Good luck for Ivy Day!

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What's Cornell's acceptance rate this year?

They are not disclosing, but most likely 8-9% range


The stats are in the decision letter. Closer to 4-5%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Somewhat similar for DD's BFF: 4.0 u/w GPA in most rigorous classes, 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT subject tests. No APs offered at school (see sundry threads on why rigorous independents do not offer APs). Good ECs, HS athlete/captain. Great writer. Full pay.

WLed @ Cornell, Duke, Harvard. Rejected @ Brown, Northwestern, Penn and Tufts. Most likely UVA or WashU.

Love this kid. Also hard to see when a couple kids in @ a few of the schools are enrolled in less rigorous classes, but do have connections.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Somewhat similar for DD's BFF: 4.0 u/w GPA in most rigorous classes, 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT subject tests. No APs offered at school (see sundry threads on why rigorous independents do not offer APs). Good ECs, HS athlete/captain. Great writer. Full pay.

WLed @ Cornell, Duke, Harvard. Rejected @ Brown, Northwestern, Penn and Tufts. Most likely UVA or WashU.

Love this kid. Also hard to see when a couple kids in @ a few of the schools are enrolled in less rigorous classes, but do have connections.

Bet these kids wished they actually had fun in high school

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Your son had a 14th choice?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Somewhat similar for DD's BFF: 4.0 u/w GPA in most rigorous classes, 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT subject tests. No APs offered at school (see sundry threads on why rigorous independents do not offer APs). Good ECs, HS athlete/captain. Great writer. Full pay.

WLed @ Cornell, Duke, Harvard. Rejected @ Brown, Northwestern, Penn and Tufts. Most likely UVA or WashU.

Love this kid. Also hard to see when a couple kids in @ a few of the schools are enrolled in less rigorous classes, but do have connections.

Bet these kids wished they actually had fun in high school

Wow, posters are pretty awful. Pay no mind. These kids will end up doing great things. UNC is amazing as is Wash U. Not sure where the other kid is going, but hope it is somewhere he is excited about.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Your son had a 14th choice?

Did he really apply to all ivies? I didn’t even realize Yale had a CS program. Hopefully he is going to study CS at a higher ranked school for that major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

What's Cornell's acceptance rate this year?

They are not disclosing, but most likely 8-9% range


The stats are in the decision letter. Closer to 4-5%.

Wow, that's low!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

I say this gently, but did you look at Naviance? You DS sounds amazing, but his GPA seems low tbh. Maybe your DS is at a private, where grading is generally tougher and GPAs are definitely lower. My kid had a 4.5wGPA at good MCPS HS, but that wasn't remotely competitive for an Ivy (or many other top schools.)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Somewhat similar for DD's BFF: 4.0 u/w GPA in most rigorous classes, 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT subject tests. No APs offered at school (see sundry threads on why rigorous independents do not offer APs). Good ECs, HS athlete/captain. Great writer. Full pay.

WLed @ Cornell, Duke, Harvard. Rejected @ Brown, Northwestern, Penn and Tufts. Most likely UVA or WashU.

Love this kid. Also hard to see when a couple kids in @ a few of the schools are enrolled in less rigorous classes, but do have connections.

Bet these kids wished they actually had fun in high school

Believe me - they have. I don't think either DD or her friend would say that HS has been all work and no play. They are out nearly every Friday/Saturday night. They have a large group of friends, so there is always something going on. BFF has a nice boyfriend. They are not kids who needed to study every minute to nail these stats.

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Anonymous wrote:In for Brown and Dartmouth!!!!

Out for Princeton.

So happy! Brown was #1 choice, but very excited about Dartmouth, Northwestern, Wesleyan and Vassar!

2 weeks ago, all she had was UMD and Muhlenberg (both great options, but this is a cornucopia)

Of course we are going to ask about stats, and if your child is from a magnet.

Blair magnet. 3.98/4.85, 1560. National and regional awards in speaking, theatre, music performance and music composition. State orchestra, decent service, NMF. Pro theatre credits. 5s on APs. Advanced math track.

Thanks, All, for the love. So happy for my hardworking kid. She never gave up, and I think it was updates of awards sent in March that clinched it for her. (2 days later, she had a bunch of FA docs downloaded in her portal for both Brown and Dartmouth). We have a busy couple of weeks. She is considering everything.

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Anonymous wrote:WL at Brown (pre-med). Out at Princeton. In at Northwestern, Berkeley, Georgetown, WashU, Rice, Emory, Fordham and BC. Only 2% accepted to Brown PLME

Wow! Congrats! Maybe we'll see each other at some upcoming events!

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I never hear of anyone getting into Princeton. Not here or real life. Who goes to Princeton?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In at Purdue! Oh wait … wrong thread.

Who cares? Congrats!!!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Somewhat similar for DD's BFF: 4.0 u/w GPA in most rigorous classes, 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT subject tests. No APs offered at school (see sundry threads on why rigorous independents do not offer APs). Good ECs, HS athlete/captain. Great writer. Full pay.

WLed @ Cornell, Duke, Harvard. Rejected @ Brown, Northwestern, Penn and Tufts. Most likely UVA or WashU.

Love this kid. Also hard to see when a couple kids in @ a few of the schools are enrolled in less rigorous classes, but do have connections.

At least you got WL, my DS is the same same as yours with national awards and incredible ECs and rejected by them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Somewhat similar for DD's BFF: 4.0 u/w GPA in most rigorous classes, 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT subject tests. No APs offered at school (see sundry threads on why rigorous independents do not offer APs). Good ECs, HS athlete/captain. Great writer. Full pay.

WLed @ Cornell, Duke, Harvard. Rejected @ Brown, Northwestern, Penn and Tufts. Most likely UVA or WashU.

Love this kid. Also hard to see when a couple kids in @ a few of the schools are enrolled in less rigorous classes, but do have connections.

At least you got WL, my DS is the same same as yours with national awards and incredible ECs and rejected by them.

This is not my DC, but DC's BF. I hope your DS has some choices - that sounds very tough.