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[hathycol]

I have just been declined from Edinburgh.



I'm feeling rather... I'm not sure, downbeat about that. No, that's not true. Getting rejected from York was okay, because I didn't want to go there anyway, it's English, and the only person I know who got in was Iona, and I've known since I was 14 that if I did half as well as Iona academically then I was doing pretty well. But Edinburgh. That hurts. I wasn't going to go there, it was a third choice and one that was written out of the equation when the unconditional turned up, but...

I've been rejected from all universities that are in the Top 20 universities in Britain, bar St 'Take Forever to Process' Andrews. For all my almost-Communism, I am a complete and utter intellectual snob when it refers to myself. This, I suppose, shows that I have double standards. I know that any university in the top 100 is a damned good place to be educated, and getting into university is a bit of an achievement, I suppose, despite all the hoohaa about declingin standards etc etc but this is getting bad. I always thought I was intellectual elite material. You know, with my four As and a personal statement that is filled with Things I Have Done.

I suspect I may have been deluding myself. Will someone tell me the next time I do that? Thanks.

~Hathy_Col~

Comments

[spacellama.livejournal.com]

I don't know how the educational system works over on your side of the pond, but here admission sometimes has to do with things other than listed requirements. When I applied for grad school, I only applied to one, the one I'd been planning to attend for years. My scores were high; I was in the top 10% of my graduating class (of 16,000+) and had a very spiffy resume. I did not get in. Admittance folks explained, off the record, that some political stuff was going on, and though that didn't make me feel better (and still doesn't), I'm slowly getting over the I-so-stoopid feeling.

In the end, admittance does not prove or disprove intellect or worthiness. It does not indicate future success or failure.

Of course, it still feels like shit when it turns against you. *hugs*

[mettanna.livejournal.com]

You are not deluding yourself, for a start. I can't believe they turned you down, especially with grades like that - they must be crazy. I've got all my fingers crossed for you to get into St. Andrew's, i really do, because you deserve it more than anyone else i know.

[starisfading.livejournal.com]

Rejections suck :( (I stil hold my own personal grudge against Durham, and I really wouldn't like to go there) But Edinburgh is weird, they seem to reject loads of AAA candidates for subjects where they want BBB.

[tashmania.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean. When you've been told from age 10 that you're Cambridge material and then get rejected despite having no grades less than an A at GCSE, four A grades at AS, the same predicted for A-Level and more extra-curriculars than you can shake a stick at, you kinda start to wonder.

You're not deluding yourself though. I know I haven't e-known (to use an obsolete and annoying phrase) you very long but I am utterly convinced that it is Edinburgh's loss. If I can get rejected by three Top 10 universities but accepted by three Top 20 ones then you, my darling, will be fine.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

You are not, and have never been, deluding yourself. You thoroughly deserve a place in a top university, and I very much doubt this rejection was anything personal. You are intellectual elite material and don't you forget it.

[(Anonymous)]

Gettin rejected really does suck...i'm one of living_yen's friends and have been rejected by 3 out of 4 of my uni's to study medicine without any decent feedbk y...
hope you hear something positive soon

[dammitrob.livejournal.com]

Col, you're one of the few people whose intellect I'd put on parallel with my own. That's all I have to say on this. ;)

Joke. You'll do brilliantly at whatever Uni you go to, and if this isn't even one of your ones of choice, it matters little what their warty old professors think of you.

[emmysuze.livejournal.com]

Hun, the whole university admission system is basically pot luck. Take it from someone who has been there. You should not feel bad about any of this whatsoever. The universities don't just take into account your academic record, but your social statements and you will end up where you will be happiest. Trust me on this also. I thought one university was the be all and end all and when they rejected me I was heart-broken, but I couldn't be happier in Manchester. Although I moan and whine about life, the university is perfect for me and I don't want to be anywhere else.

Huggles,

Emma