For the universities I am still waiting for, like Northwestern and UT, should I send them an update letter or at least my final transcript since I finished with a 4.0 as a first year transfer?
Going into this admissions cycle I was feeling very confident from how much I was able to grow since high school. Although I had a perfect GPA and was ranked #3 in my class, I was rejected from pretty much everywhere except my local state university, so I took a chance and enrolled at cc. While maintaining a 4.0, I did things more focused on engineering that I never did before, like personal projects, research, clubs, etc and also grew way better social/ networking skills. Having friends from T25s that helped me with my application and essays, I believed I would get into at least a few of the universities I applied to. In the beginning I got accepted into TAMU with major, Vandy first wave, and waitlisted from Rice, so I thought it was a very good sign for the other universities as well, but as all the rest have released, I have been getting straight rejections. So far I only have 4 left and am trying to remain hopeful, but am thinking if I should decide with the options I have or try running it back once again.
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BTW does anyone know when the ones I am waiting for will be released?
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Vanderbilt is a great school, and I am appreciative that I was accepted. The only thing is that Vandy's engineering ranking is low, and I have not seen that they have many clubs/opportunities compared to a school like TAMU, where I have a summer research position and have many connections already. (Trying to see if the overall prestige or stronger engineering program is better since those are my two choices as of rn.)