Post by hoarpumpkin on Apr 1, 2005 21:15:50 GMT -5
so I haven't posted here in a long time or been on good terms either (with some people anyway), but I've chosen here as my place to vent my stupidity.
so, I finally got notification letters from all the colleges I applied to (which is only 4). I got accepted at SUNY Geneseo and Bucknell University, and rejected from Colgate University and Williams College. Williams doesn't bother me because it was my second to last choice school (despite also being the most selective and therefore technically most prestigious), because of a few reasons I won't bother listing. But Colgate really upsets me. I had my heart set on going there; it seemed perfect. And I really thought I was gonna get in; my scores are all higher than their averages (By like 80+ points on the SAT), I have a really high class rank, and just everything seemed like it would be a perfect match.
So it's like, what the heck do they want? only valedictorians/salutitorians with 1500+ SATs? If over 700 kids are THAT much more qualified than me (top 1% in my class, 1400 SAT), then I think most of them would have focused on Ivy schools anyway. I don't have a lot of extracurricular activities, but I DID have NHS and literary journal, and really strong commitment to volunteer work and a job.
It's such an ego-buster. I really didn't think I was applying to schools that were out of my reach (except maybe Williams, but not by much), and neither did my family, and we're really realistic people, even pessimistic sometimes. Plus I know kids who aren't even in the top 5 who've applied to schools like Dartmouth. Although I don't know if they got in. It's like, if I can't get into a school like Colgate, then how are any of the rest of my classmates going to get to good schools?
I don't even wanna go to Bucknell now, especially since I don't even have a choice (Geneseo really doesn't seem like an option). Some things about it are good, and some suck, and Colgate just always seemed so perfect. I just feel so stupid (even though Bucknell isn't an easy school by any means).
There's just like no reason; everyone expected me to get in. My dad's friend has a son going to RPI and a daughter going to Fordham, and all he ever said about me was that I haven't got anything to worry about; of course I'll get in.
I wonder if it's the fact that I'm not involved in sports at all?
colgate's always described as a jock school, and that's like the only really bad thing about it. But bucknell is really heavy on Greek life, which *really* turns me off. And bucknell doesn't have freshman parking (Colgate does).
I dunno... it just really sucks. And now I can't get any state aid >_<
so, I finally got notification letters from all the colleges I applied to (which is only 4). I got accepted at SUNY Geneseo and Bucknell University, and rejected from Colgate University and Williams College. Williams doesn't bother me because it was my second to last choice school (despite also being the most selective and therefore technically most prestigious), because of a few reasons I won't bother listing. But Colgate really upsets me. I had my heart set on going there; it seemed perfect. And I really thought I was gonna get in; my scores are all higher than their averages (By like 80+ points on the SAT), I have a really high class rank, and just everything seemed like it would be a perfect match.
So it's like, what the heck do they want? only valedictorians/salutitorians with 1500+ SATs? If over 700 kids are THAT much more qualified than me (top 1% in my class, 1400 SAT), then I think most of them would have focused on Ivy schools anyway. I don't have a lot of extracurricular activities, but I DID have NHS and literary journal, and really strong commitment to volunteer work and a job.
It's such an ego-buster. I really didn't think I was applying to schools that were out of my reach (except maybe Williams, but not by much), and neither did my family, and we're really realistic people, even pessimistic sometimes. Plus I know kids who aren't even in the top 5 who've applied to schools like Dartmouth. Although I don't know if they got in. It's like, if I can't get into a school like Colgate, then how are any of the rest of my classmates going to get to good schools?
I don't even wanna go to Bucknell now, especially since I don't even have a choice (Geneseo really doesn't seem like an option). Some things about it are good, and some suck, and Colgate just always seemed so perfect. I just feel so stupid (even though Bucknell isn't an easy school by any means).
There's just like no reason; everyone expected me to get in. My dad's friend has a son going to RPI and a daughter going to Fordham, and all he ever said about me was that I haven't got anything to worry about; of course I'll get in.
I wonder if it's the fact that I'm not involved in sports at all?
colgate's always described as a jock school, and that's like the only really bad thing about it. But bucknell is really heavy on Greek life, which *really* turns me off. And bucknell doesn't have freshman parking (Colgate does).
I dunno... it just really sucks. And now I can't get any state aid >_<
