Why was I accepted to MIT and Stanford without any hooks, but rejected from every single Ivy? Are these schools looking for different things?
With little information on you, I will assume that you applied to Stanford Early. Colleges love students who seem like a good fit, and indicate that they really want to attend by applying early. For MIT, you had the correct amount of Nerdiness.
If you were admitted to both MIT and Stanford, then your academic prowess goes without question.
Hooks? You had hooks, but did not realize it. You believed (correct???) that both MIT and Stanford are a great fit for You, and those colleges looked at your application material, including all of those wonderful letters of recommendation, and determined that you would be a good fit with the college’s undergraduate community.
Congratulations, you were admitted to two Fine universities.
Of course, you did make One Glowingly Bad decision during your application process: You applied, according to your question, to all Eight of the colleges in the Ivy Athletic league. Bad, bad, bad.
You are probably not an athlete and that looked bad,
No one. No single person, is a good fit with all eight of those colleges. Therefore you were perceived as indecisive and not a good judge of what is best for you.
Be glad that at least two of the ten accepted you.
Look at the bright side, and enjoy Cambridge, MA. You must be more than slightly nerdy, and you might as well join all of us at the ‘Tute.
All the best.
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With little information on you, I will assume that you applied to Stanford Early. Colleges love students who seem like a good fit, and indicate that they really want to attend by applying early. For MIT, you had the correct amount of Nerdiness.
If you were admitted to both MIT and Stanford, then your academic prowess goes without question.
Hooks? You had hooks, but did not realize it. You believed (correct???) that both MIT and Stanford are a great fit for You, and those colleges looked at your application material, including all of those wonderful letters of recommendation, and determined that you would be a good fit with the college’s undergraduate community.
Congratulations, you were admitted to two Fine universities.
Of course, you did make One Glowingly Bad decision during your application process: You applied, according to your question, to all Eight of the colleges in the Ivy Athletic league. Bad, bad, bad.
You are probably not an athlete and that looked bad,
No one. No single person, is a good fit with all eight of those colleges. Therefore you were perceived as indecisive and not a good judge of what is best for you.
Be glad that at least two of the ten accepted you.
Look at the bright side, and enjoy Cambridge, MA. You must be more than slightly nerdy, and you might as well join all of us at the ‘Tute.
All the best.
©️ Quora
✍️ Dm: @ton_adres
✔️ @fulltuition