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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 8:38 AM
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Thousands of south Carolinians who have good academic resumes (CV is what they are called now) will have their dreams crushed today.
I bet any one of them would love to get in on a football scholarship and jump at the chance to be mistreated and taken advantage of.
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:06 AM
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Please dont make me become CLTHookie or CLTBulldog (UNCA not jawja), CLTCougar (C of C), CLTMountianer. Go tigers please let me in !!!
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Can you create space and drain a 3? Seriously though - best of luck to you, I
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:15 AM
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hope you get in!
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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If your goal is a Clemson degree and you don't initially get in,
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:33 AM
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go to a local community college for 2 years and transfer in. It's cheaper that way and is a route that your wallet will thank you for.
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Re: If your goal is a Clemson degree and you don't initially get in,
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Feb 19, 2025, 1:04 PM
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Isn’t it almost guaranteed acceptance if you go community college and have at least a 2.5 that you can transfer in?
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National Champion [8092]
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Not anymore - because so many still want to be Tigers
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Feb 19, 2025, 1:10 PM
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you are competing against a bunch of others that were rejected 1-2 years before and trying to do the same. Better have a good gpa, a major that has openings etc.
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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The best thing you can do to get into college
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Feb 19, 2025, 1:20 PM
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Be a great athlete
Have a rich relative
Be female
Be black or Hispanic brown.
For clemson..Be from New jersey.
If you are a white or Asian male.. you are are at a disadvantage.
My nephew has a 4.3 GPA and a 1340 sat score. He didn't get in. I thought he would have gotten early admittance in December but was for sure he'd get in.
But he is a male Asian born and raised in South carolina. Poor kid.
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Re: The best thing you can do to get into college
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Feb 19, 2025, 2:05 PM
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Shouldn’t have anything to do with it. It should be merit based period!
Money has always had an advantage 💰😀
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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True. And people seem to have alot of money in NJ
Feb 19, 2025, 3:19 PM
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But.. athletes also get special treatment so it's universally bad.
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Game Changer [1668]
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Re: The best thing you can do to get into college
Feb 20, 2025, 2:59 PM
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Being that Clemson's student population is consistently 75% or more Caucasian, Caucasian males can't possibly be at a disadvantage. The Asian population is pretty paltry at 2-3%, but how many apply in a given year and how did your nephew stack up against the total number of applications? Dr. Clements is a proponent of excellence AND diversity, so, I doubt that admissions would see Asian on an excellent application but still set it aside. The Black population is only 5% and Hispanics make up about 8% of the student population, so, it would seem that because Clemson generally accepts about 35% of applications for enrollment, Caucasian females are the biggest population and Caucasian males are the second biggest population accepted for enrollment.
Also, contrary to popular belief, scholarship athletes count into the enrollment numbers, but they do not count against the enrollment/acceptance numbers. Scholarship athletes are their own demographic, so they do not compete with nor hinder non-athletes from acceptance. Clemson is a brilliant academic institution, so, why would anyone think Clemson doesn't know how to balance academic goals with athletic goals? I am particularly saddened when a home grown student does not get accepted (been there, done that with my own children), but why blame the school for a personal shortcoming? My children are legacies, but were not accepted, so, throw that out. My family has a scholarship endowment set up, so, throw that out. Clemson simply cannot accept every application that applies, it has to have cut-offs, we all have felt them but let's not fall into denigrating the great job overall that Clemson does to be a beacon of educational excellence because that excellence comes with a high price.
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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My older son had a bunch of friends that
Feb 19, 2025, 1:16 PM
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Didn't get in out of high-school when he started at clemson.
3 went to TCT and 1 went to gvl tech.
1 got into clemson his sophomore year.. the other 3 made it in this year (junior)
So in my experience it is 100%
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Re: If your goal is a Clemson degree and you don't initially get in,
Feb 19, 2025, 1:37 PM
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The Bridge program changed that dynamic a good bit since I was there. Now Clemson is basically locking in the inbound transfers for next year in the Bridge program. As noted you have to get thru Bridge/TCTC with certain requirements.
I don't think its as much of the wild west open transfer population as it was a couple decades ago.
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Re: If your goal is a Clemson degree and you don't initially get in,
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This! My daughter applied and was accepted into the nursing program at CU last year. When we sat down and began the enrollment process, she was shocked at the remaining costs after aid and scholarships. She came to ger mom and I and said"im not doing that". She said I called tri-county and I'll get my ADN there and do the 1 year at CU for my Bachelors. We were really proud she got accepted, but way more proud that she made an adult decision at age 18. The cost of a 4 year school does not correlate to the earnings potential after graduation. I hope more young people begin to realize that these large institutions are simply money making machines!!
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:49 AM
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Good luck I remember when I got accepted well! All in God's plan!
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:15 PM
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Best of luck but I had two high academic daughters who both were bridged over lower academic friends. After discussing it with friends it seems that a large percentage of legacies and double legacies are bridged in favor of less qualified non-legacies. Instead of bridging both daughters spent a year at year at other state schools (Lander and Winthrop) where they received great financial aide packages then transferred to CU. One has already graduated ### Laude and the other is on the same track for this December, a semester early. The tech school/community college is also a great path to transfer and the ring and diploma are exactly the same as everyone else. We now have four Tigers in the house and nine in the family and all but one went the transfer route. Blessings and good luck whatever path you choose. Let us know how it goes.
Go Tigres!!!
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Game Changer [1934]
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Re: Today is rejection day .
Feb 19, 2025, 1:06 PM
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Why is c u m blocked?
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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Prob should ask your family dr***
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Feb 19, 2025, 1:31 PM
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:17 AM
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Can always do the Bridge program or transfer in. It looks the same on the degree in the end.
I grew up out of state and I didn't decide I wanted to go to Clemson until after I had graduated high school, so I missed every application deadline. My only option was going to a state school I didn't want to go to, or community college. I chose CC, went there for a year and transferred in to Clemson. I even spaced out my credits once I got to Clemson so I could still experience 4 years football seasons, which I'm sure drove my parents nuts lol. Best decision I ever made.
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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You have to get accepted to the bridge as well.
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:22 AM
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But they take like 1000 kids now..
Which is almost half of the general incoming class.
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Game Changer [1934]
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Re: You have to get accepted to the bridge as well.
Feb 19, 2025, 1:10 PM
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How? Clemson accepts between 22-24k each year…
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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wow incomeing class is up to 4,880 now? Do you have a breakdown of
Feb 20, 2025, 9:01 AM
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how many of that 4800 were fall, spring, and bridge enrollies?
3 years ago bridge had 900 something. I wouldn't be surprised if it was 1200-1500 now.
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:25 AM
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Bridge program is a racket. Just go to Tri-county and actually save money.
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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It's more expensive but has some perks.
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:42 AM
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You get to live on campus.. and you get all the stuff and all the other perks that students get...
except you cannot greek.
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Game Changer [2096]
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Re: It's more expensive but has some perks.
Feb 19, 2025, 8:12 AM
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Why would you want to live on campus as a non-Clemson student? That just pretending you go to Clemson.
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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You get to go to all the sporting events for free
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Feb 19, 2025, 3:18 PM
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Cept football .. you lottery just like all the other students.
You can join any of the clubs.. except Greek.
You get a clemson student id and have access to all the other stuff students have.
You live on campus with other kids so you know people when you get kicked outta the dorms.
You don't need a car so you save on gas.
Hot chicks everywhere..or dudes if that is what you are looking for.
Ummm. That's all I could come up with.
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:48 AM
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You're really just paying to live on campus. Most of my friends in school were bridge kids and they enjoyed it, but you're right. Especially if you live in the upstate, just go to Greenville Tech or TCTC for a year and transfer in if Clemson is where they really want to be.
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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That’s a big stretch expecting a teenager in 2025 to make that kinda sacrifice.
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Transfer is no longer a guarantee - retention #s
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Feb 19, 2025, 1:17 PM
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are up creating fewer spots meanwhile more are trying to transfer in. I would not advise my kid to attempt a transfer if they were offered bridge. Bridge is a guaranteed path. This is not 20 years ago or even 2-3 years ago for that matter
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I bridged and opted to stay at home while I was at Tech because I didn’t want to pay the dorm cost. It made a lot of sense for me because I paid Tech tuition, which was really cheap, and I also was pretty much guaranteed a spot. I recommend the bridge program to anybody that is local. I don’t recommend the bridge program to anyone that is not local. If you’re not local and you want to go to Clemson but didn’t get in, just go to your local community college and transfer.
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Def not a racket. If you are Bridge, attend TCTC and meet the requirements you are guaranteed to then move out of Bridge into gen-pop.
If you chose to go to TCTC on your own and then apply to transfer in you are behind the Bridge kids in line.
Its pretty much a preferred transfer program for Clemson. It was a smart move on their part.
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That really sucks for them. They can always go to USuC.
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That's why it's the University of Second Choice.
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Re: That really sucks for them. They can always go to USuC.
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Noble of you to think I even applied there. Only rival I applied to was GT (Might be more chance of my dog starts meowing and uses a litter box than that happen lol)
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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If you figure out how to build a mower
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:39 AM
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That makes it possible for your dog to mow the Grass..
You will definitely get into GT.
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They've been doing that for years...
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:46 AM
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Total waste of money since the vast majority of them end-up in the round file.
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Game Changer [1934]
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Re: That really sucks for them. They can always go to USuC.
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My question is how is the university of Florida ranked higher than Clemson? I’ve been there in Gainesville Florida is an absolute DUMP! Us news and world report has them ranked as the #30 National university in the US. Clemson is ranked #80. For reference coot U is ranked 121 😂💀😂
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Re: That really sucks for them. They can always go to USuC.
Feb 19, 2025, 1:39 PM
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Who knows their methodology. It's certainly bigger.
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:38 AM
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If they want to get in on a football scholarship, they should’ve been an elite athlete.
If they’re neither an elite student nor athlete, they’re better off transferring in. All you need is a 3.0 from tctc and you’ll save money.
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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True. But then they would be mistreated and
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Feb 18, 2025, 9:40 AM
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Miserable student athletes.
Who would ever want that? Tragic
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 10:52 AM
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Good luck!!!
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Rejection? I got laughed at when I asked for the papers.
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I filled them out and after a few questions (from the girl at the front) I was told to go to jr college and prove I could do college work. G'tech!
Two quarters later I applied again and got my acceptance letter to engineering in three days.
The old folks taught me there's more than one way to skin a cat.
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Granddaughter is on pins and needles - has been accepted to Auburn and USuC BUT WANTS TO GO TO NEITHER ONE.
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Game Changer [1934]
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Auburn is an EXCELLENT school and pretty hard to get into. She should be proud!
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I remember my acceptance letter day like it was yesterday. My dad was grinning ear to ear.
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Re: Today is rejection day .
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:39 PM
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All you need to remember Clemson accepts based on majors ---- so if you/child is applying for one of the more popular majors, competition is crazy ... if not, a bit less competitive ...
Would be curious as to those with high achievers that were asked to bridge -- what were there desired majors? I know nursing for one is ridiculous.
Either way good luck to all.
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I'd love to see what the "easier" majors are to get accepted into now a days. When I was in school I knew quite a few people that applied and got accepted in various CAFLS majors and then changed majors later. But who knows because the Food Science and Packaging schools are super competitive now too.
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Ultimate Tiger [33197]
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Looks like my youngest son was one of the
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Feb 19, 2025, 12:58 PM
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Poor souls rejected.
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Game Changer [1934]
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Re: Looks like my youngest son was one of the
Feb 19, 2025, 1:19 PM
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Aw shucks! What was his SAT and GPA?
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His academic resume wasn't very good. I
Feb 19, 2025, 1:30 PM
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Was confident he wouldn't get in to clemson. It wasn't nearly as good as my 2 oldest who did get in.
Was hoping he would somehow get bridge.. based off lineage but I didn't get my hopes up too high.
My nephew got really screwed. Kid had a
1340 sat and 4.3 gpa. That 1 shocked me. I've been telling my Bro in law that he would get in for sure.
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That stinks - if he really wants to go there, tell him not to give up
Feb 19, 2025, 1:27 PM
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but plenty of schools out there to forge a new path also and might be right for him - good luck! I know kids that have been rejected that fall into both of those buckets. They have turned out great and loved it in the end.
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Feb 19, 2025, 5:34 PM
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I’m sorry to hear that. As someone who is in that boat it felt like my world got torn apart last night at 6
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Re: Looks like my youngest son was one of the
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Keep your head up and find the right path for you. Clemson is very difficult to get into, especially for some majors. As I mentioned earlier, both my daughters were bridged and both were high academics and double legacies. One spent a year at Lander and applied for transfer admissions to Clemson without telling another soul. She was accepted and graduated *###* Laude. The second daughter, same exact deal, bridged. She went to Winthrop and found her groove but still applied for Clemson transfer admission and was accepted. She was very happy at Winthrop and struggled mightily with her decision. Her mother and I basically told her that it was her life and 100% her decision. Her aunt told her that she had to decide what was right for her and her advice was she could graduate from Winthrop and have a great career but Winthrop isn't Clemson, nowhere else is Clemson, there is only one Clemson and while that is fine with most people would it be fine with her or would she regret not going to Clemson. After that, at the 11th hour, she chose Clemson and is very happy with her decision.
You can start somewhere else, get as close to a 4.0 as you can and apply to Clemson as soon as you have 30 hours. You will need to choose the right classes for both schools and if you're accepted to Clemson and plan you can graduate on time if you choose the Clemson route. My younger will graduate in 3.5 total years, even with transferring, in December.
Best wishes for your journey. This is not a roadblock it is just a turn, a turn that can open doors to more experiences. It is painful, both of my daughters cried when bridged, one in Littlejohn at a Duke basketball game but they have both grown and really had a fuller college experience because of their paths. God bless you.
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Our future Tiger visits campus next week.
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And we learned today that her cousin was accepted Summer term, which brought some relief to us all and gives us hope that our girl will be welcomed into Clemson nation this time next year, if not sooner.
Between them, they have a rich legacy at Clemson:
1 Great-Grandfather is a Tiger
3 Great Uncles
1 Grandmother
1 Grandfather
1 Father
2 Aunts
5 Cousins
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Tiger Spirit [10081]
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We live in Va. My daughter was waitlisted.
Feb 19, 2025, 3:28 PM
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I thought she would actually be rejected.
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Game Changer [2029]
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A CV!? That came from the same people
Feb 20, 2025, 4:17 PM
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who brought us participation trophies and 2- hour 8th grade graduations.
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MVP [511]
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Re: Today is rejection day .
Feb 20, 2025, 4:46 PM
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The reason so many of our good instate students are getting rejected is because our school has decided to take a bunch of Yankees because they pay double what in staters pay. Facts
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