I was rejected by Queen's University.

I had a 90+ Top 6.

My PSE was reviewed by at least 6 people who all said it was the best they had read. You can inbox me if you want to read it and check if it's utter crap. If it is, I can rest in peace. But in my honest opinion, it was good. I cannot FATHOM why I was rejected.

Queen's was my light at the end of the tunnel. It was EVERYTHING I looked forward to. It was my absolute top choice above every single university.

The only flaw in my application was that some of my other marks other than my top 6 were not above 80. But isn't that irrelevant to a university's evaluation?

I will call them on Monday and ask them why. This meant everything to me and I am literally a mess right now.

Do you go to UTS?

queens is a racist ass university. i too got rejected, and some of my friends...if you aren't white you aint got a chance.

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Hey Grace, based on the bit of information you've given, I think your extra-curriculars seem quite impressive. Sorry to hear that you didn't get in; try not to be too hard on yourself though! If you'd like some more opinions your PSE, feel free to shoot me a PM. I've proofread a couple of my friends' QC essays and one out of three were accepted, with one pending.

Hey Grace, let me hit you up with some blunt truths of reality.

1) There is no university in the world that has a foolproof and perfect admissions process. There will be people that deserved an offer who didn't get one, and vice versa. That's the reality of not just university admissions but everything in general. Good people sometimes get shafted through unfortunate circumstances, and sometimes bad people catch a lucky break and still squeeze themselves onto the train.

It is for this reason that you apply to multiple universities and have several top choices as well as backups. No matter how sure you are that you'll get into a university, it would be silly to apply to only that one program at that one university just because it's your top choice and you think you're a shoo-in for an offer.

2) From what I've heard, Queen's rejections have already started rolling out. This is pretty early since most universities are still rolling acceptances and only Queen's has actually begun finalizing and confirming rejections. If you choose to appeal, know that you are very likely not going to be the only one, and in all honesty, I doubt that it will bear any fruit to do so. The most you can do is check your OUAC to make sure your marks went in properly, and not much after that. When a university makes a decision, the only time it's reversed is when something happens with marks; if the wrong marks were fed in and they need to reconsider the application again, or if the marks drop catastrophically and they need to reconsider the validity of their offer. The judgement on your supplementary is unlikely to change.

3) From a purely hypothetical perspective, competitive averages and performances on supplementaries as well as overall applicant strength can vary from year to year, and it could just be that this year the tide was high and a LOT of very qualified people applied. You might have made it in according to last year's competitive averages and extracurricular activities, but perhaps not this year.

I'm sorry to hear this, and I feel for you. This isn't just going to go away and you're going to need some time to mull and take it in. I understand that. My advice to you is don't try to chase this, don't become bitter and angry or try to send angry letters to Queens, but don't try to ignore or push it aside either; just take it in and over the next few weeks you'll slowly learn to live on.

As an aside, what other programs and universities have you applied to? Note that if you didn't have any reasonable backups you could always take a fifth year.

And while I'm curious to know the entire contents of your application (the courses you took, marks in each course, extent of extracurricular activities, and supplementary) I feel like that would only aggravate your current condition. I think the best thing to do for you right now is to force yourself to not check this thread anymore, because you're going to be torturing yourself and driving yourself towards insanity each time you do.

Good luck with your endeavours.

Another flaw (not necessarily flaw, but something that would put you under others) is your lack of team or individual sports experience. At the open house, I talked to a lot of the fourth years and many of them had some kind of sports background in highschool and university. Also, a lot of the kids that have gotten in so far are part of track, volleyball, soccer - even ultimate frisbee. I'm still pending, but I think one of the strongest parts of my application is my competitive swimming experience. I've even tried contacting the coach about swimming varsity.

With that said, I still think you have a very impressive application as you hold a lot of leadership roles. Pm me your essays I'd love to take a look.

did you get an email from ivey last week about being impressed with your supplementary? if you did then you'll probably get ivey status since your average is above 90.

But that was mostly in grade 10, and I fasttracked math so I did grade 11 math in grade 10. In grade 11, I was taking Ad Func and Calc, which were 82 and 90 respectively. So my marks were 67-82-90. I thought it would be a plus for universities to see that I had worked very hard to overcome obstacles. Shouldn't they not be looking at grade 11 anyways?

At least you'll get 30bucks if you don't get in.
Okay all jokes aside there's nothing you can do now so just pray for the best,go to church or something.
You don't want to be as lame as me worrying about acceptances everyday right?
So cheer up.