I just got back from NYC for my UCLA interview, and since I wasn't here to feverishly check this site for updates the last few days, I had to spend some time catching up.
I created this thread for two reasons.
First, as mid-April looms closer and closer, we're going to start seeing the end result of all of our efforts. As we've built a little network of suffering and hope, I'd love it if folks posted their acceptances up here...no need to post the rejections unless you want to. It will help us know when to start sleeping under our mailboxes, with laptops on a current refresh on our inboxes, and our cellphones poised to answer any call from a certain area code.
Also, it will make it easier for us to congratulate each other.
I know Kristy (Winterreverie) got into Chapman this weekend, so I'd like to start the thread off by sending out a big Woot Woot party squeal to her!!
She mentioned in one of the threads that since getting accepted at Chapman, UCLA no longer wields as much power over her. This, and the fact that I didn't go through a multiple school process when applying to undergrad, brings me to the second purpose of this thread.
Does acceptance at more than one university, especially where rivalries exist, make us more powerful in this process?
An example:
Joe gets into A-University and B-University. BU offers him a full ride, AU offers him a half-ride.
AU is his first choice.
Does Joe have any negotiating power? As in, "Hey, AU! I really want to go to your school, but the thing is, BU also accepted me. Their financial package is far more generous. Can you help me out a bit, throw me some more money, or would you rather I just go to BU?"
I created this thread for two reasons.
First, as mid-April looms closer and closer, we're going to start seeing the end result of all of our efforts. As we've built a little network of suffering and hope, I'd love it if folks posted their acceptances up here...no need to post the rejections unless you want to. It will help us know when to start sleeping under our mailboxes, with laptops on a current refresh on our inboxes, and our cellphones poised to answer any call from a certain area code.
Also, it will make it easier for us to congratulate each other.
I know Kristy (Winterreverie) got into Chapman this weekend, so I'd like to start the thread off by sending out a big Woot Woot party squeal to her!!
She mentioned in one of the threads that since getting accepted at Chapman, UCLA no longer wields as much power over her. This, and the fact that I didn't go through a multiple school process when applying to undergrad, brings me to the second purpose of this thread.
Does acceptance at more than one university, especially where rivalries exist, make us more powerful in this process?
An example:
Joe gets into A-University and B-University. BU offers him a full ride, AU offers him a half-ride.
AU is his first choice.
Does Joe have any negotiating power? As in, "Hey, AU! I really want to go to your school, but the thing is, BU also accepted me. Their financial package is far more generous. Can you help me out a bit, throw me some more money, or would you rather I just go to BU?"