2026 acceptances

[Anonymous]

Lafayette today, Marquis scholarship (indexed to tuition increases). Now a major contender for us.

[Anonymous]

Amazing thread. My son is only a freshman, but I am reading this thread hoping to get a few tips. First I need to get my son to be more competitive. He is very bright, but lazy.

[Anonymous]

Congrats to everyone who got good news today!

DS is in at Tufts, GW and Carleton College! Now he has some hard choices to make.

[Anonymous]

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Umd
UVA
Gtech
MIT rejected

Take UMD or CTech

Still waiting for UCB etc., otherwise still go to GT

Forget UCB go to GT

Any reason?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-12-14/uc-admissions-sat-standardized-tests#:~:text=The%20whole%20point%20of%20going,middling%20or%20low%20test%20scores.

Ok, MAGA

lThe author writes for The Hill

You've never read a MAGA in The Hill? Come on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cs in
Umd
UVA
Gtech
MIT rejected

Take UMD or CTech

Still waiting for UCB etc., otherwise still go to GT

Forget UCB go to GT

Any reason?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-12-14/uc-admissions-sat-standardized-tests#:~:text=The%20whole%20point%20of%20going,middling%20or%20low%20test%20scores.

The unqualified admits are not in the engineering program. Cal, UCLA, UCD, UCSD etc all have difficult weeder classes in math, chemistry and physics. The remedial students fail and end up in majors far away from STEM.

Cal is excellent for engineering but honestly it’s better for neurodivergent, truly obsessed types, grinders and excellent cheaters. It’s very cut throat, and you have to watch out for sabotage. It can be too stressful and depressing for many kids.

I can't comment on the sabotage, but have heard from a few that a super bright kid who is not a grinder may not want to be @ Cal for engineering.

[Anonymous]

Northwestern!

[Anonymous]

Cal OOS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazing thread. My son is only a freshman, but I am reading this thread hoping to get a few tips. First I need to get my son to be more competitive. He is very bright, but lazy.

Lots of boys are slower to step it up, especially freshman year. Hang in there. He’ll get there!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern!

Congratulations!! Please share stats and major!

[Anonymous]

Seems like the same 20 school acceptances after reading this thread