Rejected By College & Not Happy About It »
Posted By lenseview 1 year, 8 months ago in Family1st person account by high school teen of her not so happy experience with applying to the "college of her choice." Interesting and authentic -- she's not perfect (definitely has attitude); but she tells her own story with her own attitude. Among other things, 1 thing seems clear: getting into college these days is hard as h**l...
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amazed1 year, 8 months ago
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According to the guidance counselors at my daughter's school, 85% of all college apps today are from girls. Most colleges want to keep their demographics no more than 65% girls (past that and it starts hurting applications), so it's not much easier today.
My older daughter got rejected from schools we were sure she would get wait-listed at, wait-listed at schools we were sure she would get into (and get money from).. Luckily she had a few schools that were a couple of notches above your average "safety school".
We're waiting on the acceptances for my youngest -- don't even want to know!
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crown4821 year, 8 months ago
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i think kids have it a lot harder than they used to. no way today i'd get into the college i went to. also when i was in high school, i barely thought about college and most of the people i knew were the same. i hear horror stories now about kids grinding away, feeling like they have to get their grades and tests near perfect. it's sad
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earthlingerer1 year, 8 months ago
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Those kinds of students are literally a dime a dozen.
What shows she's an individual, someone who stands out, and not just a another kid from a wealthy family who thinks she deserves to go to Tufts?
Some seriously stupid people who are outstanding students think so much about where they will get their "education", and not what they will do with it, once they realize what it is.
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chevydog1 year, 8 months ago
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It can happen to anyone. Sometimes test scores are the rage, sometimes it's the activities you did while in HS.
Back in the Dark Ages, my rural PA high school spent portions of various semesters teaching us how to take standardized tests. It worked pretty well for the third of us who were interested in college.
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Charlson1 year, 8 months ago
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If you spent time studying and achieving good test scores as much as whining maybe you would have been accepted. Unless you are an exceptionally gifted athlete, test scores do count for admissions to most colleges. And I get so tired of these legacy babies who think money and parents who are alumni will automatically ensure admittance. These are probably the same types who rail against affirmative action.
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amazed1 year, 8 months ago
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This kid picked one of the most difficult schools in the country to decide she "deserved" to go to. As an admissions officer from Yale told the student body of my daughter's class one college night
"If we took all the kids that apply here that have 1600 on their SAT's AND perfect averages AND oodles of service work and extra curriculars AND a special talent AND were valedictorian of their class, we would have to increase our class size by about a factor of 10.
The bottom line is when you're applying to the top tier schools -- the Ivies, Tufts, Stanford, MIT and like that -- you have to realize that nearly everyone who applies is qualified and, unfortunately, it's a true crap shoot.
When you look at the admission stats, they are all accepting only about 8% of their applicants, and 85-95% of those they accept go there.
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