EPTCollege Acceptance Thread '13 - Page 16
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For those top students who are disappointed by rejections and probably experiencing academic "failure" for the first time, just keep a few things in mind: 1. Assuming you applied smartly (ie not just HYPSM) you will likely gain admittance to one of the top universities in the country. 2. Your college doesn't define you, it's what you make out of your opportunities, and believe me they are endless at any top school. 3. Even if you feel like you're "settling" by going to a "lesser" school than whatever your dream school was, chances are that you'll find a ton of people at that school that are more driven, more talented, and more intelligent than you. Don't underestimate the caliber of students at any of the top schools or else you'll suddenly find yourself an average or below average student. 4. Once you decide on a school to attend, forget about the rejections or other schools you turned down. Don't wallow in misery and bitterness that you aren't attending your dream school. If you give your school a fair chance, you'll probably end up loving wherever you attend. | ||
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Disregard
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46649 Posts
On March 29 2013 12:43 n.DieJokes wrote: So which of you NJ kids got massacred today and are coming to Rutgers? Hey now  Seeing as how it's internationally recognized and has many top-ranked and prestigious programs (http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/national-rankings), not to mention it's extremely affordable compared to other Top 50/ 100 colleges in the country, there's nothing inherently wrong with going to Rutgers  As always, college is what you make of it. | ||
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DuckS
United States845 Posts
Anyone? No? I guess my school is just that high caliber. | ||
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Charwhal
United States18 Posts
Rejected: UPenn, Brown No planned major atm but leaning towards business Kinda bummed I didn't get into Brown, but my top realistic choice was William & Mary so I'm crazy excited that I get to go there. I live in VA so it's actually really cheap for me. | ||
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darthfoley
United States8004 Posts
Waiting on vanderbilt... this is such a depressing week | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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monitor
United States2409 Posts
University of Washington Pacific Lutheran University Western Washington University Denied: UCLA Waitlisted: Oberlin Unknown: University of Southern California | ||
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
3. Even if you feel like you're "settling" by going to a "lesser" school than whatever your dream school was, chances are that you'll find a ton of people at that school that are more driven, more talented, and more intelligent than you. Don't underestimate the caliber of students at any of the top schools or else you'll suddenly find yourself an average or below average student. What's wrong with average TL user being an average student? Maybe we are better than that. But I don't think this is something to be advertised in mod comments to a thread. This is exactly why TL got lots of bad reputation before (it got so huge). | ||
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Oreo7
United States1647 Posts
On March 30 2013 07:52 Cheerio wrote: What's wrong with average TL user being an average student? Maybe we are better than that. But I don't think this is something to be advertised in mod comments to a thread. This is exactly why TL got lots of bad reputation before (it got so huge). People who prefer videogames to sports are predisposed to do well at school. People reading this thread are more likely to really care about college, and therefore also more likely to be applying to competitive schools. It seems a reasonable and reassuring, although maybe overly paternalistic mod comment. | ||
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Aerisky
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gamecrazy
United States421 Posts
On March 30 2013 09:11 Aerisky wrote: Lol I feel like garbage. I know people from my school (which is normal enough) whom I thought were on similar standing as me going to Duke, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and Princeton, maybe some others I haven't heard. I know others not from my school who are deciding among Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, maybe more. I know it's a hollow and pointless endeavor listing shit out and comparing myself but I can't fucking help it. Like there's something wrong with me, like what I've done the past four years academically or whatever was for nothing. I was in the exact same position as you 2 years ago, looking at your stats. In fact your SAT is even higher than mine. Ended up going to UCLA and liking it anyway. Don't feel bad about only getting into UC's. I'm sure you already know that you can choose not to look at it that way, but to be honored that they would accept you. | ||
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Disregard
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babylon
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On March 30 2013 09:11 Aerisky wrote: Lol I feel like garbage. I know people from my school (which is normal enough) whom I thought were on similar standing as me going to Duke, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and Princeton, maybe some others I haven't heard. I know others not from my school who are deciding among Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, maybe more. I know it's a hollow and pointless endeavor listing shit out and comparing myself but I can't fucking help it. Like there's something wrong with me, like what I've done the past four years academically or whatever was for nothing. Buck up, be proud. UCB is fantastic. What's more, you're getting great education for little cost as a CA resident. I don't know what income bracket your classmates fall in (or your income bracket), but I guarantee you that at least one of them is paying out of the nose for that education, which isn't even guaranteed to be better than yours. + Show Spoiler + I just visited UCB last week. Not for undergrad, but for grad school. Shit, son, what don't you like about it??? Coming from the Midwest and a school in a boring suburb forty-five minutes on public transit from anything fun, I gotta say that UCB is amazing. It's almost too nice; dunno how anyone gets work done there. Perfect blend of greenery + city life (campus feels like a national park!), melds together perfectly into the urban center, cafes everywhere, so many trees(!!!) and you can even get away really easily from the bustle if you need the space! I'm not even talking downtown San Fran, but just the Berkeley area by itself is great. You don't really get such a great combination of amazing weather, amazing city life, and amazing education at most schools anymore. @ Disregard: People think that private schools > public schools. UCB and UMich are world-class institutions though, imo. | ||
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darthfoley
United States8004 Posts
#moredepressing | ||
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julianto
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On March 30 2013 09:11 Aerisky wrote: Lol I feel like garbage. I know people from my school (which is normal enough) whom I thought were on similar standing as me going to Duke, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and Princeton, maybe some others I haven't heard. I know others not from my school who are deciding among Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, maybe more. I know it's a hollow and pointless endeavor listing shit out and comparing myself but I can't fucking help it. Like there's something wrong with me, like what I've done the past four years academically or whatever was for nothing. Hello. What was in your personal statement? +2400 SAT +3.9 UWGPA +4.5 WGPA -Asian Male -Asian Male -Asian Male -Boring Asian Male Make sure to get a bachelor's that will get will easily land you job. Start planning now and don't treat college like an extended high school. The brand name of the school you get into is only a couple of letters on your resume. What you do outside of it, the actual real-life experience, is what employers look for. | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On March 30 2013 07:28 Aerisky wrote: Accepted: UIUC UC: Davis regents, SD regents, LA (rec was late, no regents), Berk (no invite for regents :C) Rejected: Cornell Columbia Harvard Penn MIT Stanford UMich, icing on the rejection cake Waitlisted: Princeton + Show Spoiler + Some stats of mine: 2400 SAT I SAT IIs: 800 SAT II Physics, 790 US History, 790 Math, 760 Chemistry, 700 French w/o listening (lol) APs: 5s on euro, USH, Physics B, calc BC, enviro. sci; 4 in chem, 3 in French lang; taking macro, micro, bio, psych, stat, amer gov, and eng lit this year--classes as well as exams GPA: 4.53 weighted, 3.98 un My school doesn't rank but I guess I'm somewhere in top 10% maybe 6-week research program in '11 and an internship last summer in line w/ my interests Piano for 13+ years but hadn't been doing that well recently I also was a peer mentor leader, and led a music group that performed for charity and raised money, really rewarding stuff and I urge any of the younger guys get into that if you can! Really great experience if you have anything like it on your high school campuses (or even outside of school). Some other stuff not worth listing Asian male Intended major: EE though I'm not too sure Intellectually I was prepared for rejection but emotionally I still had some hopes. Nope. Really wanted to get out of my state and go somewhere else. It's sad because I feel like I could have put in easily 50% of the effort and probably still have done exactly as well, and have been happier for it (both because I'd have enjoyed life in hs more and because I'd actually feel happy to get accepted, instead of feeling like I had to "settle"). Well it's sad for a lot of reasons, but I'll leave it at that. Yesterday was not a fun day, reading 4 rejection letters and a waitlist letter back-to-back. Rejected from Stanford today to cap off an altogether shitty week in admissions and in general. I've visited most of the schools on my list and I really did not want to go to a UC though :/ UCB in particular I live very close to, and I didn't like it at all when I visited. Well, it's the best I've got and I'm honored they would take me when evidently nobody else wanted me. Probably going to end up going there and liking it (or so I hope), but for now I still feel like a failure. ILL gave me money but it's out of state so barely cheaper than UC, and I won't be able to switch out if I decide engineering isn't for me. Good luck with your ultimate decisions rising college frosh, there are some really bright kids here on TL!! You are significantly over my level, since I had a .4 less gpa and much lower scores cuz of outside issues, but I can relate to what you are talking about emotionally. I want to commit suicide right now, I feel so disappointed in myself. I've spent the last 4 years taking enormous shit from my teachers, having tons of random family problems and attempting to work through it all to get into a school I love. I didn't get into any so far. I have been rejected from all but tufts. I got into 3 that aren't that great imo, they are midlevel. I don't know what to do with myself. I cried today looking at 3 of my rejections. I was told when I did the IB that I would get into where I wanted to if I did the work. My classes were hard, they didn't give A's in some cases, the teacher's weren't my advocates, in fact they lobbied to lower my grade, and colleges don't give 3 shits about the IB program or understand how it works. I kept on reading my John's Hopkins rejection over and over, looking at the part where it said that another institution that better fit my educational needs would take me in for sure. I've gotten into no such place. If I don't get into USC... I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. I've never hated myself so much in my entire life. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On March 30 2013 07:28 Aerisky wrote: Accepted: UIUC UC: Davis regents, SD regents, LA (rec was late, no regents), Berk (no invite for regents :C) + Show Spoiler + Rejected: Cornell Columbia Harvard Penn MIT Stanford UMich, icing on the rejection cake Waitlisted: Princeton + Show Spoiler + Some stats of mine: 2400 SAT I SAT IIs: 800 SAT II Physics, 790 US History, 790 Math, 760 Chemistry, 700 French w/o listening (lol) APs: 5s on euro, USH, Physics B, calc BC, enviro. sci; 4 in chem, 3 in French lang; taking macro, micro, bio, psych, stat, amer gov, and eng lit this year--classes as well as exams GPA: 4.53 weighted, 3.98 un My school doesn't rank but I guess I'm somewhere in top 10% maybe 6-week research program in '11 and an internship last summer in line w/ my interests Piano for 13+ years but hadn't been doing that well recently I also was a peer mentor leader, and led a music group that performed for charity and raised money, really rewarding stuff and I urge any of the younger guys get into that if you can! Really great experience if you have anything like it on your high school campuses (or even outside of school). Some other stuff not worth listing Asian male Intended major: EE though I'm not too sure Intellectually I was prepared for rejection but emotionally I still had some hopes. Nope. Really wanted to get out of my state and go somewhere else. It's sad because I feel like I could have put in easily 50% of the effort and probably still have done exactly as well, and have been happier for it (both because I'd have enjoyed life in hs more and because I'd actually feel happy to get accepted, instead of feeling like I had to "settle"). Well it's sad for a lot of reasons, but I'll leave it at that. Yesterday was not a fun day, reading 4 rejection letters and a waitlist letter back-to-back. Rejected from Stanford today to cap off an altogether shitty week in admissions and in general. I've visited most of the schools on my list and I really did not want to go to a UC though :/ UCB in particular I live very close to, and I didn't like it at all when I visited. Well, it's the best I've got and I'm honored they would take me when evidently nobody else wanted me. Probably going to end up going there and liking it (or so I hope), but for now I still feel like a failure. ILL gave me money but it's out of state so barely cheaper than UC, and I won't be able to switch out if I decide engineering isn't for me. Good luck with your ultimate decisions rising college frosh, there are some really bright kids here on TL!! You might not of gotten into some of the IVY leagues, but trust me when I say this. You're better off. The top UC schools offer comparable education for far less, this is especially true in regards to STEM majors. As a EE major, you actually stand to gain quite a bit going into Berkley, one of the top schools in regards to Engineering (top 3). Don't even feel bad you didn't get into Ivy league schools, cuz you just saved yourself a fuckton of money. | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
On March 30 2013 14:22 docvoc wrote: You are significantly over my level, since I had a .4 less gpa and much lower scores cuz of outside issues, but I can relate to what you are talking about emotionally. I want to commit suicide right now, I feel so disappointed in myself. I've spent the last 4 years taking enormous shit from my teachers, having tons of random family problems and attempting to work through it all to get into a school I love. I didn't get into any so far. I have been rejected from all but tufts. I got into 3 that aren't that great imo, they are midlevel. I don't know what to do with myself. I cried today looking at 3 of my rejections. I was told when I did the IB that I would get into where I wanted to if I did the work. My classes were hard, they didn't give A's in some cases, the teacher's weren't my advocates, in fact they lobbied to lower my grade, and colleges don't give 3 shits about the IB program or understand how it works. I kept on reading my John's Hopkins rejection over and over, looking at the part where it said that another institution that better fit my educational needs would take me in for sure. I've gotten into no such place. If I don't get into USC... I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. I've never hated myself so much in my entire life. Dude, Tufts is an amazing T1 university. It's also near Boston. PS: Baltimore sucks. | ||
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fatfail
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Ship
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