upsetting and unexpected college decision

MidwestDad3
Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:53:01 +0000

“14% is the acceptance rate for every applicant. Not every applicant possesses a 35.”

But you are not just competing against everyone who got a 35. You are also competing with those who got a 34, 33, 32. Pretty much anyone who gets in the 30s (and many below) are capable of doing the work, and the universities know that.

At each of the 4 terrific schools you got into, OP, there are rejected and waitlisted applicants with 35 & 36 ACT scores wondering why you got in, and they didn’t.

It is obvious that you are struggling to make sense of your results and figure out a way forward. Go back and visit the schools you got into. Spend a whole day going to classes in your department. Talk with faculty and students. If you spend your time on CC obsessing about waitlists, you are not using your time wisely. 99% of applicants out there would change places with you in a heartbeat in order to gain the opportunities that you have right now.