ED applicants, please post your school, the result, and your DC's stats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admit to top 10 school
4.4 unweighted gpa
One AP
Test optional— did not submit scores
Strong EC
Excellent essays that showed exactly why X school
Very good recommendations

Diversity?

Cisgender straight white male
No hooks

Just took it really seriously and it showed.

Don’t most of us take it seriously? Also, test optional sounds much less serious to me than most

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admit to top 10 school
4.4 unweighted gpa
One AP
Test optional— did not submit scores
Strong EC
Excellent essays that showed exactly why X school
Very good recommendations

Diversity?

Cisgender straight white male
No hooks

Just took it really seriously and it showed.

Don’t most of us take it seriously? Also, test optional sounds much less serious to me than most

Perhaps I should say that a) everything he did for school and EC came from a genuine inherent desire and had zero to do with thinking about if it would help him with college. That came through clearly in his essays.

And b) college counseling office was clear that with the grades and EC, testing couldn’t help or hurt him. So why stress? They were right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Admit to top 10 school
4.4 unweighted gpa
One AP
Test optional— did not submit scores
Strong EC
Excellent essays that showed exactly why X school
Very good recommendations

Could you share an example of why X school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admit to top 10 school
4.4 unweighted gpa
One AP
Test optional— did not submit scores
Strong EC
Excellent essays that showed exactly why X school
Very good recommendations

Could you share an example of why X school?

Np.

It needs to be so unique it could never be written about another college. Each essay should take a ton of time to research and customize. Then create a unique one-of-a-kind framework.

My DD showed me hers today for a T10 - blew me away. So much thought, research and storytelling tied into her own interests.
Beautifully beautifully done.
Not sure it will move the needle but if given the shot, take the shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams rejection
35
1590
4.0 | 16 APs w/ post-math classes in Linear Algebra and Calc 3
Applied as Math major
USAMO silver, Math Tutor, Pottery Instructor, Youth City Council, various state Model UN awards, summer research project with professor in stats and urban planning.
DC is now hoping for Princeton, Berkeley, or Uchicago.

Good lord! Impressive stats, PP. Williams' loss for sure.

Seriously that college must be idiotic. It isn’t Princeton; there’s no reason that student didn’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams rejection
35
1590
4.0 | 16 APs w/ post-math classes in Linear Algebra and Calc 3
Applied as Math major
USAMO silver, Math Tutor, Pottery Instructor, Youth City Council, various state Model UN awards, summer research project with professor in stats and urban planning.
DC is now hoping for Princeton, Berkeley, or Uchicago.

Good lord! Impressive stats, PP. Williams' loss for sure.

Seriously that college must be idiotic. It isn’t Princeton; there’s no reason that student didn’t get in.

100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admit to top 10 school
4.4 unweighted gpa
One AP
Test optional— did not submit scores
Strong EC
Excellent essays that showed exactly why X school
Very good recommendations

Could you share an example of why X school?

Wrote very explicitly about interaction with professors and students during visits and connected it to the why.

It felt written by a 17 year old. And was sincere