Happy IVY (reaping) day!

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Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted at Princeton & Brown.

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

No idea how likely it will be—researching now . Fingers crossed.

This is the soccer kid that finally checked at 10pm 😂

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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.

Not a weird question at all. Wanting to quit academics and enlist in the military is an extreme reaction to ridiculously unrealistic expectations. Someone should have helped temper his expectations. Clearly he thought he was getting in.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s great how folks are being more practical-no secret how everyone knows the smartest kids with the greatest degree of merit are all located in Honors colleges of flagship state schools. Ivys all a DEI/legacy gamed admit these days!!

Bitter much? Sore loser.

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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.

Humble brag....

I was going to call "BS".

I thought it was a great response to an obnoxious post.

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DS accepted to Yale and UPenn. Rejected from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Brown. It’s a lottery.No legacy. Just lots of non traditional leadership and EC’s aligned with proposed plans. I did read his essays and I thought they were really strong.

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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.

Not PP but I know someone in same situation. Cheaper than UMD.

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Anonymous wrote:DS accepted to Yale and UPenn. Rejected from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Brown. It’s a lottery.No legacy. Just lots of non traditional leadership and EC’s aligned with proposed plans. I did read his essays and I thought they were really strong.

That’s amazing. Huge congratulations to your son!!

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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.

Not PP but I know someone in same situation. Cheaper than UMD.

There are many cases like this. Depending on the income level, private institutions can be cheaper than state ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question, when in your adult life and career has anyone ever asked you if you attended an honors college? I hope students are having good experiences in these programs, but people will form their impressions of their education based on the overall reputation of the school.

I agree, but also I really don't think State U is an impediment to a higher-level positions or lucrative fields.

But for most people it isn't really a choice, PP, even for the middle and upper middle class who isn't eligible for financial aid. Many people on here could "technically" afford 90K a year. But should they, considering what old age can cost, and given more tangible benefits, such as downpayment on homes, they can give their adult children? It's important to understand asset growth and wealth transfers from generation to generation. Maybe a brand-name undergrad degree is not the best investment compared to other options that will ease their children's financial pressures in midlife. We're talking here about ensuring ways to make our children wealthy: if they're not over-leveraged on a home and can invest their salaries in the stock market or other real estate, let's say, is that better than putting all your eggs in a very expensive undergrad degree and hoping your kids reach stratospheric levels in their career thanks to meeting the right people and going into a field that venerates the name on the diploma?

I'm not talking about low-income families on FA, or very wealthy families who can do it all. I'm specifically addressing the middle class family conundrum, for whom 90K is a workable stretch, but with sacrifices elsewhere.

I’m not so sure too many people here could afford it without help. And I disagree, the Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Yale degrees open doors that that lesser colleges don’t. Asset growth and generational wealth transfers are understood just fine. If a family has to think about a college education as an investment then an Ivy League would actually be the better bet because the kid would more than likely make more money so they can continue adding to the family wealth. Plus most families have 1 or 2 members who drain resources and add nothing.

If a family cannot swing it then hopefully they aren’t applying. If your child is accepted and you can afford it, it would be foolish not to pay for it. This is your child not an asset. Ivy League and the usual MIT, Stanford, etc is worth it.

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Waitlisted at Princeton. Only Ivy applied

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In Harvard, no hooks.

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Anonymous wrote:DS accepted to Yale and UPenn. Rejected from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Brown. It’s a lottery.No legacy. Just lots of non traditional leadership and EC’s aligned with proposed plans. I did read his essays and I thought they were really strong.

That’s amazing. Huge congratulations to your son!!

Ok so essay really strong. What was so strong? What about stats? 4.0 unweighted? Test scores? Test optional? Proposed plan? Wharton?

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Anonymous wrote:In Harvard, no hooks.

Congrats

Harvard really in a league of own!

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Anonymous wrote:In Harvard, no hooks.

Congrats

Harvard really in a league of own!

What is DC planning to study?

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted Harvard, Yale. Waitlisted Princeton.

Princeton sux (they did you a favor by not accepting). What does DC plan to study?