Happy IVY (reaping) day!

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Anonymous wrote:DS got into Cornell. This is a happy day in our family!!! First one is off.

Congrats! Which school within Cornell?

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Anonymous wrote:Now wishing my kid didn’t apply.

$38k for UVA vs $90k for most of them is tough nut.

Same.

Well, you likely won’t have anything to worry about!

We’ll see. He got into a few 5% acceptance rate schools already.

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Waitlisted at Princeton & Brown.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s see, $100k for four years at UMD or one year at a top school. Hmmm…

Mine is at Ivy for less than UMD cost. Great FA for middle class

Doubt it.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s see, $100k for four years at UMD or one year at a top school. Hmmm…

Mine is at Ivy for less than UMD cost. Great FA for middle class

Doubt it.

Why? UMD is about 30k. My kid is going to Ivy next year for 20k. We are in Montgomery County.

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Rejected from Columbia, but in at Princeton! My kid is in a state of shock but is extremely happy and grateful. I am in a state of shock.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected at Princeton and Harvard. Kid is heartbroken. Said want to give up on academics and join the military. Accepted at a few safeties already. Very glad to have the closure. Only Umich postpone is left.

I’m sorry, but serious question - why did he have his heart set on these schools? Did he literally not know their acceptance rates?

What a weird question. Many people want things they know they are unlikely to get, and are heartbroken when those things don't work out.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s see, $100k for four years at UMD or one year at a top school. Hmmm…

Mine is at Ivy for less than UMD cost. Great FA for middle class

Doubt it.

No dog in this fight but my oldest attends an Ivy for $9k less than our state school (UConn).

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s see, $100k for four years at UMD or one year at a top school. Hmmm…

Mine is at Ivy for less than UMD cost. Great FA for middle class

Doubt it.

No dog in this fight but my oldest attends an Ivy for $9k less than our state school (UConn).

I don't have kids in college yet, but the NPC's for the Ivies come in significantly below the NPC's at UMD for us. We're a typical middle class family.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Columbia, but in at Princeton! My kid is in a state of shock but is extremely happy and grateful. I am in a state of shock.

Congratulations!

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected at Princeton and Harvard. Kid is heartbroken. Said want to give up on academics and join the military. Accepted at a few safeties already. Very glad to have the closure. Only Umich postpone is left.

Ok, I know it is hard, but I think this reaction is a bit extreme.

That said, ROTC isn’t a bad idea for many to make college more affordable

But, really, I hope your kid can dust themself off and pick the right fit from the multiple yesses I am sure they have. I did and had a fabulous 4 years at a great school and just better all around fit for me in the end.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Columbia, but in at Princeton! My kid is in a state of shock but is extremely happy and grateful. I am in a state of shock.

Total opposite here! Rejected from Princeton, but in at Columbia!

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Columbia, but in at Princeton! My kid is in a state of shock but is extremely happy and grateful. I am in a state of shock.

Total opposite here! Rejected from Princeton, but in at Columbia!

Congratulations!

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted Harvard, Yale. Waitlisted Princeton.

Congratulations to your DC—that’s fantastic!!

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Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted at Princeton & Brown.

Wow, that’s impressive—congrats and fingers crossed that one of them pans out!!