Why didn't I get in?

citivas
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:16:33 +0000

No school admits this and people always dispute it on these forums, but it may be yield protection. Your stats are well above the median, even for in-state. Sure the bar may be higher for in-state. Perhaps you struck a wrong note with someone personally with something in your essay or other answers. Or perhaps your particular profile was too similar to other admits – as one college admission head once quoted to me, they are building an orchestra with different instruments, not just picking the best individual musicians. Also, did anyone else from your school get admitted and do you know their stats – you are coming first and foremost against your own class. Anything is possible. But yield protection is real and also possible.

Anyway, sounds like you ended up in a great school so all worked out well…