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Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

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Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Woah can $100k really take you 5-10 years? What are cities you're thinking of?

Most smaller university cities in Germany and Austria are very inexpensive. Leipzig, Heidelberg, Kassel, Münster for example. Even Vienna or Berlin are not too bad if you are okay living further out and with roommates.

But I think very few courses in Germany are offered in English at the Bachelor's level.

Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

#32
post #22

Several schools like Colgate, Vassar, and BU are dropping their ACT/SAT requirements due to coronavirus, so you might not be completely out of options.

That's for next year. But you are right, I think the only aspect OP is missing is standardized test scores. Multiple colleges will go optional next year, so OP should retry again.

Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

#33
Feel free to apply to UW (University of Washington http://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_1219baae-7c21-11ea-99ac-...) for 2021. They will not be requiring SAT/ACT scores. This is assuming you want to spend $$$ for a degree, which may or may not be worth it.

IMO I'd go for a local community college and do the first 2 years there, which is much cheaper. Also schools in EU are cheap/free not mortgage the damn house.

Also you can reapply, it is not the end of the world life for the majority of us is long... I got rejected from all 5 ivy-level biomedcial PHD programs I applied to, barring one with a late application date which I could still get rejected from lol.

Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

#34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most smaller university cities in Germany and Austria are very inexpensive. Leipzig, Heidelberg, Kassel, Münster for example. Even Vienna or Berlin are not too bad if you are okay living further out and with roommates.

But I think very few courses in Germany are offered in English at the Bachelor's level.

Eh, I wouldn’t say very few. Depends on the subject and many merely require that you learn German within a year of attending. This design school, for example, is mostly in English:

Kisd.de

Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

#36
You may not realize it, but you have happy problems.

Many of your peers are starting adulthood with $0. They are about to take on massive debt for a useless degree. All to become an modern day indentured servant to interest payments. For the rest of their life. It makes the old time 7 years of indentured servitude sound like a pretty good deal.

Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

#37
> Now what?

Launch your next company. Invest in your ability to grow capital. Higher education is massively over priced right now, in general. I know firms who have hired lawyers for jack squat to replace paralegals because we have a glut of graduates. Graduates are serving drinks and driving ubers. You have a talent that a college cannot teach. Use it.

Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

#38
Have you considered The European Union? University education is very affordable, and you can live off 100k USD for 2-3 years comfortably. I can recommend the Netherlands, good tech universities here. It would also be an experience that few of your generation can afford.

Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

#39
post #19

Grow your business, fuck college. Also, one little known fact is that you can appeal these rejections. Just write a letter to the head of admissions explaining why you think your denial was mistake, tell them about yourself and your experience.

Does that ever work?

Re: Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?

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post #39
post #19

Grow your business, fuck college. Also, one little known fact is that you can appeal these rejections. Just write a letter to the head of admissions explaining why you think your denial was mistake, tell them about yourself and your experience.

Does that ever work?

It worked for me! Remember that college is a business and writing an appeal letter = "Please take my money."
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