Happy IVY (reaping) day!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD got rejected from all 8 and collapsed sobbing on the floor. A tad dramatic, I’d say. Perhaps she should have applied to Juilliard…

Bad troll attempt. C-

If they are not a troll, they applied badly. No one should want to go to both Dartmouth and Columbia.

You have a crazy view that the only criterion that matters is the size of the city a college is in. Maybe Columbia & Dartmouth both have kickass Balkan history professors, or both have great fencing teams. Or they both have special dorm rooms for people who are allergic to some chemical. Maybe the applicant has a grandparent near both schools.

These are all hypothetical, but the point is there are a range of criteria, & not everybody prioritizes them the same.

Burt Reynolds was married to skinny Judy Carne & buxom Loni Anderson. Under your view, maybe he was crazy because the only thing that matters to you is bust size. But maybe he liked them both because they were funny. Or smart. Or smelled good. Everybody has different priorities.

I agree with PP...there is too much trophy hunting with Ivy applications. If the two schools both have equally great things, then it is all the other things you want from college that matter. So, if you want an urban environment, you would be very unhappy with Dartmouth. Opposite, if you want a rural college experience.

Unfortunately, I know too many parents/kids that want ANY Ivy over any other school...what the kid wants from the college experience be damned.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In Harvard, no hooks.

Congrats

Harvard really in a league of own!

No, it’s in a league with 7 other colleges. Duh.

[Anonymous]

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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.

This is about the most idiotic snark ever. My kid went to an T10 for 4 yrs for less than community college would have cost for 2 yrs. It happens OFTEN, because those top schools have lots of money to throw at students they want.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got rejected from all 8 and collapsed sobbing on the floor. A tad dramatic, I’d say. Perhaps she should have applied to Juilliard…

Bad troll attempt. C-

If they are not a troll, they applied badly. No one should want to go to both Dartmouth and Columbia.

You have a crazy view that the only criterion that matters is the size of the city a college is in. Maybe Columbia & Dartmouth both have kickass Balkan history professors, or both have great fencing teams. Or they both have special dorm rooms for people who are allergic to some chemical. Maybe the applicant has a grandparent near both schools.

These are all hypothetical, but the point is there are a range of criteria, & not everybody prioritizes them the same.

Burt Reynolds was married to skinny Judy Carne & buxom Loni Anderson. Under your view, maybe he was crazy because the only thing that matters to you is bust size. But maybe he liked them both because they were funny. Or smart. Or smelled good. Everybody has different priorities.

I agree with PP...there is too much trophy hunting with Ivy applications. If the two schools both have equally great things, then it is all the other things you want from college that matter. So, if you want an urban environment, you would be very unhappy with Dartmouth. Opposite, if you want a rural college experience.

Unfortunately, I know too many parents/kids that want ANY Ivy over any other school...what the kid wants from the college experience be damned.

But who’s to say the urban/rural criterion trumps all other criteria?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got rejected from all 8 and collapsed sobbing on the floor. A tad dramatic, I’d say. Perhaps she should have applied to Juilliard…

Bad troll attempt. C-

If they are not a troll, they applied badly. No one should want to go to both Dartmouth and Columbia.

You have a crazy view that the only criterion that matters is the size of the city a college is in. Maybe Columbia & Dartmouth both have kickass Balkan history professors, or both have great fencing teams. Or they both have special dorm rooms for people who are allergic to some chemical. Maybe the applicant has a grandparent near both schools.

These are all hypothetical, but the point is there are a range of criteria, & not everybody prioritizes them the same.

Burt Reynolds was married to skinny Judy Carne & buxom Loni Anderson. Under your view, maybe he was crazy because the only thing that matters to you is bust size. But maybe he liked them both because they were funny. Or smart. Or smelled good. Everybody has different priorities.

I agree with PP...there is too much trophy hunting with Ivy applications. If the two schools both have equally great things, then it is all the other things you want from college that matter. So, if you want an urban environment, you would be very unhappy with Dartmouth. Opposite, if you want a rural college experience.

Unfortunately, I know too many parents/kids that want ANY Ivy over any other school...what the kid wants from the college experience be damned.

But who’s to say the urban/rural criterion trumps all other criteria?

This. I think a true city school would have been a no for my child, because I think she liked your typical college campus. That said, she applied to some schools in rather rural areas and some that were in urban areas. Her favorite is a small LAC on a commuter line to Boston.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got rejected from all 8 and collapsed sobbing on the floor. A tad dramatic, I’d say. Perhaps she should have applied to Juilliard…

Bad troll attempt. C-

If they are not a troll, they applied badly. No one should want to go to both Dartmouth and Columbia.

You have a crazy view that the only criterion that matters is the size of the city a college is in. Maybe Columbia & Dartmouth both have kickass Balkan history professors, or both have great fencing teams. Or they both have special dorm rooms for people who are allergic to some chemical. Maybe the applicant has a grandparent near both schools.

These are all hypothetical, but the point is there are a range of criteria, & not everybody prioritizes them the same.

Burt Reynolds was married to skinny Judy Carne & buxom Loni Anderson. Under your view, maybe he was crazy because the only thing that matters to you is bust size. But maybe he liked them both because they were funny. Or smart. Or smelled good. Everybody has different priorities.

I agree with PP...there is too much trophy hunting with Ivy applications. If the two schools both have equally great things, then it is all the other things you want from college that matter. So, if you want an urban environment, you would be very unhappy with Dartmouth. Opposite, if you want a rural college experience.

Unfortunately, I know too many parents/kids that want ANY Ivy over any other school...what the kid wants from the college experience be damned.

But who’s to say the urban/rural criterion trumps all other criteria?

Agree. While not quite the same I was accepted at both Dartmouth and Columbia for grad school (MBA) among others. It was a tough choice but I chose based on program size and program characteristics. The locations both had their pros and cons but that wasn't a driver of the decision.

[Anonymous]

DS accepted by Dartmouth, his only Ivy app. Gonna be a hard choice between it and some great LACs.

Congrats to the fortunate and my commiserations to the unfortunate! It really does feel like a crapshoot. DS was denied outright by his first choice in ED, which has a higher acceptance rate than three of the schools he has since been admitted to in RD. He had a great application, but no traditional hooks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS accepted by Dartmouth, his only Ivy app. Gonna be a hard choice between it and some great LACs.

Congrats to the fortunate and my commiserations to the unfortunate! It really does feel like a crapshoot. DS was denied outright by his first choice in ED, which has a higher acceptance rate than three of the schools he has since been admitted to in RD. He had a great application, but no traditional hooks.

Barring Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, and Pomona--this should not be a discussion. Dartmouth.

[Anonymous]

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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?

Try not to sound like quite such an imbecile next time. Anyone would be extremely fortunate to get into Princeton.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS accepted by Dartmouth, his only Ivy app. Gonna be a hard choice between it and some great LACs.

Congrats to the fortunate and my commiserations to the unfortunate! It really does feel like a crapshoot. DS was denied outright by his first choice in ED, which has a higher acceptance rate than three of the schools he has since been admitted to in RD. He had a great application, but no traditional hooks.

Barring Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, and Pomona--this should not be a discussion. Dartmouth.

Even if these SLACs were in play, would still choose Dartmouth over them.

[Anonymous]

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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?

DC also was accepted to Stanford REA. Loves CS but also equally loves Math, Econ, and Urban Studies (which is what his main EC was about). I’m hoping he picks something on the east coast. We’ll visit during admit weekends, talk to people he knows at each school before deciding.

There are few colleges that open as many doors as Stanford. (And I didn't go there.) Are you hoping for an east coast school to keep him close to home?

[Anonymous]

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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?

DC also was accepted to Stanford REA. Loves CS but also equally loves Math, Econ, and Urban Studies (which is what his main EC was about). I’m hoping he picks something on the east coast. We’ll visit during admit weekends, talk to people he knows at each school before deciding.

There are few colleges that open as many doors as Stanford. (And I didn't go there.) Are you hoping for an east coast school to keep him close to home?

A friend of DCs chose Yale over Stanford, and Stanford was REA. It happens.

[Anonymous]

Daughter was rejected from 3 ivies and accepted to one. Taking top merit scholarship at Private top 40 school. With aid ivy woulda been 50k. Just paying room and board at chosen school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS accepted by Dartmouth, his only Ivy app. Gonna be a hard choice between it and some great LACs.

Congrats to the fortunate and my commiserations to the unfortunate! It really does feel like a crapshoot. DS was denied outright by his first choice in ED, which has a higher acceptance rate than three of the schools he has since been admitted to in RD. He had a great application, but no traditional hooks.

Barring Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, and Pomona--this should not be a discussion. Dartmouth.

Even if these SLACs were in play, would still choose Dartmouth over them.

DS is choosing Pomona over Dartmouth. In our minds both offer out of this world educational opportunities, but the location and weather of Pomona was the trump card.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Accepted Harvard, Yale. Waitlisted Princeton.

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

DC also was accepted to Stanford REA. Loves CS but also equally loves Math, Econ, and Urban Studies (which is what his main EC was about). I’m hoping he picks something on the east coast. We’ll visit during admit weekends, talk to people he knows at each school before deciding.

There are few colleges that open as many doors as Stanford. (And I didn't go there.) Are you hoping for an east coast school to keep him close to home?

A friend of DCs chose Yale over Stanford, and Stanford was REA. It happens.

That choice makes sense to me. And I went to ( grad school) at Stanford