And here's how Duke considers your background in applications for admission:. Evidently, the personal statement isn't just an opportunity to showcase your spike and strengths—it's also a chance to explain your personal situation. Do all of this, and you'll be far less likely to get rejected for something like a slightly lower SAT score.
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Find out more about PrepScholar Admissions now :. These deadlines are about a month or two earlier than most regular decision deadlines. Data shows that those who apply early action or early decision typically have higher acceptance rates than those who apply regular decision. This doesn't necessarily mean you'll get accepted. I applied early action to Stanford and still got rejected. Nevertheless, an early application might give you a slight edge over other applicants, as it shows the school you're committed to it and really want to continue your education there.
If you're struggling to prepare an effective application for an early action plan, consider applying regular decision instead to give yourself more time. Even though this is a stressful time, try your best not to rush through your application to your top-choice school. Simply put, don't write your personal statement the day before the deadline, and don't ask for letters of recommendation from teachers at the last minute.
Why is this so important? If you spend too little time working on your application, you run a much higher risk of doing the following:. I advise spending at least a few months on your college applications. And while all applications are equally important, it's OK to spend a little extra time on the application for your top choice, if only because it's the school you're most interested in.
Also, don't be afraid to ask questions by emailing or calling the school. For example, confused about application instructions? Send an email. Not sure what a "supplementary document" is? Call the admissions department. Better to make sure you're following the rules than to risk getting your application disqualified because you made a huge but entirely preventable mistake.
It was only after I submitted it that I realized I'd made some dire mistakes. Here's my most memorable: at the time, Stanford allowed applicants to attach supplementary files. So I attached a sample chapter from a novel I was writing to prove my passion for writing. But after submitting my application, I reread the application instructions and realized that chapters of fiction was something Stanford specifically requested applicants to not send in.
Got rejected? It's OK to get a little dramatic. Unfortunately, even if you heed all the tips above, you could still wind up with a college rejection letter. I'll be honest: getting rejected sucks. But it certainly doesn't mean your academic career or life, if you're dramatic like me is over. Here are some ways to cope with a college rejection, as well as options on what to do after you get rejected from college:. This is really, really important.
Once you get the dreaded college rejection letter from your top-choice school, it can feel as though the whole world is crashing down around you. I'm here to tell you that this feeling is totally normal. After all, you're essentially grieving —sounds cheesy, I know. But it's the truth. And when something bad happens, it's important to take time to let yourself feel sad about it. In this case, even though you likely worked really hard in school, you lost the opportunity to attend the college of your dreams.
All of your future plans must change, which sucks. It's OK and even expected to be upset about this. Although grieving is important, don't let yourself get wrapped up in your sorrows for too long.
Once you've given yourself ample time to cope, get off the ground and focus on the other options you've got in your life. Also, try not to let the rejection negatively impact your grades, extracurriculars, and other college applications if you haven't finished all of them yet. While your top-choice school might've rejected you, remember that this is just one school, and you hopefully have several others you're applying to or already applied to.
These are the schools it's time to get excited about, regardless of whether you've heard back from them. There is a reason you applied to each school you applied to. As you go through the schools you've been accepted to, concentrate on the specific features and opportunities you liked about each school. For example, what inspired you to apply there?
Can you envision yourself feeling at home on campus? What kinds of classes and majors does it offer? Do you like its emphasis on Greek life? What about its awesome football team? If possible, talk to current students at the schools so you can start to imagine yourself attending them. Doing this will not only make you excited about your other options but will also prevent you from daydreaming about what might've happened had you been accepted to your top choice.
Finally, remember that you will likely be able to study what you want to at these other schools as well. Just because your top-choice school rejected you, that doesn't mean you still can't get a BA in Psychology or a BS in Computer Science. Apparently, you can even make your own Disney degree at UC Berkeley! If you didn't get accepted to your top-choice school, a gap year can help you figure out what kind of education you want in life while also providing you with some interesting experiences which could potentially strengthen future college applications!
After your gap year, you can then reapply to your top-choice school, with a fresh perspective and a slightly better understanding of where your application might've gone wrong before.
While there's nothing wrong with taking a year off before college, be sure you're actually making your gap year worthwhile.
Neither colleges nor your parents will be impressed if all you do is sit at home and play video games all day. Make your gap year an adventure: work a new job, travel abroad, intern at a company, join a community club, learn a foreign language.
Hopefully, you'll get experiences out of your gap year that'll help you in the field you want to major in. For example, if you're thinking about majoring in English, taking a year off to write a novel and submit stories you've written to literary magazines would be an excellent use of your time assuming your parents are OK with it, of course!
Later, when you begin the process of reapplying to your top-choice school, you can explain in your application what you did during your gap year and why you chose to take a year off before starting college. If you decide to reapply, it's a good idea to use your old application as a reference. Think about where you might've gone wrong and how you can improve on it this time ideally, by incorporating some of your gap-year experiences into it.
A word of caution, though: don't put all your eggs in one basket. In other words, don't expect to get admitted simply because you applied before and now deserve to get in. Admissions is often a brutal process, and nobody except those on the admissions committee knows what a college is looking for in terms of applicants.
So as you reapply to your top-choice school, make sure you're applying to other schools as well —ideally, a combination of reach schools and safety schools.
If you decide to attend a different school you got into which most people do, including myself! While I wouldn't attend a different college with this exact plan in mind, knowing that transferring is an option in case you still really want to attend your top-choice school should make you feel a little more at ease with your decision to temporarily attend a different school.
Note that to transfer to a school, you'll usually need to submit an entirely new transfer application meaning that it can't be the same one you submitted before when applying as a freshman. Moreover, transferring is not guaranteed.
Many schools, particularly the Ivies, accept very few transfers each year. If you're curious about the transfer acceptance rate at your top-choice school, contact your school directly or check out CollegeTransfer. In the end, though, who knows what'll happen?
You might end up loving the school you attend and wouldn't even consider transferring out of it. There is one final option you have when it comes to college rejection, though it's one I honestly don't recommend doing: appealing, or challenging, your rejection. Challenging a college rejection is pretty much what it sounds like. When you get rejected, you have the option to tell the college you think they're wrong and ask them to reconsider your application. So what's the problem? You can't appeal your rejection simply because you're upset that you didn't get accepted.
This is not a good enough reason to ask a college to look at your application again. Even if a school did agree to reevaluate your application, it's unlikely a second look-through would change their minds particularly if your main complaint is that they failed to recognize how absolutely incredible you are. Instead, you can only appeal a college rejection if you have any new, significant information to add to your application, or if there was a major error or problem with your application.
For example, did you win a big award or somehow dramatically improve your GPA? Then see whether you can appeal the rejection. Not all schools will let you do this, though! Or did your transcript get messed up and show you got Ds when you actually got As? Then appeal the rejection; most likely the college will allow it in this case since the problem is not actually your fault.
In some cases, colleges will not allow you to appeal your rejection at all even if you won the Nobel Peace Prize. Guidance counselors are allowed to contact admissions offices in ways that you are not, and they can help tell your story in a way that your application cannot.
An additional option is to enroll in community college. You could get a two-year degree; you could go for a period of time and then transfer to a four-year school; or you could do both: get your two-year degree and then transfer to get a four-year degree.
To learn more about these options, read a firsthand account about the transition between from community college to a four-year university. Finally, you can explore taking a gap year. You can travel, work, or do something good for the world for a semester or two, then apply to college again later.
Taking a gap year can be extremely valuable — check out these reasons to take a year off after high school.
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To choose between multiple schools that want you is a weighty decision, but the option to choose at all is a true reward for your diligent work over the past four years! Accepted to Multiple Colleges? The Decision If you have received acceptance letters from multiple schools, there are a few things to consider before making a final decision. Let the college know as soon as you choose not to attend.
This is a common courtesy not only to the school, but also to other prospective students who may be on the waiting list. The sooner you formally decline acceptance, the sooner the admissions office can make room for another applicant who may be waiting anxiously for confirmation. Some schools may have specific instructions for how to decline admission. These can include sending an email to an admissions representative or filling out a form online.
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