Reject in the Morning & Admit by Night

'Admission decision: Refusal'

Those three words are very depressing if you have applied to a lot of universities for admission and the one who's application status you're checking is way below in your list of ranking. This was how my day began early in the morning on 8th Feb. Now this particular univ was not a very high ranked one but it wasn't bad by any means. The most depressing part was that out of the 12 universities I had applied to, only 3 were below this one's rank, and so a natural line of thought in my mind was that if this university found my profile unsuitable what are the chances that universities higher up in rank would admit me! After a few comforting words from mom and friends I decided to forget about it and hope for something better.

Turns out there was something much better in store for me that day! In the evening I received an email with an admit from Purdue - one of my dream univs, which ranked 7th in the US in Civil Engineering! I was totally filled with joy and just couldn't get a hold of myself! Ironically, now there are just 2 univs in my list which are ranked higher than this one!

One hell of a day I've had; a reject when I woke up and a great admit before going to bed, on the same day.

[Edit]: For some of my friends who have been / are / will be (in future) disheartened by early rejects, as it turned out, in the end I had 9 admits out of 12 univs that I had applied to choose from, with most of those being in the top ten ranks! Point is, rankings are not everything and admits / rejects are very, very subjective, so hang in there till you hear from every univ you are hoping to get an offer from.