College Acceptance Thread '13 - Page 23

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.

c0ldfusion

United States8293 Posts

May 06 2013 17:45 GMT

#441

On March 31 2013 09:50 sToFu wrote:
Bio:
Perfect test scores across the board(SAT, 8 APs, 4 SAT2) except 790 SAT2 US
Terrible essay-writing
Research experience in two national labs
Asian in SF Bay Area
Lotsa math/physics competition accolades
Swimming 3 years
Lotsa volunteer tutoring work through several organizations

Results
MIT/Caltech (EA) - Defer/Defer -> Reject/Reject
USC - Full scholarship
CMU, Duke - Accept
Top 6 UCs - Accept + Regents (except UCLA, screw you too)
Case Western - ~$30,000/year scholarship

Going to USC

Damn really? That's how tough the competition has gotten these days? Holy cow.

I mean, it does suck for Asian males in the US applying to non-UCs, but still, that's pretty ridiculous.

To everyone who didn't get into his dream school - don't sweat it man. There's a long way left to go in life. Your undergrad will make little difference in the long run especially if you decide to go grad school later on. You guys should just enjoy what's left of your senioritis. And do something fun this summer. Don't just ladder all day. Travel or something. As you get older, time becomes more and more precious.

StyLeD

United States2965 Posts

May 06 2013 17:46 GMT

#442

On April 15 2013 10:04 autoexec wrote:

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Goodluck with it! I play in high school, but I am 99% sure I will not play in college. I want to go to a big name school, like Stanford, and it would be really tough to play there. Not to mention I don't want football taking away from my schooling time, since that is the real reason to go to college.

LOL

In Stanford there is the hugest SC2 and Dota and League of Legends (especially LoL) scene. Everyone there is a tryhard. Once you get into Stanford, you can play all day.