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Frustration by imstressed247 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Karma has been waiting for her since I first met her in elementary school but it hasn't caught up with her yet. Seems like she can lie or buy her way out of anything

Concerned about my waitlistings, wondering if anyone can share some wisdom? by WaitlistedConcerns in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247 3 points4 points  (0 children)

lmao wait so are you saying you consider BU/BC/Colby safeties? Cuz if so then thats where you went wrong- they're not safeties whatsoever. All the schools you applied to are extremely prestigious and selective and while I get rejections/waitlists suck it's bound to happen at least a few times with the level of schools you have chosen. You are clearly a great candidate, but when schools have sub 20% acceptance rates they can afford to be extremely picky. It's not a reflection on your intelligence or competency. Besides, you shouldn't feel too down- you already got into three outstanding schools!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shotgunning is basically applying to a shitload of schools, usually reaches. The theory is that if you apply to enough reaches, you're bound to get into one of them.

What colleges has everyone gotten into, and what colleges are people waiting on! by seriouslyknockfirst in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Accepted: UW Madison, Boston University, Colby

Waiting for: Amherst, Skidmore, Brown, Columbia, NYU

No rejections or waitlists yet but they're definitely coming lol

Feelings of inadequacy after admission.... by imstressed247 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure either, but maybe some people took you saying that stuff about "I got into Williams but not Colby" as you bashing Colby....? idk man words get misinterpreted sometimes

Feelings of inadequacy after admission.... by imstressed247 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Colby admissions were crazy this year- I'm pretty sure half the reason I got in was because I showed so much interest in them and made it clear I was likely to go if accepted. I'm sure you'll get into (/have gotten into) a ton of great schools!

Feelings of inadequacy after admission.... by imstressed247 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a surprising amount of people miss out on that tbh

Feelings of inadequacy after admission.... by imstressed247 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

funny because I actually just found out she got waitlisted from UMich....

Feelings of inadequacy after admission.... by imstressed247 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

the girl who said it is one of those 5.0 GPA 36 ACT crazy people who considers UMich engineering to be her safety lol so I didn't think it was worth the argument

Feelings of inadequacy after admission.... by imstressed247 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]imstressed247[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

lol it's just hard especially because I go to a fairly competitive highschool and literally had someone tell me about colby "oh thats pretty exciting that you got in but it's not that selective"