Got in here; rejected there
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Anonymous
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It really is a crap shoot at the top colleges!
DD got into MIT and Harvard; was rejected at Stanford and University of Pennsylvania. Any others? |
Anonymous
| In at Notre Dame and University of Pennsylvania; rejected at Northwestern and Pomona. |
Anonymous
Asian? |
Anonymous
| I have a rising senior and I'm interested in this type of information. If people could also add a sentence as to why you think your dc got in where he/she did but didn't elsewhere, that'd be really appreciated. |
Anonymous
Wow, my dc is interested in Northwestern. We thought it would definitely be easier than UPenn. Any ties to Penn like legacy? |
Anonymous
| In at UChicago and Emory, rejected at UMichigan. |
Anonymous
Considering that both NU and Pomona have lower or equal acceptance rates to the forementioned , not sure why this would be surprising. |
Anonymous
| Can you give your kids stats pls? |
Anonymous
Your DD beat the odds with getting into two! |
Anonymous
No. Plain old white. Not first generation college or even fourth. |
Anonymous
OP here. 1600 SAT, 3.99 unweighted GPA, 14 APs. Regular public high school (not magnet but well ranked). |
Anonymous
No. No ties to any of the schools. |
Anonymous
| In at Occidental and UCLA; rejected at Scripps and Berkeley. We’re California residents. |
Anonymous
| In at Dartmouth; rejected from Georgetown (which we thought was a safety!) |
Anonymous
| In at UNC rejected at Florida. Attending UNC and would 100% chosen that over Florida anyway so just an ego thing. |