Getting shut out of selective/competitive private schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would think he would get into Colgate and bucknell. He should have some true safeties.

A student in our neighborhood got into Colby but not UMD. That was crazy.

DD got into. Bucknell with slightly higher GPA than you student - 3.93. Lower ACT. 30. I agree with Bucknell

It’s a cr$p shoot, it seems. Good Luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s his state school?

What about Villanova?
Conn College?
Vassar?
Hamilton?
UMass Amherst?

Hamilton? That’s more of a reach than some on the original list these days. What about Trinity or Syracuse?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would think he would get into Colgate and bucknell. He should have some true safeties.

A student in our neighborhood got into Colby but not UMD. That was crazy.

DD got into. Bucknell with slightly higher GPA than you student - 3.93. Lower ACT. 30. I agree with Bucknell

It’s a cr$p shoot, it seems. Good Luck.

My daughter's friend got into Bucknell ED last year with a 3.2/31 from a Dc Big3.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would think he would get into Colgate and bucknell. He should have some true safeties.

A student in our neighborhood got into Colby but not UMD. That was crazy.

DD got into. Bucknell with slightly higher GPA than you student - 3.93. Lower ACT. 30. I agree with Bucknell

It’s a cr$p shoot, it seems. Good Luck.

My daughter's friend got into Bucknell ED last year with a 3.2/31 from a Dc Big3.

ED, not RD. That’s different.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s his state school?

What about Villanova?
Conn College?
Vassar?
Hamilton?
UMass Amherst?

My son has better stats (albeit as a business major) and was rejected ED1 at Villanova. Otherwise, the rest of your suggestions (perhaps with the exception of Hamilton) are great. I would also add Sarah Lawrence.

Sarah Lawrence seems so far out of left field for a kid EAing Tulane.

Well, there are two ways of looking at OP's original post:

1. The kid is a humanities major and is basically a B+ student: this is a perfect candidate for Sarah Lawrence.
2. The kid is chasing prestige and wants to go to the highest ranked school they can get into: change Tulane to ED2.

Tulane prestigious? lol.

It is a great school. Grow up.

It’s a dump with an inflated application pool to rig their admission stats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would think he would get into Colgate and bucknell. He should have some true safeties.

He has some state schools but not great options tbh

So find some true safeties and low targets, find ones he will like and want to attend and get your applications in.

Every year there are people who stress because they are not getting acceptances, but their entire list is largely Reaches and high reaches. When acceptance rates are single digits or even less than 20%, it's a damn reach for everyone.

Find true safeties and true targets and you will have somewhere to attend you like.

And yes, there are safeties and targets for everyone, even high stats students. Your kid can/will be happy somewhere, and it would be better if you pick those now, not whatever "is left" come may....I can assure you they likely wont be as happy with that

Think there are safeties tho. MSU; Pitt; Indiana; Miami.

University of Miami? Definitely not a safety with those stats.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s his state school?

What about Villanova?
Conn College?
Vassar?
Hamilton?
UMass Amherst?

My son has better stats (albeit as a business major) and was rejected ED1 at Villanova. Otherwise, the rest of your suggestions (perhaps with the exception of Hamilton) are great. I would also add Sarah Lawrence.

Sarah Lawrence seems so far out of left field for a kid EAing Tulane.

Well, there are two ways of looking at OP's original post:

1. The kid is a humanities major and is basically a B+ student: this is a perfect candidate for Sarah Lawrence.
2. The kid is chasing prestige and wants to go to the highest ranked school they can get into: change Tulane to ED2.

Tulane prestigious? lol.

It is a great school. Grow up.

It’s a dump with an inflated application pool to rig their admission stats.

We were not impressed during our tour. Business school was nice but that’s about it. It’s ehh.

[Anonymous]

The 33 isn’t the issue…

It’s the story: are there national level awards? Narrative? Unique strong distinctive ECs? If so, something will work out.

How are the LORs? Mom - call CCO on Tuesday to discuss.

Essays must be crisp. Spend next 48 hours dissecting each one with kid.

If it’s a run of the mill HS resume, varsity captain, model UN blah blah, no it won’t work.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s his state school?

What about Villanova?
Conn College?
Vassar?
Hamilton?
UMass Amherst?

My son has better stats (albeit as a business major) and was rejected ED1 at Villanova. Otherwise, the rest of your suggestions (perhaps with the exception of Hamilton) are great. I would also add Sarah Lawrence.

Sarah Lawrence seems so far out of left field for a kid EAing Tulane.

Well, there are two ways of looking at OP's original post:

1. The kid is a humanities major and is basically a B+ student: this is a perfect candidate for Sarah Lawrence.
2. The kid is chasing prestige and wants to go to the highest ranked school they can get into: change Tulane to ED2.

Tulane prestigious? lol.

It is a great school. Grow up.

It’s a dump with an inflated application pool to rig their admission stats.

We were not impressed during our tour. Business school was nice but that’s about it. It’s ehh.

Tulane??

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Anonymous wrote:I would think he would get into Colgate and bucknell. He should have some true safeties.

He has some state schools but not great options tbh

So find some true safeties and low targets, find ones he will like and want to attend and get your applications in.

Every year there are people who stress because they are not getting acceptances, but their entire list is largely Reaches and high reaches. When acceptance rates are single digits or even less than 20%, it's a damn reach for everyone.

Find true safeties and true targets and you will have somewhere to attend you like.

And yes, there are safeties and targets for everyone, even high stats students. Your kid can/will be happy somewhere, and it would be better if you pick those now, not whatever "is left" come may....I can assure you they likely wont be as happy with that

Think there are safeties tho. MSU; Pitt; Indiana; Miami.

University of Miami? Definitely not a safety with those stats.

Read the thread, it’s Miami Ohio. Also the kid is already in, so yes, it’s a safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ACT ship has sailed and not helpful.l to harp on
That’s an A range student.
Problem is that RD is crapshoot esp at all the listed schools that take everyone ED. The reason why the best advice is find an EDIi

Yes. ED2:
Emory; wake; Tulane; Middlebury; Colgate

[Anonymous]

for the record, I'm feeling good about the deferral from northwestern (on your behalf).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 33 isn’t the issue…

It’s the story: are there national level awards? Narrative? Unique strong distinctive ECs? If so, something will work out.

How are the LORs? Mom - call CCO on Tuesday to discuss.

Essays must be crisp. Spend next 48 hours dissecting each one with kid.

If it’s a run of the mill HS resume, varsity captain, model UN blah blah, no it won’t work.

The 33 is very much an issue. It was poor advice to not take it again and shoot for a 34-36. Nothing can be done about it now. So better to focus on compelling essays and the other things they can still control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check ED acceptance rates. It's possible that Tulane's is the highest. Convert the deferral to ED2.

Agree. This seems the most likely ED2 admit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If deferral is from Northeastern then that’s a sign of a weak application. Not sure about Tulane. Help your kid find a school they are happy with that has a realistic acceptance rate.

Sounds like you have gotten a lot of bad advice and the school list is all over the place. My family also made many mistakes so don’t feel bad, it’s a horrible confusing process.

I think it’s Northwestern. Agree if not accepted NE at ED1, the can forget about this list, even for ED2.