Those who did not get into any college - what did you do?
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Anonymous
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As this year is still ongoing, the question is for those whose DC did not get in anywhere including their "safeties".
What did your DC do ? Did they enroll at some local/vocational, and reapply? Are there universities that will take a last minute application in the summer before colleges start? |
Anonymous
| There is a list of colleges that still have space - it comes out in May/June. Actually, sometimes there are some well-known schools on it. I am sure someone will post a link. |
Anonymous
| I am pretty sure community colleges will take anyone who graduated or got a GED from HS. |
Anonymous
I know someone who ended up applying to those late admit schools and got in. |
Anonymous
| Many years ago, an applicant who was denied admission to his first choice school (Yale University), pitched a tent outside of the admissions office demanding that he be admitted. Garnered student support & national publicity & he was admitted to Yale. |
Anonymous
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I don't know anyone who didn't get into some school.
That's very rare. Lots of places have rolling admissions. |
Anonymous
So obnoxious and entitled, can't believe they rewarded a stunt like that. |
Anonymous
How many years ago? 70? 80? This is urban legend. Please correct me with a link to the source. |
Anonymous
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either do the rolling admit schools or community college
Lots of kids in this area start at community college, anyway |
Anonymous
| Made national news. If I recall correctly, it happened in the 1990s. |
Anonymous
https://nypost.com/2016/02/07/former-yale-admissions-officer-reveals-secrets-of-who-gets-in/ |
Anonymous
FYI, that was a ridiculously easy Google search. |
Anonymous
I heard of a janitor at MIT that solved highly complex math problems that none of the students could solve. Believe he was admitted directly into their graduate program. |
Anonymous
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When people say they didn't get in anywhere, this is not what they mean. Usually with some digging you find they got into their state school (maybe not the flagship) or some safety.
This happened to a friend's son, he had a great high school record, went to a magnet did great on standardized tests (pre-covid). So he applied to every fancy engineering school with good need based aid. He was differed then rejected at MIT (an athlete from his HS with lower but very good stats was accepted at MIT), waitlisted at Harvey Mudd, and flat out rejected absolutely everywhere else. However, he did apply to his state engineering school, and went there. The next caveat is he's now completed an EE degree, perfect grades, but along the way was never selected for any internships or REUs he applied to, or even took a summer job (some were covid years). He's now doing a gap year and applying to grad schools, he's currently working with a former professor, and has nothing else on his resume. We'll see how grad school apps go, but even though he's clearly a smart, capable kid, I suspect he's the sort that will always be passed over. The undergrad rejections could happen to anyone with great stats, it is a lottery and the odds are not independent, but in his case, seems it was not a fluke. |
Anonymous
Lol, yes Good Will Hunting was a great movie. |