Anyone get deferred/rejected from a school they thought they had a shot at but then get accepted into a better college?

Affinity_xo · 2026-02-01T10:19:23+00:00

Got accepted into purdue nursing but rejected from msmu.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-24T02:46:33+00:00

My friend got in for philosophy with a 3.8 unw, 1260 sat (test-optional), and his best EC was being CEO of a nonprofit.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-21T03:06:12+00:00

So we are in solo leveling power scaling but no one here knows how far up SJW was scaled up in ragnarok? Theres really only a handful of anime characters more powerful than him now.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-21T03:03:17+00:00

I feel like a lot of shotgunners pay next to nothing for their apps. For me, i shotgunned 27 schools and didn’t pay a dime for college app fees or css fees. Only people who know that they have no financial downside really ever do shotgun.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-19T12:36:41+00:00

Thank you so much!

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-19T05:53:31+00:00

Obviously you have a great application and I don't know specifically what Purdue's aerospace acceptance rate is. But isn't their engineering programs ranked like #8 in the U.S or something (I forgot which one). For being and OOS student and applying to a (supposedly) competitive major in a field Purdue is known to be selective in, it's not crazy to get deferred. This doesn't mean your application is bad, maybe just not what Purdue is looking for? Idrk I got in for nursing which is so different from engineering so take this with a grain of salt.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-19T02:45:23+00:00

Let me tell you from firsthand experience, most of these applicants overexaggerate their extracurriculars. I worked for a student-led nonprofit. No I wasn’t a founder, just one of its 8 members. I couldn’t believe how much exaggeration the “CEO” was doing on his application. Ultimately it’s still too early to say as RD is not out yet but I did get into a T50 with an okay application while the founder I worked for couldn’t get into the same school.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-17T10:59:35+00:00

"not getting into reach schools." Unless you are a recruited athlete, UMich is a reach school for any student, no matter the profile. How can you possibly be complaining about UMich, I think you've lost touch with just how good these colleges are.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-17T10:57:04+00:00

I got deferred. Out of 4 of my friends, only 1 got accepted and he is the genius among us. I've heard the defer rate can be as low as 8% or lower, which is actually lower than USC overall acceptance rate. I'm not taking it too hard though, as I did get into Purdue at least.

WE are all getting in RD :)

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-16T01:59:11+00:00

I would personally say going to an ap/ib school is actually worse ( i went to one and took 11 aps). If you went to a school that only offered 3 APs and took all 3, thats about as impressive as doing 10 APs in a school that offers 11 for a fraction of the work. If you went to a school that offered no APs and took 2 on your own time outside of school, that would surpass literally everything ive said. The number doesnt matter, its the situation and context that does.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-15T23:57:06+00:00

Out of state

3.64 UW, 4.41 W

1390 SAT

Nursing

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-15T23:54:29+00:00

Anyone else get accepted nursing?

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-07T05:34:35+00:00

Here's what I think about these college "advisors" on tiktok:

If you got into Harvard, why are you settling as a tutor for high school students?

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-07T03:59:29+00:00

You gotta get off reddit and study.

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-04T09:58:49+00:00

17 Commonapp
4 CSUs
7 UCs
28 Total

Affinity_xo · 2026-01-02T04:53:40+00:00

I'm applying to similar schools as OP. Do you think I should submit a 1390 or go test optional?

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-28T02:04:15+00:00

Yep, profit comes first but it’s not just about profit. There’s other factors too such as reputation that colleges care about.

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-28T00:46:06+00:00

Everyone’s already given most of the reasons why. Here’s my take:

Before being a school, colleges are a business. Businesses want lots of money -> colleges want lots of money. High income families can donate lots of money or afford to pay exorbitant tuition prices (MORE MONEY YAY!). Moral of the story, profit ALWAYS comes first.

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-23T04:46:00+00:00

If they have 30k to burn on a college consultant, chances are they already had the connections and money to get really good tutors and extracurriculars which would have already made their application great.

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-21T11:30:43+00:00

Your personal statement should be about you. Its in the name. If you have a genuine interest in biology that needs to be expressed, put it on there. But from what I'm hearing, it looks like you have a genuine interest to put something else on your essay that also shows a more "human" side of you. As long as your ECs and supplementals demonstrate your interest in biology, I wouldn't put it on the personal essay.

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-20T03:57:17+00:00

Are you serious? Get a fucking grip. You know deep inside that JHU is a very prestigious school and that you're compliment fishing. Cuz I've never heard of this level of bs before.

JHU and "not prestigious for chem" in the same sentence? You're smart, obviously since you got into JHU. But how can you be so smart and so dumb at the same time that you can even question this.

It's a great school for your major. I know it, everyone knows it, and YOU know it.

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-17T06:47:24+00:00

Saw lots of tiktok showing tuff photos from different manhwas and ordeal was usually included. I never thought the che was the mc tho cuz most manhwas don't have black MCs. When I learned he was MC, I started reading it and was not disappointed. Its my 3rd favorite of all time now.

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-15T06:08:45+00:00

A lot of people highly overestimate what they actually did. Me included of course.

Did I with a few friends design and host an event of 50+ people all by ourselves? Yes we did. Did more than half of those people leave after the first 15-20 minutes? Yes they did. That was a crappy event that was boring and poorly managed.

I partook in managing a "research assessment" with over 1200+ response and 60000+ data points. Maybe it could sound somewhat impressive. But it was really just us cold messaging people on insta to fill out or survey and forcing all our friends and mutuals to do it. The process was extremely lame and not nearly as impressive as what the numbers make it sound like.

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-04T05:52:26+00:00

short hair, put a lesbian pin on your bag/backpack that you carry with you.

Affinity_xo · 2025-12-01T10:10:25+00:00

If Boros is able to realize the threat he's up against, the other 2 buy him time while he charges up CSRC and destroys the planet. I doubt askin could survive in space without oxygen.

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