What schools did you reject, or who rejected you?

[Big Circus]

I got into Cornell. Not going there is one of the biggest regrets of my life.

This guy will tell you all about what you missed. Look how excited he is!

 

[BTExpress]

Give me 50 math problems to do, and all I'm trying to do is get the work done because I'm feeling overwhelmed.

Nah, you're just pissed that they aren't paying you overtime.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Got into: Colorado, Missouri, Northwestern, Penn, Cornell, Oregon, Washington, Boston College

Did not get into: UCLA, Harvard, Michigan

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

I got into Cornell. Not going there is one of the biggest regrets of my life.

Similar situation. I was super close to going to Penn and playing football. Something didn't feel right and I didn't do it.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Only sent one application. Accepted, attended, graduated.

Had a very tough decision between SJSU and CU, stayed in state with San Jo for a myriad of reasons.

Not including the opportunity to learn the proper use of "myriad"?

What was wrong with how I used it? Myriad means "countless or of extremely great number." I also understand the meaning of hyperbole and how to use it to convey a point.

 

[BTExpress]

Had a very tough decision between SJSU and CU, stayed in state with San Jo for a myriad of reasons.

Perhaps if it truly was a "myriad" of reasons, then the choice shouldn't have been "very tough."

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

I got into the ones I wanted save one- a private Jesuit university.
And by that time I had had it with the Jesuits, frankly.
My grades sucked the final year and a half of high school.
I was well past the point of bored with it, didn't care and still don't care what they were.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Had a very tough decision between SJSU and CU, stayed in state with San Jo for a myriad of reasons.

Perhaps if it truly was a "myriad" of reasons, then the choice shouldn't have been "very tough."

Fair point. I'll amend it to say I had several good reasons to choose Boulder and a few nonacademic reasons (and one academic reason) to stay in California and ultimately choose to not go out of state. Can't say I regret it.

(The academic reason was I couldn't get a bachelors in journalism from Boulder. I would have to stick around for a master's and I wasn't sure if I wanted six years of school at that point. I mildly regret not going for a masters right now because it might be my ticket out of newspapers, but San Jose State was a good choice for me.)

 

[Dyno]

I applied early to Penn and got in. That was a million years ago. I don't know if I could even get into college nowadays.

 

[Ben.Breiner]

Got into: UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, Washington, Wisconsin (where I went)

Rejected: UCLA, UCSD, UC Berkeley

Applications looked at/considered/never handed in: Minnesota, Oregon, Texas

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Had a very tough decision between SJSU and CU, stayed in state with San Jo for a myriad of reasons.

Perhaps if it truly was a "myriad" of reasons, then the choice shouldn't have been "very tough."

Fair point. I'll amend it to say I had several good reasons to choose Boulder and a few nonacademic reasons (and one academic reason) to stay in California and ultimately choose to not go out of state. Can't say I regret it.

(The academic reason was I couldn't get a bachelors in journalism from Boulder. I would have to stick around for a master's and I wasn't sure if I wanted six years of school at that point. I mildly regret not going for a masters right now because it might be my ticket out of newspapers, but San Jose State was a good choice for me.)

Did you just get out of college? Because I know CU had a bachelor's program up until a few years ago.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Had a very tough decision between SJSU and CU, stayed in state with San Jo for a myriad of reasons.

Perhaps if it truly was a "myriad" of reasons, then the choice shouldn't have been "very tough."

Fair point. I'll amend it to say I had several good reasons to choose Boulder and a few nonacademic reasons (and one academic reason) to stay in California and ultimately choose to not go out of state. Can't say I regret it.

(The academic reason was I couldn't get a bachelors in journalism from Boulder. I would have to stick around for a master's and I wasn't sure if I wanted six years of school at that point. I mildly regret not going for a masters right now because it might be my ticket out of newspapers, but San Jose State was a good choice for me.)

Did you just get out of college? Because I know CU had a bachelor's program up until a few years ago.

No, this was when I was applying back in 2001. It was my understanding that there was a program, but it was a feeder for the master's program where you actually got your journo degree. The bachelor's degree, IIRC, wasn't in journalism, it was something else that I can't remember off the top of my head.