Rejected for being too good?

Applying to College
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<p>isnt 5:30 really good for a girl…YES!!! SHE IS 17…i was looking for a gf who is in track…finally i found one</p>

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<p>BestMiler1, I’m sure my bf would love that one. I’m just kidding. Seriously though, 5:36 is my PR. I usually mile in the high fives. What other events do you do?</p>

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<p>Damn… y’all are fast. I can barely get sub-6min… but still, I can hit a 60+ mph softball pitch (which = the same reaction time as a 90+ mph fastball in baseball)… 7/10 major league baseball players couldn’t hit a softball when pitched that fast (those are actual numbers). So ha!</p>

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<p>sweet…for a girl 60 is sweeet…i dont think i can even pitch 60, but then again…im a runner</p>

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<p>Vicissitudes, I’m sure you’re a master runner. I bow down to the clear display of your athleticism.</p>

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<p>7/10 major league baseball players also can’t hit 90 mph fastballs</p>

<p>this is why if you are batting .300+ you are doing pretty damn well</p>

<p>:P</p>

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<p>“sandbag” refers to when someone paces himself so that he uses up more energy at the end of a race than at the beginning.</p>

<p>In simpler terms, he lags behind until the last lap then goes all out to pass people right before the finish line. It generally has a bad connotation and I believe is considered to be bad sportsmanship.</p>

<p>Christine: stop stalking me on CC.</p>

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<p>Stalking? Please, don’t flatter yourself. You’re EVERYWHERE. It would be impossible NOT to comment on the threads you’ve commented on. </p>

<p>Except maybe in the Yale thread. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :D</p>

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<p>brassmonkey, yeah thats true…
on Sportscenter and Baseball on Fox, they’ve shown Jennie Finch pitching to all star baseball players, and she struck almost everyone (like 18/20 players) out on 3 pitches (the others struck out on 4-5 pitches).
in softball, they can make the ball sink, curve, AND rise. I LOVE SOFTBALL!</p>

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<p>I know of so many stories like this one! A good friend of mine got into HARVARD and NOT UPenn or Georgetown. Go figure. Or my other friend who got into Michigan and NOT Indiana-Bloomington.</p>

<p>BOTTOM LINE? This is a totally arbitrary process, NO WAY of predicting the outcome. Its a buckle your seatbelt and hang on process. We are totally and truly helpless. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you for steering us back on topic.</p>

<p>I’m basically panicking because CC may very well have been the least selective school I applied to… I have no desire to post my stats, suffice to say that I think they were more than sufficient for the school.</p>

<p>Totally arbitrary? that’s… reassuring, thank you. :smiley: Just gotta wait for the mailman, I suppose…</p>

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<p>2 good or 2 bad?</p>

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<p>it they feel it counts on their rankings then i would imagine yes …
for grad school, some schools for some subjects would pay for their prospective students to visit (plane, hotel, food) in which case the school is interested in inviting the max amount of applicants that would accept it …</p>

<p>happened to a friend of mine who got into stanford and ucb but was rejected by his local college - when he called them they just said that there was no point in accepting him since he wouldn’t have gone there anyway</p>

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<p>Granfallooner: First off, great username. I didn’t think people read Vonnegut anymore.</p>

<p>As to what is called the “Tufts syndrome” where a college will reject/waitlist you because they think you are using them for a safety, it really only happens at colleges that are just outside of the super-elite colleges. These are colleges in the WUSTL, Emory, and Tufts range. These colleges are trying to protect their yields. It doesn’t happen at lesser ranked schools so much and not at large public universities.</p>

<p>Also it doesn’t really apply to colleges that are in the same class such as all of the ivies. If somebody is accepted to Harvard and Princeton but rejected at Cornell and UPenn, that is not Tufts syndrome but just random luck.</p>

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<p>Or is Granfallooner from a video game?</p>

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<p><em>bump bump bump</em></p>

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<p>Bleh. Well, thanks anyway.</p>

<p>Yes, reference to Cat’s Cradle. Just remove the skin of a toy balloon. I don’t play video games. FYI, there <em>is</em> a Bokonon somewhere on this site…</p>

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<p>Tufts syndrome explains how i was waitlisted from MIT. I was just too damn good.</p>

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<p>wrathofgod: that was funny, very good.</p>

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<p>Yea I like your name too, Granfallooner. I just read Cat’s Cradle for my research paper.</p>