Improbable acceptances

[Anonymous]

Wondering if anyone has stories of improbable acceptances:

Kids admitted to 5% admit rate schools that are “super reaches” when they are not the absolute top of the class/stats (but no ALDC hook)?

If so, which schools and why do you think kid was admitted? Major? Talent? Something else?

I’d imagine this is quite common statistically I don’t know if this is the place to get the information though.
And if this is already covered in another post, please let me know.

[Anonymous]

Know a few.

Accepted to Princeton, but rejected by all other T20 Univ & T 15 SLACs. no safety college!

Another, only got into Middleburry and 2 safeties. Rejected from all other LACs

[Anonymous]

Middlebury + Cornell.
Rejected at 10 other T20s and many other SLACs

[Anonymous]

If it's a top STEM school be sure kid has the requisite math background from HS. If not, get it or go elsewhere or be prepared for a rocky ride.
I was accepted to MIT, not improbable, but mt school system did not offer calculus. Freshman year was a nightmare. I didn't know what I didn't know.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t heard any this year. If anything, the opposite.

[Anonymous]

As a grown woman I've met plenty of people who I've considered total idiots, only to find they once attended a very prestigious college - Columbia / Oxford etc.
Does that count?

[Anonymous]

OP, this is kind of a dumb post. You have NO idea why a particular student was accepted or rejected. You only know the superficial info of the kid, if that, and have no idea what a particular college is looking for. And then you appear to be surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t heard any this year. If anything, the opposite.

Lots of surprises at our private this year. No one really knows the full story.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but mostly attributable to legacy /donor status in ED. A lot of admits that made you scratch your head.

[Anonymous]

They’re incorrectly identifying themselves as Native Americans in their application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re incorrectly identifying themselves as Native Americans in their application.

What?? Really????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a grown woman I've met plenty of people who I've considered total idiots, only to find they once attended a very prestigious college - Columbia / Oxford etc.
Does that count?

Imagine they think the same of you, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a grown woman I've met plenty of people who I've considered total idiots, only to find they once attended a very prestigious college - Columbia / Oxford etc.
Does that count?

Imagine they think the same of you, no?

I expect you're right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re incorrectly identifying themselves as Native Americans in their application.

What?? Really????

They sometimes required tribal info, but claiming to be Hispanic was super easy.

[Anonymous]

Hispanic Scholar from our high school didn't seem to be legit.