What is happening. Where should I go

Yida79
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:47:10 +0000

I am an international student from China, and I basically get rejected from all the colleges I applied to.
My stats are 110 TOEFL, 1490 SAT, 3.9/4.0 unweighted GPA, 42/45 IB predicted grade, 150 Duolingo, decent activities and honors. I get admitted to Kenyon college with 44k scholarship per year, Denison with 60k per year, UToronto with 25k per yer, bard with 30k per year, and also Northeastern, Rutgers, OSU, UCI, UPitt. Get waitlisted from Boston college, Colby, and UCSD.

I get rejected from
Wesleyan
Middlebury
WashU
UVA
Tufts
Colgate
UCLA
UNC
Washington and Lee
Vassar
Pitzer
College of the Holy Cross
UT Austin
Brandies
Emory
Colorado college
UIUC
UW-Madison
U-Florida

I almost get 10 rejection letters in one single day. I know my background may not be that standout but at least decent. My counselor also can’t figure out why I get so many rejection. I don’t really care about the ranking and “prestige” of the colleges but my family does. I like kenyon college and happy to be there, but I’m just overwhelmed from the pressure from my peers and family, especially when my peers have similar and even lower stats and get in to those “well prestige” colleges.

I’m planning to learn film and environmental science. Is Kenyon a good choice for me? I like its vibe (and decent scholarship). I used hate those people planning to transfer out before they start their college, I truly respect those colleges give me offer. But now, since I most likely need to get back to China when graduated, I may need to transfer out to some college having “well prestige” in China. Where should I go now. Kenyon? U-Toronto? northeastern? Please give me some advices, thanks.