rejected from a sure thing school????

midwesterner
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:15:46 +0000

Could be lukewarm letters of recommendation, or getting C’s on his report card, or not having high grades in the subjects close to his intended major, or dullness and bad grammar in his essays, or, ultimately, just not enough room for the college to admit every 1450 SAT middle class white kid.

There’s no way to know, and no reason to pursue the answer. Everyone is going to get rejections, and they are going to hurt. If you get into 50% of your schools, you have done well.

Check some of the Naviance diagrams for top schools and you’ll see that rejections are just a fact of life.