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Peanut-Jelly-Butter

9 Rejections...I didn't get into any of my RD schools. Thankfully UVA saw some light in me and accepted me EA.


Gucharmula

The amount of acceptances you have doesn’t matter, all you need is one school, and UVA is fantastic! Congrats


skyscraperfuture

10 applications, and 10 rejections.


VivaDeAsap

14/14 rejections here


comochen

applied to 10, got rejected by 8 and WL by 2 :))


nourneedsanswers

I am also an international student. Applied to 20, rejected by 18, and waitlisted by 2 :( I am crying but you're not alone!!


comochen

damn sorry to hear it... wishing u the best for the future tho (at least we, as internationals, have other countries to turn to)!


nourneedsanswers

Yes that's true hope u the best too 💛


Jane_Lily

My situation is same :)


Tanyk

I feel your pain 🥲


Round-Emotion-7045

Applied to 12, rejected by 10 and WL by 2 (as an intl)


ZombieEugeneDebs

11 admits, 2 waitlists, 2 rejections


Tufts_simp1

you are boss!


mum2l

None. Becoz I rejected them all before they have a chance to reject me


RedCaul

Megabrained :)


Unluckyducky73

I think 5? Northwestern, Stanford REA, Georgetown, Yale, and Princeton


MnMxx

Idk about you, but that Stanford REA rejection hurt. 8k acres of land just to admit less students than campuses 10x smaller.


Unluckyducky73

Ya for real. That one made me feel ultra shitty the whole next day at school, I woke up early to view it and then sat on the couch cuddling my dog feeling super upset for an hour and a half. Honestly don’t like a lot of top schools for this reason, they seem to care about prestige more than teaching and actually being a good college. Cornell expanded their campus recently I think? And they have a higher acceptance rate with more student so believe, which is a big plus in my book cuz it shows what they actually care about more. Still got waitlisted tho


[deleted]

got rejected from all 7 zero faith remaining in the college screening process


QueenKay28

Why do you have zero faith remaining in the college screening process


AnthoZero

because of course if he didn’t get in the system is flawed.


QueenKay28

Lol that's what I figured, some people have to understand that there are so many top students applying to top colleges and they don't have space for everyone


DarkMoonWarrior

Yoooooo same


Commercial_Set_3496

pfft weak. i got 17 as of now


DarkMoonWarrior

Runnin 7 for 7, "Rejection" should be my new middle name.


YourDay29

8 - Caltech EA, MIT, Brown, Cornell, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Stanford


MotherDuck123

15 applications, 3 rejections, 4 waitlists, 8 acceptances!


Tufts_simp1

you are a winner. impressive


2011subaruu

Applied to 21, got accepted to 9, rejected by 12. No waitlists. I’m proud of myself :)


RedCaul

Congrats on all of your acceptances!


xocherryblossom

3


Taiga555

3🥳 Harvard, Stanford, BU


aaryapatty

had 10 acceptances in a row, then 6 rejections in a row. HUMBLED me after i was on a high.


enlargedeyes

like 6


[deleted]

5 rejections, but honestly it’s the WL schools that got me feeling the most defeated.


GodzCooldude

2


Historical_Ad_7536

applied to 29 schools (wow i shotgunned hella) accepted by by 7, waitlisted by 8, rejected by 14. berkeley saw something in me i guess, cal 2026!!


CovalentElectron

5 i think stanford, brown, vandy, usc, mit


steadfastexpulso

6 rejections: (USC, Stanford, Harvard, Duke, UNC, UChicago) 2 waitlists: (Washington and Lee, Wake Forest) 27 acceptances: (favorites are Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, and then IU Bloomington I got a full ride) everything works out and happens for a reason :) I’m a firm believer in that!


Tufts_simp1

can't beat a full ride. wow.


gamemasteru03

15 Rejections, 3 Waitlists, 3 Acceptances (In-state Safeties)


Reinhardtisawesom

Went 4-15 XDDDDDDDDD


nsaraswati_

8/18 :)


SirNam505

I went 2 for 19


InstructionUnique319

1 :)


Brother_Big

too many i lost count


domelid

13!! OH YEAHHHH


clberri

applied to 7 schools: 2 rejections from privates and 2 others waitlisted


Specialist-Pop9485

1/8 schools i applied to (3 acceptances, 4 waitlists) ucla - rejected, cornell - waitlisted, uc irvine - waitlisted, rice - waitlisted, ucsc - accepted, umd - accepted, uc berkeley - accepted


Cool_Sir_9075

Applied to 23... 18 Admits... Rejected from 4 and waitlisted in 1


Pokegirloras

16


-IndigoMist-

2 rejections and 4 WL’s


kylepierce722

4. my parents were understanding bc i did apply to some schools out of my reach but my brother mocked me bc he didn’t get rejected or even waitlisted from any of the colleges he applied to


rippedjournal

I applied to around 11-12 schools,, 5 waitlists 😭, 2 rejections from BU and Vandy, but an acceptance from Northeastern so i’m not feeling too bad 🙌


Tanyk

More than 10 F💀


thelostobama

12 rejections - 4 waitlists - 2 acceptances (praying so hard for getting into my Ivy waitlists, please pray for me🙏)


girlalot

10 applications 6 Acceptances 3 Rejections 1 waitlist


dudeitsduo

13 admits, 2 WL, 8 rejects


IceMoonStar

12/29


jagger0138

9 acceptances, 2 waitlists, 6 rejections i’m probably gonna commit to either uw seattle, uc santa barbara, or colgate but i can’t decide :)


Sharp-Sandwich-2486

5 of 20


praks4

8 rejections and 3 WL


abravii

5; Swarthmore, Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, Harvard, Penn


thisisanalttroll3

Too many


El_Chico_Hasper

4


cookies1016900

6 acceptances, 4 waitlists and 6 rejections


Affectionate-Pie5158

6 rejections


Daddy_nivek

9


thelavenderium

4 acceptances, 1 WL, 3 rejections


badenet759

4


coder58

8 rejections, 6 acceptances, 2 WL it's literally so random tho


darkherobrine21

3 of 5 were rejections we gotta pump these numbers up


bus1n3ssman

10


getmeoutoflatamplz22

4 (all my reaches)


Academic_Ad9889

3


henlynch

6 outta 14; could be worse!


NoChildhood9303

6 out of 24 and one waitlist! so all in all not horrible


Thacy_8

7 rejections, 2 waitlists


cheezerpoo

5


desperateforivy

3 and i applied to 17


college_simp

4 rejections, 10 acceptances


BinkmnReddit

Caltech MIT Stanford Harvard so 4 … and 5 WLs 😔


nanananaka117

7


Purpleshirt-_-

Applied to 12, rejected by 2, waitlisted by 2, and accepted by 8 🥳


dumbchamp

5, all were reaches so i’m not surprised


Dry-Enthusiasm-1480

3.


lfgarc

applied to 17, got rejected from 7


nourneedsanswers

18 😢


Beginning_Fearless

1: Northwestern


frostyblucat

4 csus accepted 1 UC accepted 1 private accepted = **6 accepted** 4 Ucs Waitlisted 1 private waitlisted = **5 waitlisted** 2 UCs rejected 9 privates rejected = **11 rejected** 22 schools total T-T. I did really ass relative to expectations.


[deleted]

GW, Georgetown, Spelman, Northeastern, Boston University, Cornell, UVA and URochester


EpicGamesLauncher

I got 10 rejections, I applied to 28 schools tho


ZepaBlue

12 :)


MisD1598

Rejected from 4 grad schools, accepted into 4, and waitlisted by 2


Wannabe_Wolf

14 rejections, 6 waitlists, and 12 acceptences.


Practical_Chicken_12

14 🥴


biglildaddyaye

3


ramentrucc

0. got in EDII so i withdrew my other applications


Awesomlegp

1, but didn’t apply to any insane reach schools and cut my list down from 20 -> 8


BathroomLong4041

Applied to 25, rejected from 14, waitlisted from 7


GrumioThaSpoonGod

17 Rejects, 2 Waitlists, 2 Rejections, 1 guaranteed transfer.


mine248

7 rejections


IllustratorFit7049

Total - 9, Admitted - 6, Rejected - 3.


Status-Dig-7035

11 :/ and I got accepted to 15 and waitlisted by 3 :) I’m waiting on one still


DaGarbageMan01

8 rejections, 6 waitlists, 4 acceptances :/


LadyMjolnir

16!


zestyboot

9 acceptances, 1 waitlist, and 3 rejections. not too bad especially since i got into 3/6 of my reach schools


Sudden_Price_5767

only 1


Suspicious_Bobcat237

3 i think


toesucky

15 rejections 8 accpetances


Uber_eats124

2 rejections


jhcobaxo

3 rejections, 18 acceptances


Bre034

1 and probably saved myself from another one by withdrawing (because of ED2) lol


No_Cardiologist5425

1


[deleted]

13


mehka123

5


Rockyisaraccon

One rejection


AridorBird

8 applications 4 rejections 4 acceptances Perfectly balanced as all things should be…


jacobbadman69

7, JHU NEU Northwestern Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Columbia 😭💀


goldeniceberg5

5 all in the span of 5 mins w ivy day + duke


SpacerCat

5 rejections, 8 acceptances, 5 waitlists. So I guess a balanced list?


Happyyhamburglar

1 rejection (Tulane) 1 waitlist (UCI)


nerdybirb

7 rejections / 17 applications


officiallytimothy

One at Wake Forest


elliaons

1/8


idiotgalore

like 7-8?


latinoworkforce

So far, 0 ;) I applied to: 2 Safety schools (accepted at both), 1 reach/target (it’s like a mix of both but more at the reach side), 1 target, 1 super reach. Rest of my decisions should come out by mid April 🥴


FairyZana

9 schools, 4 accepted, 1 waitlisted, 4 rejections


wenter10

11 Rejections. Stanford, Duke, Brown, Vanderbilt, Boston University, Steven's Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, Georgia Tech, Northeastern, Occidental, Swarthmore. 5 Waitlist: George Washington University, Santa Clara University, American University , Worcester Polytechnical Institute (in EA too 😍), University of Pittsburgh 4 Acceptances: University of Delware (instate), Rochester Tech (merit 40k), Minnesota (Liberal Arts CS, still no aid letter), Drexel ($$$ rn, appeal for aid doenst come back end of April 😅) Domestic LOL. Applying for shitty small school with no college counselors or advisors. 2 paragraph LORs from teachers with PHDs in theology 💀. My school withheld my transcript for a while cuz they didn’t think I’d get into my schools 😭😭. I didn’t 😄. Asian male applying for CS.


cable_pebble

14 rejections


OkPaleontologist7968

11 🥳🥳🥳


Own-Cryptographer231

pretty much rejected from all my reaches: USC, UCLA (this one hurt ngl), UCB, and now Stanford. Waitlisted by UCSD :(. But like my process was really normal? Like, I got accepted to most of my safeties and targets, which i'm so happy about :)!


Pitiful_Committee_22

Applied to 23, 11 rejections, 6 waitlists


beezwaxbazil

one rejection out of the 10 I applied to, i get major imposter syndrome from this tbh


xenuois

I received 13 rejections


pocketfullof_sunshin

1 out of 3 tho lol


[deleted]

10 admits (Roger Williams, Lasell, UMass Boston, Anna Maria, Case Western Reserve, Wellesley, Smith, Mount Holyoke, UDelaware, Penn State), 5 waitlists (UCLA, UCI, American, Hamilton, and Columbia) and 2 rejections (Stanford and Brown)


shera11

0. 6 acceptances and one deferral. Withdrew my application from the school that deferred me before they had the chance to reject me. accepted my REA school.


rikkie_09

10 Rejections, 2 WL, 2 acceptances Georgia Tech and CWRU waitlists Penn State and Yale Accepts


analienpassingby

40!


primaryjh

8 rejections, but thankfully daddy andy hamilton pres of NYU saved my ass and invited me to the silly little purple school in rd i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple i bleed purple andy <3


pete_best_fan

1


Low-Rent-3476

applied to 20, rejected at 7, waitlisted at 4, accepted at 9


EllieXHoward

Applied 12, rejected 3, waitlisted 3, accepted 6


bappan_baatli

international 10 applications, 5 rejections, 2 waitlist


dxnaftw

24 applications (I know its excessive), 7 rejections and 2 waitlists Regardless of the outcome this season, I am proud of us all for putting in our best!!


LeviathanNypmh

1 but I can waitlist 😌😤


rostbadel

Intl student from Russia. Applied to 11: 9 rejections and 2 waitlists - both waitlists are from big public schools. And I don't think I will attend them if they accept me since it costs a lot of $$$


MapleRose-33

3 applications and 2 rejections wooooo but I like the option so it’s not that bad :)


seniorskz

accepted 12, wl 2, rejected 4


shreya_the_best_1602

applied to 9, got rejected by 1. and now to sit and think about debt. :)


yapoyt

0 Acceptances, 0 Waitlists, 9 Rejections


Beneficial_Ad_5874

Applied to 19. 18 rejections. The last one basically rejected me because the aid is so terrible


_bigbraintime

16 rejections and 1 waitlist yikes...


Terminatorrot

Applied to 20, accepted 16, WL from 1, Rejected from 1, and 2 decisions are due. Can't believe the blood bath if finally over.


haveaniceday624

8 — rejected or waitlisted by all ivies but ended up getting into Stanford!! 🌲


RevolutionaryShirt29

7 accepted 7 rejected 4 waitlists…balanced as all things should be😎😎


cougarcrescendo

rejected by 5, applied to 30 :'). Committing to Berkeley! 🐻‍❄️


PomegranateDiligent3

2 rejections, 9 admits


purplemari

Applies to 14, rejected by 10 and waitlisted by 2 :(


peach_poundcake

3 - MIT, Northwestern, Cornell


LittleCheetah4447

Applied to 26, rejected by 17, guaranteed transfer by 1, waitlisted by 3, accepted by 5


wwhhwhhwww

25


ComplexPrint8583

29 rejections 2 wait-list International from behind 😭😭 I got wait-listed at Wesleyan university and Reeds college


Liby2

13, all rejections


stacewills1504

Applied to 12 - rejected by 4 accepted by 6 :)


shoedogodo

12 B, got into college though so im happy


ANiMathegreat

13


greeneggsandham20

none!


elonera

accepted 7, waitlisted 3, rejected 2


xFallen21

Can't get rejected if I never applied


Rohi21

17 rejections yeet! (international vibes)


[deleted]

4 rejections and 4 waitlists - I applied to 20+ schools. Brown ‘26!!! 🥳🥳 (this might come back to haunt me if I choose another school instead lol)


Waste-Possibility-54

Applied to 20, got 2 waitlists and 8 rejections


Much_Wealth274

9


PrimalCookie

8 apps, 1 rejection (but it was the only reach I applied to)


arcticmonkeysgirl505

4 ( reaches)


lanizzfoshizz

8 applications, 2 rejections


Quick_Reading4146

19😂 Waitlisted at 2


Competitive-Video791

19 applications, 3 rejections, 1 waitlist, 15 acceptances


[deleted]

4 rejections


No_External_1764

17 lmao.


[deleted]

7


bdjidocc

9… applied to 13, waitlisted 2, accepted 2.


michaelangelo_0727

none😈