If your child was rejected from their top choice, where did they end up

[Anonymous]

Rejected from UChicago. Ended up at UPenn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected from first choice, ended up at Harvard (which was never a real possibility in our minds!) The fit has been great, social life excellent, academics great but academic advising and career advising leave a bit to be desired but no real regrets except for $ sometimes. We are full pay but cash flowing 1/2 of it.

What was the 1st choice?

[Anonymous]

Rejected Princeton, attending Berkeley. Turns out to be much better environment for him (film studies) though initially crushing (multiple generation legacy at Princeton)

[Anonymous]

Why is this whole board shooting for ivys?

[Anonymous]

Rejected Wake Forest
Attending UVA

[Anonymous]

Rejected Georgetown, UNC, WF, Yale
Attending UVA

[Anonymous]

Rejected UF ( Florida) attending UVA

[Anonymous]

Rejected UVA. Attending UMD. Loves it. Go Terps!

[Anonymous]

Also UMD. Also found it a great fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected Cornell, attending Oberlin

DD's friends from HS
Rejected Cornell, attending Pitt
Rejected Columbia, attending CMU
Rejected MIT, attending Northeastern
Rejected Georgetown, attending Case Western
Rejected Barnard, attending Bryn Mawr
Rejected Penn, attending Wesleyan
Rejected Brown, attending Amherst
Rejected Davidson, attending Case Western
Rejected Stanford, attending WashU
Rejected Oxford, attending St John's College

Friends at college
Rejected Amherst, attending Oberlin
Rejected Brown, attending Oberlin
Rejected Harvard, attending Oberlin
Rejected Wellesley, attending Oberlin
Rejected Northwestern, attending Oberlin
Rejected NYU, attending Oberlin
Rejected Dartmouth, attending Oberlin
Rejected Cornell, attending Oberlin
Rejected Williams, attending Oberlin

This is interesting. Most are pretty big steps down.

NP. Everyone takes a shot somewhere. Half of my DC’s friends are applying to Ivy League schools and they have no chance whatsoever.

Are people supposed to state their pipe dream school or viable dream school here?

[Anonymous]

Rejected UVA, attending Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected UVA, attending Michigan.

+1

same!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected Cornell, attending Oberlin

DD's friends from HS
Rejected Cornell, attending Pitt
Rejected Columbia, attending CMU
Rejected MIT, attending Northeastern
Rejected Georgetown, attending Case Western
Rejected Barnard, attending Bryn Mawr
Rejected Penn, attending Wesleyan
Rejected Brown, attending Amherst
Rejected Davidson, attending Case Western
Rejected Stanford, attending WashU
Rejected Oxford, attending St John's College

Friends at college
Rejected Amherst, attending Oberlin
Rejected Brown, attending Oberlin
Rejected Harvard, attending Oberlin
Rejected Wellesley, attending Oberlin
Rejected Northwestern, attending Oberlin
Rejected NYU, attending Oberlin
Rejected Dartmouth, attending Oberlin
Rejected Cornell, attending Oberlin
Rejected Williams, attending Oberlin

This is interesting. Most are pretty big steps down.

I was going to say the opposite: they all ended up doing just fine.

Both are true: the kids took big steps down and also ended up doing just fine. This process makes people hyper focused on tiny gradations in status. It’s not an accident: the richest schools use their enormous marketing budgets to push those distinctions, because otherwise everyone would go for the more affordable “just fine” options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected Wake Forest
Attending UVA

Instate for UVA?

[Anonymous]

Rejected UCLA, attended UCSD. Really liked it.