Pulling Back the Veil on College Admissions

[Anonymous]

Interesting article:


https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickhess/2022/06/13/pulling-back-the-veil-on-college-admissions/?sh=35bfd2283bc6


"Indeed, Goldstein says that the only populations with non-trivial odds of admission at these colleges are athletes, legacies, children of faculty or donors, certain racial minorities, first generation college students, students from upscale private schools, and those whose academic records put them in the top one percent of applicants. About half of all admitted students belong to one of those preferred groups.

Most everyone else (for whom the acceptance rate is about 2%) might be better off saving their admissions fees."

[Anonymous]

Interesting in what sense? There is literally nothing here that isn't discussed on this forum on a daily basis.

[Anonymous]

That's what we've all been saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting in what sense? There is literally nothing here that isn't discussed on this forum on a daily basis.

Yet the DCUM crowd ( my UMC suburban FCPS kid with the 1500 SAT and 4.0 GPA is awesome!) still chases the fool's gold.

I guess it's like playing the lottery.

[Anonymous]

Hmm.

The article:

* Legacies
* Children of faculty or donors
* URMs
* First gen
* Students from upscale private schools
* Top 1% of applicants

Reaction from DCUM parents when their kid gets rejected or wait listed at a selective college:

* URM!!!
*First gen!!!

[Anonymous]

Except no one said that. Keep fighting with those voices in your head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm.

The article:

* Legacies
* Children of faculty or donors
* URMs
* First gen
* Students from upscale private schools
* Top 1% of applicants

Reaction from DCUM parents when their kid gets rejected or wait listed at a selective college:

* URM!!!
*First gen!!!

Why wouldnt HYPSM focus on the top 1%? This is no surprise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Except no one said that. Keep fighting with those voices in your head.

You must be new here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting in what sense? There is literally nothing here that isn't discussed on this forum on a daily basis.

Yet the DCUM crowd ( my UMC suburban FCPS kid with the 1500 SAT and 4.0 GPA is awesome!) still chases the fool's gold.

I guess it's like playing the lottery.

I believe that's the top 1% of college applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting in what sense? There is literally nothing here that isn't discussed on this forum on a daily basis.

Yet the DCUM crowd ( my UMC suburban FCPS kid with the 1500 SAT and 4.0 GPA is awesome!) still chases the fool's gold.

I guess it's like playing the lottery.

I believe that's the top 1% of college applicants.

Test score wise, for the T20 or so the DCUM crowd covets, 1500 is commonplace. 1550+ is the separator for the "top 1%"

You already know about weighted GPAs, AP classes, etc.

4.0 is quite common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm.

The article:

* Legacies
* Children of faculty or donors
* URMs
* First gen
* Students from upscale private schools
* Top 1% of applicants

Reaction from DCUM parents when their kid gets rejected or wait listed at a selective college:

* URM!!!
*First gen!!!

Perhas because statistically that’s all the AOs care about. They wish the other categories would go away

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting in what sense? There is literally nothing here that isn't discussed on this forum on a daily basis.

Yet the DCUM crowd ( my UMC suburban FCPS kid with the 1500 SAT and 4.0 GPA is awesome!) still chases the fool's gold.

I guess it's like playing the lottery.

I believe that's the top 1% of college applicants.

Test score wise, for the T20 or so the DCUM crowd covets, 1500 is commonplace. 1550+ is the separator for the "top 1%"

You already know about weighted GPAs, AP classes, etc.

4.0 is quite common.

According to College Board, a score of 1450 is still top 1%. Here's an interesting list of colleges by median SAT percentile that shows that most people's perception of the differences between top colleges is pretty skewed.

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/page/3/

[Anonymous]

Get Counseling and soon. It's over. Your kid will be fine at Tech. It's not the end of the world.
Seriously get over this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get Counseling and soon. It's over. Your kid will be fine at Tech. It's not the end of the world.
Seriously get over this.

NP. My kid (and I) would be thrilled if they got into VT. Not sure who you’re talking to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting in what sense? There is literally nothing here that isn't discussed on this forum on a daily basis.

Yet the DCUM crowd ( my UMC suburban FCPS kid with the 1500 SAT and 4.0 GPA is awesome!) still chases the fool's gold.

I guess it's like playing the lottery.

I believe that's the top 1% of college applicants.

Test score wise, for the T20 or so the DCUM crowd covets, 1500 is commonplace. 1550+ is the separator for the "top 1%"

You already know about weighted GPAs, AP classes, etc.

4.0 is quite common.

According to College Board, a score of 1450 is still top 1%. Here's an interesting list of colleges by median SAT percentile that shows that most people's perception of the differences between top colleges is pretty skewed.

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/page/3/

Thanks for sharing.

If you have to be 98th percentile to get into William and Mary, God help us.