What rejections surprised you the most this cycle?

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Anonymous wrote:This is where stupid people who think they are intelligent start talking about "yield protection".

Yield protection is not a thing at state schools but is at some private ones. Typically these are ones that value "demonstrated interest". This is a clue that they might take a slightly less "qualified" (however this is defined) kid over a more qualified one if they think the kid will attend. Only a clue, college admissions is not a transparent process so one can never know can we.

False. Some publics like virginia tech do practice yield protection.

False. It's been stated repeatedly - by VT - that they do not practice yield protection. But you knew that.

"Yield Protection
Virginia Tech does not participate in yield protection."

https://www.vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/counselor-corner.html#:~:text=Virginia%20Tech%20does%20not,participate%20in%20yield%20protection.

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Anonymous wrote:These should not come as surprises. Many more qualified applicants applying to southern non or less woke university environments.

Buzzwords buzzwords buzzwords. Completely invalidates everything you said.

DP. The PP is correct. Truth hurts, I guess?

Nope! It's just a real life example of "old man yells at cloud"

Hardly. Many people actually are realizing that schools in the south are often far less ridiculous when it comes to social policies and protests. There, I didn't even use the buzzword that triggers you so!

The "non-woke" schools you rave about usually just have more prevalent racism and homophobia. Not sure I'd call that "less ridiculous social policies".

Nobody's triggered sweetie, that's just the voices in your head

Really? Provide some actual citations which prove your claim. In reality, the "non-woke" schools simply don't have screaming, unhinged, nutjobs protesting every single thing and accusing others of "racism" or whatever the "ism" of the day is.

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/05/1052650979/mcwhorters-new-book-woke-racism-attacks-leading-thinkers-on-race

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=lgbtq-unfriendly

UTK, Auburn, Baylor, Alabama, LSU are all on this list.

Also:
https://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2020/06/05/pride-month-begins-transphobia-and-exclusionary-speech-within-fsu-sga-sparks-outrage/3156266001/

https://www.alligator.org/article/2022/10/ben-sasses-anti-lgbtq-past


Oh noooo, god forbid students be activists. And there are PLENTY of protesters at the schools you're labeling "non-woke", which you would know if you stepped outside your schizo-den

^^ Found the screaming, unhinged, nutjob ^^

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Anonymous wrote:Fwiw, which is nothing. I'm from one of the southern states where all of these kids want to enroll in the state supported institutions, and I'm glad these schools are being so selective. It's not the U of ....'s job to entertain your out of state kids because they want a "fun school" in a warm climate. That is not their mission. If the school wants your kid because your kid is awesome or they want your tuition $$, great, but stop complaining about selectivity. There are thousands of in state kids who also have great stats and a bright future, AND are residents of the state that supports the institution.

I’m not from a warm, fun state but I agree with you!

Save the sob story. The DMV schools don't give priority to their state residents (and I think they should) so I dgaf if your precious sunshine school is inundated with kids from the NE.

Wow. You are one seriously unpleasant poster. Sorry your kid was rejected.
DP

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A college with say a 50% admit rate may reject a student with 4.0, 1600

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Anyone with a 3.0 gpa rejected from Wisconsin,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A college with say a 50% admit rate may reject a student with 4.0, 1600

+1

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Anonymous wrote:These should not come as surprises. Many more qualified applicants applying to southern non or less woke university environments.

Buzzwords buzzwords buzzwords. Completely invalidates everything you said.

DP. The PP is correct. Truth hurts, I guess?

Nope! It's just a real life example of "old man yells at cloud"

Hardly. Many people actually are realizing that schools in the south are often far less ridiculous when it comes to social policies and protests. There, I didn't even use the buzzword that triggers you so!

The "non-woke" schools you rave about usually just have more prevalent racism and homophobia. Not sure I'd call that "less ridiculous social policies".

Nobody's triggered sweetie, that's just the voices in your head

Really? Provide some actual citations which prove your claim. In reality, the "non-woke" schools simply don't have screaming, unhinged, nutjobs protesting every single thing and accusing others of "racism" or whatever the "ism" of the day is.

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/05/1052650979/mcwhorters-new-book-woke-racism-attacks-leading-thinkers-on-race

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=lgbtq-unfriendly

UTK, Auburn, Baylor, Alabama, LSU are all on this list.

Also:
https://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2020/06/05/pride-month-begins-transphobia-and-exclusionary-speech-within-fsu-sga-sparks-outrage/3156266001/

https://www.alligator.org/article/2022/10/ben-sasses-anti-lgbtq-past


Oh noooo, god forbid students be activists. And there are PLENTY of protesters at the schools you're labeling "non-woke", which you would know if you stepped outside your schizo-den

^^ Found the screaming, unhinged, nutjob ^^

PP asked for links, I provided them. If that's "screaming, unhinged, nutjob" to you, you also need to leave the schizo-den

[Anonymous]

You really don’t have knowledge why a kid was rejected. It’s all conjecture

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fwiw, which is nothing. I'm from one of the southern states where all of these kids want to enroll in the state supported institutions, and I'm glad these schools are being so selective. It's not the U of ....'s job to entertain your out of state kids because they want a "fun school" in a warm climate. That is not their mission. If the school wants your kid because your kid is awesome or they want your tuition $$, great, but stop complaining about selectivity. There are thousands of in state kids who also have great stats and a bright future, AND are residents of the state that supports the institution.

+1. I could not agree more.

This is true. And I wish MD did the same for all those kids in-state who have the stats. I love the idea of guaranteed admission for top 5%.

Top 5% get into UMD now. My kids hs class has around 400 students and 70 got in.

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Anonymous wrote:I was extremely surprised when Depauw waitlisted my DC. All stats in or beyond top 75 percentile.

Depauw is a safety for most, getting rejected from their means that you should seriously introspect your DC's application.

And, who in their sane mind apply to Depauw!!

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Anonymous wrote:This is where stupid people who think they are intelligent start talking about "yield protection".

Yield protection is not a thing at state schools but is at some private ones. Typically these are ones that value "demonstrated interest". This is a clue that they might take a slightly less "qualified" (however this is defined) kid over a more qualified one if they think the kid will attend. Only a clue, college admissions is not a transparent process so one can never know can we.

Why every applicant does not "demonstrate interest" at every school they apply to is beyond me. If you want to attend, you must make them think "you are my #1 school and I would love to attend, I've been dreaming bout it"

Now post covid, with all the virtual visits, it is extremely simple to "demonstrate interest"

So as a parent who’s new to this process—how exactly do you demonstrate interest beyond a glowing, enthusiastic essay?

According to our CCO - visit, follow on instagram and interact with posts, do online info sessions and click through links in the emails they send.

This is such a bunch of horse sh--. Is it a popularity contest? Are they not capable of making decision as to who they want based on qualifications (whatever those are)? "Do you like me enough" has no role in this process where these kids are already stretched thin with APs, sports, ECs, work, etc. etc. They expect too much.

It's not a popularity contest - they want to admit students who want to attend - and this is how they figure out if that is true or not.

I can’t believe with 50K+ plus applications they’re actually checking who followed posts on Instagram. That’s nuts.

I’ve been listening to “Your College Bound Kid” podcast. They covered this very topic. (Of course, I can’t find the specific episode now that I am looking for it. ) Yes, colleges do track. It’s very easy to get a report of who clicked through, opened an email, made a visit etc. It’s one more way they use to weed out people who will never come. I really recommend YCBK, l learned about it here. Even though my own kids will not be trying for the highly selective, it has helped me put the whole process in perspective.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is where stupid people who think they are intelligent start talking about "yield protection".

Yield protection is not a thing at state schools but is at some private ones. Typically these are ones that value "demonstrated interest". This is a clue that they might take a slightly less "qualified" (however this is defined) kid over a more qualified one if they think the kid will attend. Only a clue, college admissions is not a transparent process so one can never know can we.

Why every applicant does not "demonstrate interest" at every school they apply to is beyond me. If you want to attend, you must make them think "you are my #1 school and I would love to attend, I've been dreaming bout it"

Now post covid, with all the virtual visits, it is extremely simple to "demonstrate interest"

So as a parent who’s new to this process—how exactly do you demonstrate interest beyond a glowing, enthusiastic essay?

According to our CCO - visit, follow on instagram and interact with posts, do online info sessions and click through links in the emails they send.

This is such a bunch of horse sh--. Is it a popularity contest? Are they not capable of making decision as to who they want based on qualifications (whatever those are)? "Do you like me enough" has no role in this process where these kids are already stretched thin with APs, sports, ECs, work, etc. etc. They expect too much.

It's not a popularity contest - they want to admit students who want to attend - and this is how they figure out if that is true or not.

I can’t believe with 50K+ plus applications they’re actually checking who followed posts on Instagram. That’s nuts.

I’ve been listening to “Your College Bound Kid” podcast. They covered this very topic. (Of course, I can’t find the specific episode now that I am looking for it. ) Yes, colleges do track. It’s very easy to get a report of who clicked through, opened an email, made a visit etc. It’s one more way they use to weed out people who will never come. I really recommend YCBK, l learned about it here. Even though my own kids will not be trying for the highly selective, it has helped me put the whole process in perspective.

Most colleges don’t do this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is where stupid people who think they are intelligent start talking about "yield protection".

Yield protection is not a thing at state schools but is at some private ones. Typically these are ones that value "demonstrated interest". This is a clue that they might take a slightly less "qualified" (however this is defined) kid over a more qualified one if they think the kid will attend. Only a clue, college admissions is not a transparent process so one can never know can we.

Why every applicant does not "demonstrate interest" at every school they apply to is beyond me. If you want to attend, you must make them think "you are my #1 school and I would love to attend, I've been dreaming bout it"

Now post covid, with all the virtual visits, it is extremely simple to "demonstrate interest"

So as a parent who’s new to this process—how exactly do you demonstrate interest beyond a glowing, enthusiastic essay?

According to our CCO - visit, follow on instagram and interact with posts, do online info sessions and click through links in the emails they send.

This is such a bunch of horse sh--. Is it a popularity contest? Are they not capable of making decision as to who they want based on qualifications (whatever those are)? "Do you like me enough" has no role in this process where these kids are already stretched thin with APs, sports, ECs, work, etc. etc. They expect too much.

It's not a popularity contest - they want to admit students who want to attend - and this is how they figure out if that is true or not.

I can’t believe with 50K+ plus applications they’re actually checking who followed posts on Instagram. That’s nuts.

I’ve been listening to “Your College Bound Kid” podcast. They covered this very topic. (Of course, I can’t find the specific episode now that I am looking for it. ) Yes, colleges do track. It’s very easy to get a report of who clicked through, opened an email, made a visit etc. It’s one more way they use to weed out people who will never come. I really recommend YCBK, l learned about it here. Even though my own kids will not be trying for the highly selective, it has helped me put the whole process in perspective.

Most colleges don’t do this.

The ones who consider demonstrated interest do….

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is where stupid people who think they are intelligent start talking about "yield protection".

Yield protection is not a thing at state schools but is at some private ones. Typically these are ones that value "demonstrated interest". This is a clue that they might take a slightly less "qualified" (however this is defined) kid over a more qualified one if they think the kid will attend. Only a clue, college admissions is not a transparent process so one can never know can we.

Why every applicant does not "demonstrate interest" at every school they apply to is beyond me. If you want to attend, you must make them think "you are my #1 school and I would love to attend, I've been dreaming bout it"

Now post covid, with all the virtual visits, it is extremely simple to "demonstrate interest"

So as a parent who’s new to this process—how exactly do you demonstrate interest beyond a glowing, enthusiastic essay?

According to our CCO - visit, follow on instagram and interact with posts, do online info sessions and click through links in the emails they send.

This is such a bunch of horse sh--. Is it a popularity contest? Are they not capable of making decision as to who they want based on qualifications (whatever those are)? "Do you like me enough" has no role in this process where these kids are already stretched thin with APs, sports, ECs, work, etc. etc. They expect too much.

It's not a popularity contest - they want to admit students who want to attend - and this is how they figure out if that is true or not.

I can’t believe with 50K+ plus applications they’re actually checking who followed posts on Instagram. That’s nuts.

I’ve been listening to “Your College Bound Kid” podcast. They covered this very topic. (Of course, I can’t find the specific episode now that I am looking for it. ) Yes, colleges do track. It’s very easy to get a report of who clicked through, opened an email, made a visit etc. It’s one more way they use to weed out people who will never come. I really recommend YCBK, l learned about it here. Even though my own kids will not be trying for the highly selective, it has helped me put the whole process in perspective.

I love this podcast too! Have learned soo much

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Anonymous wrote:This is where stupid people who think they are intelligent start talking about "yield protection".

Yield protection is not a thing at state schools but is at some private ones. Typically these are ones that value "demonstrated interest". This is a clue that they might take a slightly less "qualified" (however this is defined) kid over a more qualified one if they think the kid will attend. Only a clue, college admissions is not a transparent process so one can never know can we.

Why every applicant does not "demonstrate interest" at every school they apply to is beyond me. If you want to attend, you must make them think "you are my #1 school and I would love to attend, I've been dreaming bout it"

Now post covid, with all the virtual visits, it is extremely simple to "demonstrate interest"

So as a parent who’s new to this process—how exactly do you demonstrate interest beyond a glowing, enthusiastic essay?

According to our CCO - visit, follow on instagram and interact with posts, do online info sessions and click through links in the emails they send.

This is such a bunch of horse sh--. Is it a popularity contest? Are they not capable of making decision as to who they want based on qualifications (whatever those are)? "Do you like me enough" has no role in this process where these kids are already stretched thin with APs, sports, ECs, work, etc. etc. They expect too much.

It's not a popularity contest - they want to admit students who want to attend - and this is how they figure out if that is true or not.

I can’t believe with 50K+ plus applications they’re actually checking who followed posts on Instagram. That’s nuts.

I’ve been listening to “Your College Bound Kid” podcast. They covered this very topic. (Of course, I can’t find the specific episode now that I am looking for it. ) Yes, colleges do track. It’s very easy to get a report of who clicked through, opened an email, made a visit etc. It’s one more way they use to weed out people who will never come. I really recommend YCBK, l learned about it here. Even though my own kids will not be trying for the highly selective, it has helped me put the whole process in perspective.

Most colleges don’t do this.

The ones who consider demonstrated interest do….

Most don’t consider demonstrated interest.