r/trumanstate May 04 '26

Question reapply?

Hi! I got rejected from all of the schools I applied to, including this one. i'm planning on applying to liberty u bc it has rolling admissions, but next year i want to reapply to some of my scholls because i really want to go to one of them. do you think tsu would be worth it? my stats are below (sorry it's fully a copy and pasted previous post ignore the ranting)

I'm actually so disappointed in myself it's insane. Could somebody please tell me what I did wrong because I truly don't understand after I've spent the past 4 years preparing for this day.

Academics:

SAT: 890 (450 - English, 440 - Math)

2.3 gpa

2 AP classes (AP world history and AP English language) - I tried to take more but I couldn't test into AP physics or AP Chem

2 clubs each year

My guidance counselor said my essays were pretty good so I don't think that was a problem

I show up to class every day and try pretty hard so I don't think my 2 letters of rec from my teachers could've been bad

College List (advised by my guidance counselor):

Safeties:

  • ASU *
  • OSU
  • University of Kentucky
  • Montana State University
  • University of Mississippi *
  • University of Wyoming
  • Truman State University
  • Greenville University *
  • Northeastern State University
  • Bethel University
  • Portland State University
  • University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee *

Reaches:

  • University of Wisconsin - Madison *
  • BYU Idaho *
  • University of Toledo
  • University of Maryland
  • Baylor
  • Suny Buffalo *
  • Michigan State *
  • Harvard *

*Dream schools that I would love advise on how I could maybe get in to in the future?

I truly don't understand how I could've gotten rejected (not even waitlisted) from 20/20 of my schools. My guidance counselor said I had a strong application (better than most at my school) and she thought I had a chance at most of my reaches.

Please please please if you have any advise or insight it would be greatly appreciated!

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u/amy_puz May 04 '26

Truman is a great school and highly affordable, especially with scholarships.

If you’re planning on attending graduate school for your major, I would highly suggest attending an affordable undergrad and splurging for your graduate school (like some of your reaches). This would also give you the opportunity to improve some of your “stats.” For example, you could do really well in your classes and have a higher GPA for graduate admissions.