I don't get it. Which possibly explains a lot.

[arthoniel]

Why the hell did I work so hard in school, try so hard to do well in all of my classes, if my grades can't even get me into the colleges I'm applying to? Why did I waste so much time on that crap?

Amherst- No
Brandeis- Wait listed
Wesleyan- No
Trinity- Haven't heard back from yet
Northwestern- No
SUNY Binghamton- Haven't heard back from yet
SUNY Albany- Yes
SUNY Purchase (Acting conservatory)- No
CUNY Macaulay Honors (at Hunter College)- No

I just don't understand why I wasted so much time, so much of my life, if I can't even get this.

I have a nearly straight-A average, I got two fours and a five (all out of five) on the APs I took, with score choice (and nearly all of the colleges I applied to use score choice) on the SATs I have a composite score of 2120, with one of the parts of that being a perfect 800... and I worked so hard to get all that. Why did I even bother?

Comments

[if-i-had-you.livejournal.com]

Quite simply: colleges are full up of people. When people lose jobs, they go back to school, and regardless of what the national unemployment percentage looks like (as it doesn't include those who are actually on unemployment) we're looking at nearly 20% unemployment all around.

This is not a judgment of your capabilities or your intelligence. I know a lot of people who are trying to get into college and it's just really hard right now. I have friends who are just like you who are looking to get into grad school, but were turned down by every single school.

So chin up - you did get one approval, and you're still waiting on two. There are a lot of people out there who don't even get that. So all of your hard work? No, it didn't go to waste. The reason why you got that one yes is BECAUSE you worked hard. ♥

[arthoniel.livejournal.com]

...Thanks. That certainly is true, that it's much more difficult to get into colleges now with the "Great Recession" and all. I just... thought I could do better than this. But thank you- it helps to hear (or, you know, read) someone say that~