Waitlisted at Connecticut, Waitlisted at Holy Cross, Rejected at Barnard. What a day.</p>
<p>Surprisingly I’m okay. I really, really want to go to Bryn Mawr now. Barnard was a really big dream for me, but in another way so was Bryn Mawr…just a completely different kind. I sort of wished I could split myself in half – half of me could go to Bryn Mawr and the other half to Barnard. I think I want to intern in NYC over summers. That sounds really nice to me. I’m really hoping I can get more financial aid from Bryn otherwise I won’t be able to go. I’m sad that all the girls on this board won’t be going to school together but we should still keep in touch. I think a fair number of us are looking at going to Bryn Mawr, so we’ll still be together…just in a different place than we originally thought. </p>
<p>I’m very, very proud of the essays I wrote for Barnard. I wouldn’t have presented myself any other way and I think that’s helping me cope. I did everything I could. And while it’s hard to let the dream I’ve had for so long go, I feel strangely at peace. </p>
<p>I just so glad to not have to wait in limbo anymore!</p>
<p>I’ve heard from all my schools now.
Accepted at Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Sarah Lawrence
Waitlisted at Barnard, Wellesley, Bates</p>
<p>Gonna stay on the waitlist for Barnard and Wellesley
Gonna visit all the schools I was accepted to over april break, but I’m leaning towards Bryn Mawr. The more I learn about that school, the more I like it.</p>
<p>I know this process is a nightmare, but I’m really beginning to think what happens happens for a reason. I’m learning a lot more about myself through all of this and really reevalutating MY needs and wants for my college experience. We’re all brilliant girls, that’s a given, now we just need to decide where we could grow the best, not which school is ranked higher or has lower acceptance rates. That’s something I’m superficially struggling with, but I’m getting past the numbers, slowly but surely. Long, weird ramble, but I hope you guys get the gist of it!</p>
<p>That was so well put, englishivy. That made me really happy to hear, so thank you. That was needed.</p>
<p>Haha, that’d be very funny if we all ended up at Bryn Mawr. Ugh… I just don’t know! Grrr…</p>
<p>Good for you, inasummertown! Also very encouraging to read your comments. Thanks to you too. Good luck neethus and dinerz. You don’t know for sure that you’ve been rejected/waitlisted. If so… you’re in good company! :P</p>
<p>I got into some pretty good schools and I really think I can be happy at one of them and get a good education, but I just really wanted Barnard. It’s weird because I put so much more time into my Barnard supplements than any other college application!</p>
<p>question: If I put myself on the waitlist and I get admitted, do I have a choice or is it binding? I don’t/can’t get stuck with sucky financial aid…</p>
<p>I really hope that I don’t get a letter today then. It seems that everyone that got them today (I’m guessing they mailed them on Saturday) got rejected/waitlisted.</p>
<p>I really, really, really, hope that I don’t get my letter today!</p>
<p>brandnewstate, putting yourself on the waitlist is NOT binding. In fact, the best advice is to send it off (along with any really “new” and significant info you have since your application) and then FALL IN LOVE with your next choice school to which you were admitted. You may even, in the end, decide Barnard is not the best for you after all…</p>
<p>Rejected with a 2170 SAT (750 CR, 710 M, 710 M) and 4.1 W GPA.</p>
<p>I don’t know what they were looking for, but my honest opinion is that that one girl that applied from my school got it and I didn’t because they compare applications side by side (as I’ve read from various articles - I know Tufts and Amherst does it) when they come from the same school and she had great SATs and great grades.</p>
<p>Rejected. I burst out crying, but I think I feel a little bit better now. The letter was pretty mean, though, and I still love Barnard even if they don’t love me back. I guess I need to make the best of the places that do want me, right?</p>
<p>I’m so sorry mp153. I know getting those small envelopes reads like a huge slap in the face, but in the long run, it may just be the best thing to happen to you. Think of all the great schools that DO want you and all the possibilities you could have there. It’s what you make of it. The school doesn’t make the woman, the woman makes the school!</p>
<p>Now it is time for some of etched’s final musings (I’m taking about myself in the third person because I feel like I’m telling some story, haha). All of you are fabulous ladies (even those who are lurking in this thread – I know you’re there, and you’re great for just reading this!). You don’t need a school to define you at all. While it is definitely a nice thing, it isn’t the be all and end all. Barnard and other top schools are simply places to get an education. While some aspects make it better/worse in peoples’ eyes, ultimately, its first purpose is education. Just the fact that we have the opportunity to pursue higher education is incredible, regardless of where we end up. </p>
<p>Even though I got rejected, I’m not really all that upset because through the process I was able to meet wonderful people. Find the silver lining in life, find the learning, find how you can make it better and bounce back from the situation. I know a silver lining for everyone in here: you’re wonderfully brilliant and fantastic individuals that have achieved great things in your 17/18 years. That fact cannot be taken away from college rejections – it’s their loss. That may seem cheesy and cliche, but it’s true. </p>
<p>Know that a college doesn’t have to validate your accomplishments or who you are; be the strong ladies that you are and rise above it. I know it’s difficult, but the college process is needlessly hurtful. Don’t get sucked into it. There are better things to do, like getting excited about where you’re going next year. Just because it isn’t Barnard doesn’t mean you’re not going to get a great education. </p>
<p>Basically, love yourselves. I love you all because you’re wonderful; treat yourselves with the same respect and try not to take this too hard. </p>
<p>I can’t wait to hear the stellar things you all do! (And I totally will hear because we’ll stay in contact. It’ll be like this group of girls at colleges across the country with a bond that can’t be broken, especially with time, ha [cuz we waited together]).</p>
<p>Smile Chin up. And a huge congratulations goes out to everyone for completing the process! Kudos! Yaaay.</p>
<p>Other than that, we all rock. And, yesssssss, this has been way too long, so I’m done.</p>
<p>Sigh, etched, that was so touching… you have a way with words, especially when someone’s upset!</p>
<p>I read half of it, it’s not a waitlist. Doesn’t matter. I think I know why I got rejected… so it’s all good.</p>
<p>A few tears are leaking but that’s okay It’s not over til it’s over, and that’s not til May when I sent out my decision as to where I’m going. And even if I don’t get into Tufts, I’ll be okay. After all, I have a 20k scholarship at GWU with an honors program invite, a full tuition scholarship at my state school with an honors program invite, a waitlist at Wesleyan, and an acceptance at Boston College.</p>
<p>So like I said… it’s not over til it’s over!</p>
Chin up. And a huge congratulations goes out to everyone for completing the process! Kudos! Yaaay.</p>
It’s not over til it’s over, and that’s not til May when I sent out my decision as to where I’m going. And even if I don’t get into Tufts, I’ll be okay. After all, I have a 20k scholarship at GWU with an honors program invite, a full tuition scholarship at my state school with an honors program invite, a waitlist at Wesleyan, and an acceptance at Boston College.</p>