If your high-scorer didn't get in anywhere: where are they now?

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Didn't get in anywhere? Working at Amazon.

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We literally never signed up for a tour or brochure or any kind of information from
Northeastern and to this day, like literally today, we got like the twentieth email from them that there is STILL time to apply for free. They are shameless.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is at Wisconsin, which was a safety. He has said a couple of times that if he had known this was where he was going, he would have had a little more fun in high school and wouldn't have killed himself taking such hard classes. In the end, no one understood what happened -- other than the two rounds of ED didn't work out and then he was stuck in the seventh circle of waitlist hell until early July. He got into one or two schools that might be considered better than Wisconsin but there are more opportunities in his major in Madison. I wish the process hadn't sucked so much and I wish he had been more proud of how it turned out but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter and he is happy.

I think you meany to say "Mine is at Wisconsin, which was a target." Wisconsin is not a safety, even for high stats.

Glad your kid is doing well there, though. Go, Bucky Badger !

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Anonymous wrote:The world has changed - State Schools are harder to get into. Who would've thought VA Tech and UVA is not where a good percentage of a VA HS went to.

The hard to get into schools of ole days are not that hard: I was surprised to see Rensselaer is like 60% it was 20-30% just 10 - 15 years ago. Vassar is getting dragged through the mud on this forum - that used to be hard to get into.

And easier schools are now hard: Swarthmore.why? besides the dukakis bump - anything else?

Some are severely under valued.
if Bryn Mawr College has a 98% medical school acceptance rate - why is the acceptance rate to the college only 33%. I thought medical school as impossible to get into these days. If my kid said medical school - I'm thinking this school for Bachelors. https://www.brynmawr.edu/postbac/about-program/director#:~:text=Our%20graduates%27%20history%20of%20success,rate%20consistently%20exceeds%2098%20percent.

Feel like we are in a college bubble - why apply to xyz? because everyone else is and no one will respect you if you don't go there. And one day - all the single digit acceptance colleges will drop to double digits. Investment devalued. See Rensselaer.

As far as I can tell, it's harder to get in everywhere. Vassar was never hard to get into. When I graduated HS 30 years ago, Vassar was barely above a safety. UVa was pretty hard, but not nearly as difficult as it is now (even though its ranking has dropped), and RPI was also not as difficult as it is now. UCLA was considered a safety back then, and now it's top 30. I can't think of any school that is actually easier to get into than it was 25 years ago.

DP
Actually, I think RPI carried more prestige in the late 80s than it does now. I always thought of Vassar as prestigious

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Anonymous wrote:Yes: UMD, WM, CWRU, Pitt, Lehigh, BU, UMN, Ohio St.
No: Harvard, Penn, UVA, NEU

Extremely surprised at Northeastern. Did you submit a 1400 or something? They hate submitters that are below median.

It was a dang 1560. EA, deferred, WL. 2023 seemed a little chaotic at NEU.

Mine is applying to NEU regular admission but really, really likes the school. She's high stats, 35 ACT + good sports, jobs and ECs and she's not at all confident of admission. I know there's a lot of hate, but our experience has been it's a tough admit for strong applicants. Based upon local experience, she's more confident about BC and BU, which are down her list.

How do people not understand that the good programs at NEU are mostly filled in ED. There are just not enough spots left in RD to accommodate all the little geniuses who didn’t bother to look at the CDS.

Cute. Don't think it's a matter of not understanding. Some applicants just can't afford or choose not to apply ED. Everyone understands the sub 10% acceptance rate.

Not the people here who are complaining about not getting in.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes: UMD, WM, CWRU, Pitt, Lehigh, BU, UMN, Ohio St.
No: Harvard, Penn, UVA, NEU

Extremely surprised at Northeastern. Did you submit a 1400 or something? They hate submitters that are below median.

It was a dang 1560. EA, deferred, WL. 2023 seemed a little chaotic at NEU.

Mine is applying to NEU regular admission but really, really likes the school. She's high stats, 35 ACT + good sports, jobs and ECs and she's not at all confident of admission. I know there's a lot of hate, but our experience has been it's a tough admit for strong applicants. Based upon local experience, she's more confident about BC and BU, which are down her list.

How do people not understand that the good programs at NEU are mostly filled in ED. There are just not enough spots left in RD to accommodate all the little geniuses who didn’t bother to look at the CDS.

OP here. She does understand this. NEU is not her tippy-top choice, but it's very high up the list. There are also value/$ factors at play and neither parents nor child felt ED was worth the blind commitment. Surely that's easy enough to understand?

How do people

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is at Wisconsin, which was a safety. He has said a couple of times that if he had known this was where he was going, he would have had a little more fun in high school and wouldn't have killed himself taking such hard classes. In the end, no one understood what happened -- other than the two rounds of ED didn't work out and then he was stuck in the seventh circle of waitlist hell until early July. He got into one or two schools that might be considered better than Wisconsin but there are more opportunities in his major in Madison. I wish the process hadn't sucked so much and I wish he had been more proud of how it turned out but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter and he is happy.

Madison is a great town and Wisconsin is a wonderful university. Congratulations!

I would be so excited if my kid went there.

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google

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Anonymous wrote:If they "didn't get in anywhere" how the heck are they ATTENDING anything much less a safety.

The unspoken idea that a safety school is not "anywhere" and doesn't count.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is at Wisconsin, which was a safety. He has said a couple of times that if he had known this was where he was going, he would have had a little more fun in high school and wouldn't have killed himself taking such hard classes. In the end, no one understood what happened -- other than the two rounds of ED didn't work out and then he was stuck in the seventh circle of waitlist hell until early July. He got into one or two schools that might be considered better than Wisconsin but there are more opportunities in his major in Madison. I wish the process hadn't sucked so much and I wish he had been more proud of how it turned out but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter and he is happy.

Then he might not have gotten into Wisconsin!

That is an excellent point! Wisconsin is where his hard work got him. Without that hard work, he could be in Eastern or Western (pick a state) University.

And honestly, still have a great life. Ask me how I know.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected everywhere but Princeton. Was a nail biting app season!

At least you got into your safety. Some people don't even manage that.

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Rose-Hulman

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UVA

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Rejected or WL at the other T20s DC applied to: now at Cornell.
Got into several T21-40….
Weird weird results.
But good fit for major which maybe explains it?

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The basement