The "In" Thread

[NozeCandy]

Hahaha it might be a bit late for that if you are a graduating senior.

[Card08]

W. Deranged, which history profs at Stanford are you considering? I am an undergrad in their department and may be able to help.

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[xwillience]

accepted for my MBA through a distance ed program at some no name university on the east coast. i have less than no intention of working for a major corporation after i graduate.

[Misfire]

Brags - Scholarships from Duke, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, USC, Texas, Baylor, Tulsa. In but waiting on financial aid at Berkeley, NYU, Penn. On hold at Columbia, Chicago, and Harvard

Mega Brag - Just short of a full shcholarship at Northwestern with $120,000. ship it. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Beats - Rejectd by Yale and Stanford

Variance - Rejected by GMU [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[W. Deranged]

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Variance - Rejected by GMU [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Based on the information you have given, I would have put it at even money you would have gotten rejected from GMU.

Schools do this all the time: they reject people who they assume must be using their schools as safeties. It's a classic "yield manipulation" play, designed to avoid giving offers to candidates who are very unlikely to take them. (For example, a friend of mine with very good credentials in high school who went to Harvard got rejected from Tufts for no apparently good reason.)

Also, 17 schools?!? I have to give you credit for one of the most extensive and most wide-ranging (both in terms of type of school and location) college lists I've ever seen. You must have gotten crushed on the application fees, though...

[Shadowrun]

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Brags - Scholarships from Duke, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, USC, Texas, Baylor, Tulsa. In but waiting on financial aid at Berkeley, NYU, Penn. On hold at Columbia, Chicago, and Harvard

Mega Brag - Just short of a full shcholarship at Northwestern with $120,000. ship it. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Beats - Rejectd by Yale and Stanford

Variance - Rejected by GMU [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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id take it your going to northwestern?

[Misfire]

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Variance - Rejected by GMU [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Based on the information you have given, I would have put it at even money you would have gotten rejected from GMU.

Schools do this all the time: they reject people who they assume must be using their schools as safeties. It's a classic "yield manipulation" play, designed to avoid giving offers to candidates who are very unlikely to take them. (For example, a friend of mine with very good credentials in high school who went to Harvard got rejected from Tufts for no apparently good reason.)

Also, 17 schools?!? I have to give you credit for one of the most extensive and most wide-ranging (both in terms of type of school and location) college lists I've ever seen. You must have gotten crushed on the application fees, though...

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Actually it was 19, but most of them waived the fees so it didn't cost too much. (I forgot Michigan who put me on hold months ago and Virginia who let me in but hasn't offered any money... hmm..)

[Misfire]

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id take it your going to northwestern?

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It looks like it. I talked to their financial aid people about deferring so I can tour with my band this year. They want me to request a "binding" deferral which means if they say yes, I'm committed to go there. Tough choice considering the schools I'm still waiting on aid from...

[gdsdiscgolfer]

When did you hear back from Berkeley?

[Misfire]

It's been a while. If I'm remember correctly, they were one of the first to get back to me.