EPTAnyway for those of you with really high credentials, it's important to remember that for almost everyone, there are a number of people equally qualified as you. Even if you have 3.95, 2370, good extracurriculars, you still won't get into all the Ivies. They simply don't have room to accept everybody of your quality, deserving as you may be.
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Antoine
United States7481 Posts
Anyway for those of you with really high credentials, it's important to remember that for almost everyone, there are a number of people equally qualified as you. Even if you have 3.95, 2370, good extracurriculars, you still won't get into all the Ivies. They simply don't have room to accept everybody of your quality, deserving as you may be. | ||
ArvickHero
10387 Posts
On March 25 2011 12:00 RedMochi wrote: 4.2 weighted gpa 2240 SAT 35 ACT 800 Math II 790 Chem 790 US history 770 Bio 740 Physics APs: Calc BC, Bio, US History, Physics B, English lit&comp, compsci A, Euro All 4's and 5's. Mostly 5's 250+ hours volunteering National and International Awards for Piano State and National Awards for Science competitions AMC 12- 88.5 AIME- 2 <--- yeah i know it sucks Accepted: UCR Cal Poly Pomona Rejected: UCI UCSD UCLA UCB Waiting: Columbia Harvard Princeton Yale I have officially lost all faith in the college admissions process. holy crap you got screwed over hard. Last year I got accepted into UCSD (which I'm attending now) and UCI and I only had a 4.2 GPA, 2040 SAT, really shitty subject SATs (650's around that LOL), AP Euro, US, Gov, Econ, Lang and Lit (4 4 5 4 3 4[+failed AP Bio/Calc lololol]), and only extracurriculars were my HS Chamber Orchestra getting very good results at various festivals, being first chair, being in SCSBOA Honor Orch and playing in w/ the local CC Symphony and a Concerto w/ them (no community service >_>). I did write some super fuckin sexy essays though, maybe those count more than I thought. | ||
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FXOTheoRy
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FragKrag
United States11549 Posts
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Loser777
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On March 25 2011 12:00 RedMochi wrote: 4.2 weighted gpa 2240 SAT 35 ACT 800 Math II 790 Chem 790 US history 770 Bio 740 Physics APs: Calc BC, Bio, US History, Physics B, English lit&comp, compsci A, Euro All 4's and 5's. Mostly 5's 250+ hours volunteering National and International Awards for Piano State and National Awards for Science competitions AMC 12- 88.5 AIME- 2 <--- yeah i know it sucks National Merit Finalist Some clubs but nothing that important National Honor Society Accepted: UCR Cal Poly Pomona Rejected: UCI UCSD UCLA UCB Waiting: Columbia Harvard Princeton Yale I have officially lost all faith in the college admissions process. There are tons of us who share your feelings, and lack of faith in the admissions process. Here are my (somewhat lengthy) feelings on the process: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=204748 | ||
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xiaofan
United States513 Posts
On March 25 2011 12:13 Loser777 wrote: There are tons of us who share your feelings, and lack of faith in the admissions process. Here are my (somewhat lengthy) feelings on the process: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=204748 shit man that sucks | ||
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
On March 25 2011 07:26 b3h47pte wrote: Naw they didn't give me a reason but I assume it has something to do with me being Chinese :\ This makes me sick  | ||
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jujumonster
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Deleted User 47542
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On March 25 2011 12:08 ArvickHero wrote: holy crap you got screwed over hard. Last year I got accepted into UCSD (which I'm attending now) and UCI and I only had a 4.2 GPA, 2040 SAT, really shitty subject SATs (650's around that LOL), AP Euro, US, Gov, Econ, Lang and Lit (4 4 5 4 3 4[+failed AP Bio/Calc lololol]), and only extracurriculars were my HS Chamber Orchestra getting very good results at various festivals, being first chair, being in SCSBOA Honor Orch and playing in w/ the local CC Symphony and a Concerto w/ them (no community service >_>). I did write some super fuckin sexy essays though, maybe those count more than I thought. ROFL we have almost the exact same stats, I think I posted mine in last year's thread. I got into Irvine and waitlisted to SD, but yeah the college is so fucking hard to get into now. I didn't even have any notable extra curricular or achievements. | ||
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chameleonism
United States31 Posts
To get into these schools, you need to have some kind of edge like having family that went to the school, being in a prestigious family, winning a major competition of some sort, being a strong athlete, going to a well-known or elite private or public high school (T.J. for example), etc. Once you factor in these people who have an "edge" over you who also have equal level qualifications (they may or may not be smarter/harder working than you), there are very few spots for the really smart and talented "normal" guys. The best advice is to not sweat it. Go to whichever school accepts you, do well and move on with your life. Many non ivy league schools have programs just as good (if not better) than many ivy league schools. If you have your heart set on a certain program or career path, do the research and find out how you can make it happen. edit: You also need to realize that if Harvard/Stanford/MIT/etc wanted to, they could limit their acceptance to only those who scored above 2350 (or higher) on the SAT with ease. The competition at the top is fierce so if you are not above 2300 and you don't have one of my above mentioned "edges" than you are going to need a miracle or the best set of extra-curriculars known to man. RedMochi is sadly, a perfect example of this. | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
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funnybananaman
United States830 Posts
Mark Twain had a great quote, he said "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education". Unless this kind of faux-academic stuff is all you really like to do, i don't mean to judge. Just my 2 cents, i'm still a junior in hs anyway. hf | ||
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StarcraftAnomaly
United States12 Posts
3.98 unweighted GPA 2000 SAT 560 SAT Chem 780 SAT Math II 250+ Volunteer hours Vice President of NHS President of Model United Nations President of Mathletes Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Accepted University of Washington - Accepted Harvey Mudd College - Rejected Western Washington University - Accepted Standford - Waiting | ||
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RedMochi
United States2 Posts
Yeah it does, but I'm hoping somewhere East accepts me. If not, then it looks like UCR for me. At least they gave me a partial scholarship. If that happens I intend to transfer, hopefully to an ivy. Or if transfers don't work out then graduate as fast as possible. I should have enough credits for mid-year sophomore standing if I end up going. On March 25 2011 12:26 chameleonism wrote: I've seen a lot of people mention that everyone with high scores is getting turned down to the top tier colleges but what you have to understand that schools like Harvard/Stanford/MIT get so many applications from students around the country with 99 percentile SAT scores w/ tons of extra-curricular that "normal" students rarely get in. To get into these schools, you need to have some kind of edge like having family that went to the school, being in a prestigious family, winning a major competition of some sort, being a strong athlete, going to a well-known or elite private or public high school (T.J. for example), etc. Once you factor in these people who have an "edge" over you who also have equal level qualifications (they may or may not be smarter/harder working than you), there are very few spots for the really smart and talented "normal" guys. The best advice is to not sweat it. Go to whichever school accepts you, do well and move on with your life. Many non ivy league schools have programs just as good (if not better) than many ivy league schools. If you have your heart set on a certain program or career path, do the research and find out how you can make it happen. edit: You also need to realize that if Harvard/Stanford/MIT/etc wanted to, they could limit their acceptance to only those who scored above 2350 (or higher) on the SAT with ease. The competition at the top is fierce so if you are not above 2300 and you don't have one of my above mentioned "edges" than you are going to need a miracle or the best set of extra-curriculars known to man. RedMochi is sadly, a perfect example of this. I think you misunderstand me. I would not be surprised if I was rejected from the ivy leagues since the competition is incredibly harsh. But it's a complete surprise for the stats that I have to be rejected from so many UC's, even UCI. I expected at least UCI and maybe UCLA or UCB. | ||
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
On March 25 2011 12:26 chameleonism wrote: I've seen a lot of people mention that everyone with high scores is getting turned down to the top tier colleges but what you have to understand that schools like Harvard/Stanford/MIT get so many applications from students around the country with 99 percentile SAT scores w/ tons of extra-curricular that "normal" students rarely get in. To get into these schools, you need to have some kind of edge like having family that went to the school, being in a prestigious family, winning a major competition of some sort, being a strong athlete, going to a well-known or elite private or public high school (T.J. for example), etc. Once you factor in these people who have an "edge" over you who also have equal level qualifications (they may or may not be smarter/harder working than you), there are very few spots for the really smart and talented "normal" guys. The best advice is to not sweat it. Go to whichever school accepts you, do well and move on with your life. Many non ivy league schools have programs just as good (if not better) than many ivy league schools. If you have your heart set on a certain program or career path, do the research and find out how you can make it happen. edit: You also need to realize that if Harvard/Stanford/MIT/etc wanted to, they could limit their acceptance to only those who scored above 2350 (or higher) on the SAT with ease. The competition at the top is fierce so if you are not above 2300 and you don't have one of my above mentioned "edges" than you are going to need a miracle or the best set of extra-curriculars known to man. RedMochi is sadly, a perfect example of this. I have a question to people who attend the cream of the crop schools. When you get there, are the students all what you expect out of a top tier school? Do they all have amazing credentials and achievements with super amazing intellect? I can't imagine that one school could be filled with nothing but these geniuses all with outstanding achievement | ||
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vlaric
United States412 Posts
On March 25 2011 10:23 Perguvious wrote: Legion of mediocre students, RISEEEEE yess 3.8 weighted 3.6 unweighted 2150 SAT 770 US History 640 English Literature no extracurrics or community service, chillin 24/7 in hs accepted: none rejected: UC Berkeley UC San Diego Waitlisted: UC Irvine | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On March 25 2011 12:00 RedMochi wrote: 4.2 weighted gpa 2240 SAT 35 ACT 800 Math II 790 Chem 790 US history 770 Bio 740 Physics APs: Calc BC, Bio, US History, Physics B, English lit&comp, compsci A, Euro All 4's and 5's. Mostly 5's 250+ hours volunteering National and International Awards for Piano State and National Awards for Science competitions AMC 12- 88.5 AIME- 2 <--- yeah i know it sucks National Merit Finalist Some clubs but nothing that important National Honor Society Accepted: UCR Cal Poly Pomona Rejected: UCI UCSD UCLA UCB Waiting: Columbia Harvard Princeton Yale I have officially lost all faith in the college admissions process. Major? | ||
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don_kyuhote
3006 Posts
On March 25 2011 10:35 ihaveabeard wrote: Goin to Purdue Nice! Boiler Up! | ||
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Jombozeus
China1014 Posts
On March 25 2011 12:34 StarcraftAnomaly wrote: From WA: 3.98 unweighted GPA 2000 SAT 560 SAT Chem 780 SAT Math II 250+ Volunteer hours Vice President of NHS President of Model United Nations President of Mathletes Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Accepted University of Washington - Accepted Harvey Mudd College - Rejected Western Washington University - Accepted Standford - Waiting You have an extremely similar profile to mine. Except I have a lower math score and higher chem score, otherwise everything else pretty much the same. US SC for MUN and a few others. I'm also contemplating Rosehulman and got accepted, will you go? Also, UCSD is confusing me. I see you guys with such high credentials getting rejected, and I had a friend with 1850 get in. I'm 1990 SAT and I got my ass landed in waitlist... WHY UCSD, WHY SO CONFUSING? | ||
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LeafMeAlone
United States301 Posts
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