Anyone change their mind on a school based on too many kids from HS attending?

[Anonymous]

DC has a probable top choice (currently deferred) it's a large state school.

Besides a few kids already in, there are probably 20 others waiting to hear. Having 10 other kids from the school all together and dealing with rush etc doesn't seem super appealing.

Curious if anyone pivoted based on this.

[Anonymous]

I’m confused by this post, why do you think admission is probable?

[Anonymous]

Me over 20 years ago. Didn't go to Syracuse because to many from my HS class were attending.

[Anonymous]

I had zero idea how many kids applied, were accepted to, attended my son’s college. His freshman year he counted about 10 of them just from seeing them on campus. He was only sort of friends with one of them.

[Anonymous]

DC turned down UMD-CS with merits For this reason, I think it is stupid

[Anonymous]

out of freshman college class of how many? 5K? 10k? 40 kids won't matter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused by this post, why do you think admission is probable?

Admission probable for all or my kid? I don't-- that's a good point. I just love thinking about what if's

[Anonymous]

My daughter would not apply to schools she knew her peers were applying to for that reason. Her high school years were not ideal so I don't blame her for wanting to make sure she could start a fresh page in her life if possible.

[Anonymous]

I went to a tiny college of ~2000 and so did one of my friends. We hardly saw each other unless we went out of our way to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me over 20 years ago. Didn't go to Syracuse because to many from my HS class were attending.

Funny, I was just thinking about Syracuse becoming less appealing - both for the number of kids from the area but also the impression of them being high income and so-so academically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC turned down UMD-CS with merits For this reason, I think it is stupid

Agreed.

My DS's school counselor told us that there was a big difference in someone from a small town going to UMD and finding their "tribe" which never existed in their high school, and someone from MCPS going to UMD with a pre-existing tribe of like-ability schoolmates. These kids already are networked, and now the other thing they need to do is add on to this network from students from all over USA and world.

[Anonymous]

I told my kid that was a dumb reason to reject a school. There are over 20,000 kids at one of the schools he likes. Even if 20 kids from his high school class went, it would be a minuscule amount of his total class and the total number of students. It would be silly for him to not go to a school that he really liked just because of such a small number.

[Anonymous]

DD ruled out JMU because everyone she knows was going there. I thought this was silly, but let her make her own decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC turned down UMD-CS with merits For this reason, I think it is stupid

My MCPS kid flat-out refused to even apply. Honestly, I couldn't blame her. I wouldn't have wanted to go to school in the next suburb over when I was 18, either.

[Anonymous]

Most of the kids I know that went to JMU did so with a large cohort of high school mates. They all made new friends, but still hang out with some of their closest high school friends. Same for my DD at UVA. We are in NOVA.