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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. |
On March 17 2013 12:34 FinestHour wrote:
does anyone have any insight if submitting an app to a college that does rolling admissions later then earlier affects your chances of getting in?
Rolling admissions or equal consideration dates are bollocks and are in as much practice as they are in the print on paper they carry as policies. I speak from intimate knowledge.
Colleges process applications as they receive the applications, real time.
As for high demand schools and courses, a minimum standard is set for existing statistics, and the spaces are filled as applications which meet these criteria are received.
Be fast, do not delay.
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On March 17 2013 12:33 Meadowlark wrote:
Good luck. I got wait-listed at UChicago, hoping for UC Berkeley and Reed. I got accepted to New College of Florida with half-off tuition.
I'm waiting on berkeley as well, I applied to some other places as well but I don't expect to get in.
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On March 17 2013 12:13 ticklishmusic wrote:Good luck to everyone who is finding out where they'll be spending the next four years of their lives. The most important thing is to remember while it may be a new beginning, to a large extent it is up to you if that means change. If you made the most of your high school years, I think you will make the most of college as well. Don't expect to be happy all the time (there will be ups and downs, but when we're in one we forget the other), and maybe you will take the first semester to adjust to things. Now, I'm getting a little ahead of myself. Don't sweat decisions too much. A lot of kids here I expect are very qualified and very smart with varying levels of ambition. Depending on the last of those, rejection/acceptance will mean different things. A rejection (or acceptance) is not a judgement of you as a person, but a much more complex decision based on what you have to offer, but also what the school needs (or rather, wants). Does that sound like what's on a rejection letter? Yes it does, and it is true. Did I have a better GPA and SAT/ACT and maybe better extra-curriculars than some kid who got the letter I wanted (note: past tense) from Harvard? Yes. But he had something I didn't. Ultimately at the highest level unless you've done something truly special with your life, you can flip a coin. Heads you get in, tails you don't. Of course its more complex, but you can think of it that way. You did your best, but its still a crapshoot. So, don't take it too personally or too hard. You will probably be happy wherever you end up. Make the most of it. Seriously. College is a big place with lots of things to do. Don't be that girl that got rejected from UT, blamed it on affirmative action and spent the next 4 years at LSU pissed off about it. My story: + Show Spoiler +
I did pretty well for myself two years ago-- Hopkins, Brown, Chicago, Rice and Emory. I chose Emory for the money, though its kind of a funny story. I had a very bad AP English Lit teacher, so I would always skip the beginning of class and go to the counselor's office to get candy. One day, my counselor tells me "you can't get candy unless you apply for Emory Scholars". I want candy, so I agree to apply for this school I've barely heard of. The app is due November X, I figure I'll do it November X-1. Unfortunately that day, I have a big Chem lap write up to do, so I do that instead-- guess I'm not applying to Emory.
Well the nest day, Chem teacher is absent and we get the double-block (3 hours off). So in that 3 hours plus part of lunchtime, I do my entire application. I get semi-finalist, then finalist, which I turn down. I was vice-president of MAO (you high schoolers might remember that) and we had State Convention during the interview for Scholars finalists-- I chose that over a potential full scholarship. In retrospect not the brightest decision, but I had 4 years of loyalty to MAO, and I hadn't heard back from most schools yet either.
Well, all the other schools I got into (except Tulane) wanted me to pay like 50K with"loans" (full need met with a loan, my ass). Emory still gave me a decent pile of money, so I went there. It's been quite a ride so far, but hey that's life.
Really this
Dont compare yourself to others. Be happy where you got in, and if you didn't get where you want, it's not because you failed. It's just not meant to be
99.99% of it is how you make your experience.
Congrats. It's a great time in your life. Be happy - you're the future. Visit the campuses, figure put which one calls to you, and be humble
That said, if you were accepted to Illinois, send me a PM
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On March 17 2013 12:36 Grimmyman123 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 12:25 LosingID8 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:19 Grimmyman123 wrote:
Its a look at me and how smart I am thread! there's always someone like this every year kids worked hard for 4 years to gain these acceptances. let them have their 15 minutes of fame. I went back to school and busted my ass to learn the new curriculum, suffered as old course codes no longer applied, and smashed my grades with above 95% average of my courses taken and you don't see my boasting,bragging and showing off.
you just did brah
but in all seriousness if you have problems with people being proud of the results of their hard work over the past 4 years, i don't know what to say. TL is full of many bright individuals from all over the world, and this thread is an annual tradition. if you don't like this sort of "bragging", then you shouldn't have clicked a thread entitled "College Acceptance Thread '13"
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@OP:
ew, WashU. don't go there, its gross. (i kid, i feel like i probably would have gone there had i applied.)
On March 17 2013 12:36 Grimmyman123 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 12:25 LosingID8 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:19 Grimmyman123 wrote:
Its a look at me and how smart I am thread! there's always someone like this every year kids worked hard for 4 years to gain these acceptances. let them have their 15 minutes of fame. I went back to school and busted my ass to learn the new curriculum, suffered as old course codes no longer applied, and smashed my grades with above 95% average of my courses taken and you don't see my boasting,bragging and showing off.
i see wat u did thar
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On March 17 2013 12:41 LosingID8 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 12:36 Grimmyman123 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:25 LosingID8 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:19 Grimmyman123 wrote:
Its a look at me and how smart I am thread! there's always someone like this every year kids worked hard for 4 years to gain these acceptances. let them have their 15 minutes of fame. I went back to school and busted my ass to learn the new curriculum, suffered as old course codes no longer applied, and smashed my grades with above 95% average of my courses taken and you don't see my boasting,bragging and showing off. you just did brah but in all seriousness if you have problems with people being proud of the results of their hard work over the past 4 years, i don't know what to say. TL is full of many bright individuals from all over the world, and this thread is an annual tradition. if you don't like this sort of "bragging", then you shouldn't have clicked a thread entitled "College Acceptance Thread '13"
thanks brah (you from hawaii or watch too much Dog the bounty hunter?)
and I dont start threads for the sole purpose of bragging. Thanks though.
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On March 17 2013 12:42 Grimmyman123 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 12:41 LosingID8 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:36 Grimmyman123 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:25 LosingID8 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:19 Grimmyman123 wrote:
Its a look at me and how smart I am thread! there's always someone like this every year kids worked hard for 4 years to gain these acceptances. let them have their 15 minutes of fame. I went back to school and busted my ass to learn the new curriculum, suffered as old course codes no longer applied, and smashed my grades with above 95% average of my courses taken and you don't see my boasting,bragging and showing off. you just did brah but in all seriousness if you have problems with people being proud of the results of their hard work over the past 4 years, i don't know what to say. TL is full of many bright individuals from all over the world, and this thread is an annual tradition. if you don't like this sort of "bragging", then you shouldn't have clicked a thread entitled "College Acceptance Thread '13" thanks brah (you from hawaii or watch too much Dog the bounty hunter?) and I dont start threads for the sole purpose of bragging. Thanks though.
I find the OP very informative. It gives future people a benchmark on what they must achieve if they want to reach their goals. What you see as "bragging" I see a reality check for all the low achievers on what they really need to accomplish.
It's useful as well, too many OWS kids like to bitch about their economic conditions... and then you read their resumes.
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On March 17 2013 12:42 Grimmyman123 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 12:41 LosingID8 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:36 Grimmyman123 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:25 LosingID8 wrote:On March 17 2013 12:19 Grimmyman123 wrote:
Its a look at me and how smart I am thread! there's always someone like this every year kids worked hard for 4 years to gain these acceptances. let them have their 15 minutes of fame. I went back to school and busted my ass to learn the new curriculum, suffered as old course codes no longer applied, and smashed my grades with above 95% average of my courses taken and you don't see my boasting,bragging and showing off. you just did brah but in all seriousness if you have problems with people being proud of the results of their hard work over the past 4 years, i don't know what to say. TL is full of many bright individuals from all over the world, and this thread is an annual tradition. if you don't like this sort of "bragging", then you shouldn't have clicked a thread entitled "College Acceptance Thread '13" thanks brah (you from hawaii or watch too much Dog the bounty hunter?) and I dont start threads for the sole purpose of bragging. Thanks though.
Why are you so convinced that the purpose of the thread was to brag? The college admissions process is something that many of us here on TL are going through, so what's wrong with us having a thread to talk about it in? If it bothers you just stay off.
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There is no need to provide the SAT scores etc etc etc. Acceptance to a good school is sufficient.
As for the argument of it being a measuring stick - Any person applying to a college is smart enough to know that an 80% average is insufficient for acceptance to Harvard.
I've been mistaken before though..... I know of a very good university, where VERY smart kids go. But for some reason they cannot cross a road without getting creamed by cars, regardless of how many stop lights, speed reductions, radar signs, speed traps, cross walks are set up. Go figure. :: shrugs ::
TLDR It doesn't matter if you got great grades. Good for you. You are still a teenager and know nothing. Don't brag about your highschool grades, because they mean nothing. Highschool grades will not help you get a higher paycheck (if you think so, try arguing that one to the HR department at McDonalds). Post your acceptance. Receive kudos. Shut up, carry on.
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Congratulations on all of your hard work paying off, incoming students. You're now ready to train in the finest universities who will mold your mind and prepare you for the exciting jobs of tomorrow in our factories, office cubicles, and debtor's prisons.
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Was wondering when I would see this thread pop up, thanks for making it, OP. Anyway, here are my results thus far:
Accepted:
-Brown (Likely Letter)
-Safeties
Rejected:
Caltech (applied EA)
MIT (deferred EA into rejection)
Waiting:
Other Ivies, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley
Some stats of mine:
2260 SAT I (790 math, 750 CR, 720 writing)
SAT II's: 760 math II, 740 physics
GPA (weighted, 100 scale): 101.7
Rank: 3/~240
Several ECs relevant to my interests with decent positions in them.
Work experience beyond your "average teenager job."
White male
Intended major: CS
There you have it. Best of luck to everyone else waiting to hear back from schools. Congrats to those who already know what school they will be attending. 
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So what are the rules of this thread? Just follow the OP's format?
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It's very interesting how different the USA system to get into college is from Brazil's. Over here public colleges are the best, and you get into them by taking a test, the ones with the highest grade get in.
Anyway, it's the greatest feeling in the world when years or hard work pay off, so it's fine to brag about it. Good luck to everybody.
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Welp, about time this thread popped up:
For me:
Accepted:
-University of British Columbia
-Keio University
-International Christian University
-University of Portland
Rejected:
Princeton (EA)
Waiting:
Other Ivies, Osaka University, Little Ivies, and other Safeties
Some stats of mine:
Shit SAT I (770 math, shit CR, shit writing)
SAT II's: 750 math II, 790 Japanese, 770 Chemistry, 800 US History
GPA: 3.9
Rank: 10/Around 200
Some 5s on APs
Intense Asian
Intended major: Pre-Law?
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I've gotten in to uChicago, Washington in St. Louis, Rochester, and Lehigh. Still waiting to hear from Priceton, Harvard, Wisconsin, George Washington, and Santa Clara.
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Accepted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Strangely enough, I first heard about them because that's where IdrA turned down a full ride scholarship to instead go play with eSTRO in Korea. I will be studying the really interesting, somewhat new field of bioinformatics.
Stats:
2190 SAT (790 math, 780 reading, 620 writing)
34 ACT (can't remeber specifics)
4.0 GPA weighted, 3.8 unweighted
Rank: 6/502
A metric fuckton of extracurricular activity
White male, Texas
Rejected:
Caltech
MIT
Waitlisted:
Georgia Tech
Baylor
Accepted:
Rensselaer
Texas A&M
Still waiting:
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Rice
Stanford
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On March 17 2013 11:24 ampson wrote:Will probably end up going to Tulane, as I really don't expect to get in anywhere else aside from NYU, but I'm still hopeful for Rice and Cornell. I really only applied to all of the super top-tier places because I had the money, and I've heard that it can be a crapshoot at the top so I thought I may as well take the chance, and I might be pleasantly surprised. So anyways, I'm bracing for a ton of rejection letters but I'm pretty happy with where I'm in already, so I'll be fine, and I could get lucky .
Obviously I'm not familiar with the details of your application, OP, but given the information above, I think you could stand to be a bit more optimistic. You have a strong application. I'm at Cornell now after applying with much worse. You can be confident here at least, and honestly, quite hopeful for other places as well. Also come to Cornell because it's awesome. I know several physics majors here who are quite happy.
(I'm sure you'll be happy wherever you go but I am self-consciously trying to recruit as many TLers as possible! Muahaha)
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@glzElectromaster
If you are planning on attending law school do not major in pre-law. Rather, major in something like political science, philosophy, economics, or possibly even English.
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On March 17 2013 12:25 LosingID8 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 12:19 Grimmyman123 wrote:
Its a look at me and how smart I am thread! there's always someone like this every year kids worked hard for 4 years to gain these acceptances. let them have their 15 minutes of fame.
Well-said dude same for Juliette.
Reading these threads is always a little depressing though, seeing how beast so many TLers are. I remember there was that one guy (looked him up, OP of '11 thread) who seemed extremely talented and well-qualified, but got rejected from a lot of places. That was just one case too. In general there are so many super intelligent and hard-working TL members whoseem to get a lot of rejections which is really depressing; there are also a lot who get accepted like everywhere and I'm happy for them but it's still like dayumm so beast.
Also the reason for posting some scores and other info is just so that curious people might see where the accepted stood etc. Everyone basically knows that college admissions can be very crapshooty, but a lot of people are curious as to how other people were as applications. I really don't think most people here are bragging. I still feel bad when I see how amazing the people we have here are though 
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