If your child was rejected from their top choice, where did they end up

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Two data points here: Stanford rejected, attends Rice, and loves it. Tufts ED deferred, then waitlisted. Attends BU - first semester was hard, but loved it by the second semester.

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Rejected from Yale. Attending W&M as a Monroe Scholar. It’s been fantastic.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected Princeton, attended uc Berkeley.

Hated it, withdrew after freshman year and took a gap year this year with some CC classes, trying to start fresh next fall.

Oh wow. What major

Engineering. It is such an overenrolled weeder major.

Which flavor? Some engineering fields are easier than others.

Or he could try CS. Or maybe econ if he likes math?

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Yale. Attending W&M as a Monroe Scholar. It’s been fantastic.

Was that part of the admissions offer? Or is it a separate process?

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rejected yale. attending Stanford.

I dont really think "it works out in the end" is always true. transfer stats make that plain.

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Rejected Stanford, attended Rice. STEM

Rejected columbia, attended UCLA.

Rejected Harvard, attended Wash U

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Yale. Attending W&M as a Monroe Scholar. It’s been fantastic.

Was that part of the admissions offer? Or is it a separate process?

There's no separate process, but it isn't necessarily simultaneous with offer. Some ED applicants get it with their offer, but I believe most Monroe offers (whether to ED or RD applicants) come around the time of RD notification. Mine was RD, so it came with the RD offer.

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Rejected from Cornell Engineering.

Attending UMD Engineering + Honors/merit. Kid has a good balance of academics, clubs, and playing/watching sports; also gets along well with randomly assigned roommate.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Cornell, went to Brown. Thriving in freshman year. Four months in and all new friends seem like best friends.

Opposite for my DC (math major). Had a great first semester.

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Rejected Middlebury
Attends Brown

RD results were pretty good and they are happy.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected Dartmouth, attending UVA.

First year was an adjustment, second year has been great. Very happy.

Same happened to our son. Guess we didn't donate enough, LOL

Son also pretty happy as well. Philosophy major with econ minor. It's worked out.

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Rejected Bowdoin
Attends Middlebury, loves it and feels it is a better fit due to being bigger

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Wait-listed Vassar, goes to Mt. Holyoke, very good experience.

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Deferred from CMU, committed to William and Mary. All-around great experience.

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rejected by Harvard - ended up in MIT. Happy.