Awaiting ED decisions — how are you feeling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:REA for Notre Dame. Her school says likely, but it’s a hard admit for anyone. She’s dreamed of this school for so many years. I know she will be fine at any other school, but I just so much want her dream to come true. I’m also nervous that her school made her too confident that she will be surprised if she doesn’t get in which is crazy with such a low acceptance rate. I just want the uncertainty to be over.

Did her school share why they’re confident? From everything I’ve read, Notre Dame is really hard to predict. My child also applied REA, but isn’t thinking too much about it since the chances of acceptance are low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:REA for Notre Dame. Her school says likely, but it’s a hard admit for anyone. She’s dreamed of this school for so many years. I know she will be fine at any other school, but I just so much want her dream to come true. I’m also nervous that her school made her too confident that she will be surprised if she doesn’t get in which is crazy with such a low acceptance rate. I just want the uncertainty to be over.

How can any school with a low admit rate be a likely? I assume your DD attends a Catholic feeder, but still….

DP. Must be their naviance indicates an over 80% admit rate for her stats. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a feeder.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It will be December tomorrow. Can't wait any longer to get this over with. Do they ever release ED decisions earlier than scheduled?

Good grief. You have the patience of a toddler. ED decisions come out super early as it is. I'm glad I don't live at your house. Are you the type who puts up Christmas decorations weeks before Thanksgiving?

Meanie! Move on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine has a likely letter in hand and an athletic commitment, so we are feeling pretty good (but still a small bit of nerves).

Is this a D3 school?

[Anonymous]

Nervous, but DC received the 4 year ROTC scholarship last week and the battalion is speaking with admissions so we have a little more hope...

[Anonymous]

ND is really likes certain catholic HSs. Ours is one. They need a certain % of catholics to maintain their identity, I think. Plus they like leadership. I can predict who is getting in from our school pretty accurately and we send a dozen kids a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine has a likely letter in hand and an athletic commitment, so we are feeling pretty good (but still a small bit of nerves).

Same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Waiting on a WASP school. Very much hoping it comes out 12/12 instead of 12/19!!

This WASP acronym is very ironic. Is this a tip of a hat to the White Anglo Saxon Protestants who ironically fill these schools from Deerfield, Taft, St. Paul’s, Hotchkiss?

[Anonymous]

ED is a far reach so trying to focus on RD applications now. Debating whether to do ED2 or not.

If you make a school ED2 in Scoir can the school see that? Or, more importantly, can they see if you changed a school from ED2 to RD in Scoir?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waiting on a WASP school. Very much hoping it comes out 12/12 instead of 12/19!!

This WASP acronym is very ironic. Is this a tip of a hat to the White Anglo Saxon Protestants who ironically fill these schools from Deerfield, Taft, St. Paul’s, Hotchkiss?

I thought that was what it stood for? There’s something else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waiting on a WASP school. Very much hoping it comes out 12/12 instead of 12/19!!

This WASP acronym is very ironic. Is this a tip of a hat to the White Anglo Saxon Protestants who ironically fill these schools from Deerfield, Taft, St. Paul’s, Hotchkiss?

I thought that was what it stood for? There’s something else?

Williams Amherst Swarthmore Pomona - but really it embodies a wider range of top NESCACs and the other meaning is even more relevant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nervous, but DC received the 4 year ROTC scholarship last week and the battalion is speaking with admissions so we have a little more hope...

School? This was my friend’s kid last year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ND is really likes certain catholic HSs. Ours is one. They need a certain % of catholics to maintain their identity, I think. Plus they like leadership. I can predict who is getting in from our school pretty accurately and we send a dozen kids a year.

This makes sense. It probably makes the wait all the more excruciating if an acceptance is a real possibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not going to lie, I will be devastated if DC doesn't get in to their ED. My kid will be happy wherever, but no where stands out to them like his ED school does.

My kid wants to get in so he won't have to do more applications, but really doesn't care where he goes (other than a vague thought that "more prestigious means easier to get a job"). On the one hand, I'm glad he won't be upset when he's rejected (which is likely), but on the other it would be nice to have a child who actually cares about something the way your child does.

[Anonymous]

Good luck everyone. A couple years ago, my DC was denied from their highly selective ED school but admitted to several schools in RD with lower admission rates. It sounds like sour grapes/copium, but I think DC's chosen school is a much better match than their ED school, and I think DC is more confident because DC had the opportunity to compare that school with others through admitted student weekends etc.

Anyhow, if your DC gets in ED, that's wonderful and will save you a lot of time and energy this spring! But, if not, don't fret and please don't feel the need to panic-apply in ED2!