Why didn't I get in?

WCASParent
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:08:06 +0000

You are clearly a highly qualified applicant for any school.
The fact is, however, that the most competitive schools in the country simply can’t offer admission to everyone who is qualified, so a lot of factors come into play, some of which you have no control over. (A few years ago I heard that Harvard had so many applicants with 1600 SATs that they rejected half of them!)
Not getting into GU does not mean that you weren’t qualified, or even that you weren’t MORE qualified than many who did get in.
Besides, you got into Duke, which is a better school anyway, so you’ll be just fine, whether you decide to go there or elsewhere.