Guys, it's about that time when colleges start sending out admissions letters. Where did you apply and get in? Have you decided where you are going? I applied to Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, Emory (Oxford College), UT-Austin. I also sent a BS app to Rice after my dad was getting mad the day of the deadline (2 hours from starting it to putting it in the mailbox at the post office). Anyways, I got rejected from Cornell for ED. I got into Emory, Georgia Tech, UT-Austin and am still waiting for Dartmouth (expecting a rejection). Although I am satisfied with my college apps, I feel jealous of some of my friends... Harvard, Cornell. I am pretty much settled on UT Austin. Anyways, where did you guys get in? Where did you apply? I know there are plenty of you that applied to college, don't hide.
I have a son headed to The College of Charleston (S.C). It seems like a gem of a school-- almost 10,000 kids, increasingly rigorous but pretty good now, a 60% female population. Did I say increasingly rigorous?!
I got into A&M, UT Austin, and Baylor back in december... trinity earlier this week... I'm still waiting on my big name schools which I should hear from on april 1... cornell, duke, rice, and vanderbilt... i've really set myself up to not plan on getting into those schools.. i have good credentials and all but the competition is just so tough... i hope i get in ... but i figured i needed to set myself up so that i wouldn't be horribly dissapointed when i do hear from them.. april 1 is coming.. getting nervous..
I applied to UT-Austin, University of Arkansas, and the University of Central Arkansas. I got accepted to all three and i'm going to UCA because they offered me a full ride.
Heh, one of the schools I got into, Emory's Oxford College is 77% female. Georgia Tech is 17% female. Rocket Fan, from what I've seen in previous years, Vanderbilt is not very competitive when u look at the type of ppl that get in. If you got into UT in December, I'm thinking your stats are probably better than mine, you should get in.
I got into Emory, Redlands, and St. Joseph's. I got wait listed at Rhodes. Still waiting to here from Pomona, Middlebury, Boston College, and Davidson.
I haven't gotten in yet, but a guy from Ithaca College called me and said something about me hearing from them "formally" in a couple weeks (after telling me that they're discontinuing the program I wanted to major in), so I'll be surprised if I don't get in. Any of you guys who applied to Cornell and are actually going there, I'll be across town.
The only school I applied to was the University of Arizona. They offered me a tuition waiver and I was too smart to pass that up. The only other school I was even considering applying to was MIT, but since my parents did not win the lottery, I wasn't going to be able to afford it.
Yeah, I was gonna say either you guys are super smart or super rich to afford the price tags on those private colleges. I don't know if graduate tuition is different from undergraduate, but a year at Vandy Law is $40k!
Sorry to hear that, man. You should have applied early decision (or did you?). I believe it's easier to get in that way (and it worked for me). Cornell's really trying to admit only the best now. It was a recurring trend I saw throughout my four years there. They're cracking down on stupid, party-animal people now (like me!). Therefore, I doubt I'd get in again if I had to apply now. Glad I got in when I did...
It's too late for y'all, but for juniors, I'll advise that you look at my school if you're applying to the Cornells of the world but are worried about being rejected: University of Chicago. Not a widely recognized name (to my chagrin), but a top-10 school with a big price tag and has recently been struggling with low application counts -- the last partly due to lack of name recognition and partly due to expansion of the size of the college. The year before expansion began when I got in, they were accepting over half the applicants. It then got a lot worse and is now improving but I can't imagine they can be that selective yet. A few warnings to those who would apply: 1. U of C has traditionally let the rigor of the program weed out students instead of the application process. They had one of the highest drop-out rates while I was there. 2. College students are less important to the school than graduate students. However, you will get plenty of classes with the big professors, unlike many other schools. As for hefty pricetags, you don't have to be smart or rich to go to $25,000+/year schools. You just have to be willing to incur significant debt.
Chicago is a great university that does suffer from name recognition (and being so close to Northwestern). I am considering it as a place to finish my PhD.
ED=Early Decision Yeah, two people I know got in from my school. Just considering Academics, one of them had a high 1400s SAT (common in my school ) and was in top 10% of our class (in one of the most competitive high schools in Houston), and the other had a 1520 and was like top 12% in the class.
Actually, heh, many kids (including me initially) thought the same thing, their Early Action applications went up like 30+%. I'm sure their regular decision applications also went up. U of C is finally getting what it deserves. A lot of very smart kids have started getting rejected in the last 2 years.
neXXes.. yes i'm hoping that i'll at least get into vanderbilt.. i figure that is the most obtainable out of the schools i have left to hear from... actually i ended up applying there becasue i kinda needed somewhat of a middle ground.... the way i originally had it set up was if i didn't get into some schools like cornell, rice, or duke i'd end up going to baylor or Ut.. i figure there is quite a big difference in the academic level of UT and one of those top tier schools so i decided vanderbilt is kind of in between the two levels.. if i only get into vanderbilt, baylor, ut, trinity adn a&m.. i guess there is pretty much on question that vanderbilt is the best school out of those.. as far as academics...? i thought about applying to u of chicago or somewhere but i'd already applied to 8 schools. dang those app fees add up oh how i hope some good news comes on april 1.. i wouldn't mind going to UT that much or one of the other schools. except i've worked so hard to get my SAT.. class rank etc as high as possible.. and it seems as if i could have done a lot less and still got in...
University of Chicago is a tyte school, my cousin went there...JuanValdez, have you ever been to the Original Pancake House in Hyde Park??...that place is awesome
JV - is the University of Chicago still considered one of the top 3 to 5 MBA schools? Boy, I feel like a complete dumbass compared to some of you. I only applied to 2 schools when I was a Sr in high school - Tennessee Tech and Auburn. I got in at both, but I waited too late to apply for a scholarship at Auburn. However, I knew that I wanted to stay close to home, so I didn't really consider applying to these big out-of-state private schools. Also, I knew that I could probably get into a Vanderbilt or a Georgia Tech because of my grades and ACT score; however, I knew that I didn't have a snowball's chance in hell in getting a scholarship. And with 2 parents that are schoolteachers, my family would not be mistaken for the Warbucks family.
