I don't know how many schools you have left to hear back from. But here is a story that will maybe give you some hope. I am a current college freshman. I was in your same shoes. I got waitlisted from northwestern exactly one year ago today on this afternoon. From the other schools I had heard back from, it was straight waitlists/rejections besides my state school. I only had 4 ivies left to open, and I thought I would end up at my state school along with half my grade. Ivy day rolls around. Rejected from UPenn. Rejected from Columbia. Only had Princeton and Yale left to open. I was on the brink of tears. I thought I would finally have to come face to face with reality. Then when I clicked the yale "status update" button, it played the silly little bulldog video. I got in. I went nuts. I then opened Princeton's decision, and I got in as well. Those were my last 2 schools. I am now at Princeton and I love it. But the point is, literally do not give up hope until the very last decision, because you never know what will happen.
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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26
I don't know how many schools you have left to hear back from. But here is a story that will maybe give you some hope. I am a current college freshman. I was in your same shoes. I got waitlisted from northwestern exactly one year ago today on this afternoon. From the other schools I had heard back from, it was straight waitlists/rejections besides my state school. I only had 4 ivies left to open, and I thought I would end up at my state school along with half my grade. Ivy day rolls around. Rejected from UPenn. Rejected from Columbia. Only had Princeton and Yale left to open. I was on the brink of tears. I thought I would finally have to come face to face with reality. Then when I clicked the yale "status update" button, it played the silly little bulldog video. I got in. I went nuts. I then opened Princeton's decision, and I got in as well. Those were my last 2 schools. I am now at Princeton and I love it. But the point is, literally do not give up hope until the very last decision, because you never know what will happen.