Ivy day 2026
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Anonymous
| How are feeling about Ivy day? I hope it is 36 million minutes to wait. |
Anonymous
Dreading this day. My son already got into good school but he wants to attend one of the ivies. Know for sure he will be rejected. His disappointment is heartbreaking for us. |
Anonymous
Which school? |
Anonymous
Don't be doom & gloom, just wait! IME Ivy Day is full of surprises (on both sides). |
Anonymous
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It wasn't great last year for my kid: 2 rejections, 2 waitlists (including their ED school π‘) plus a Stanford rejection.
Expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised if anything happens. And good luck! |
Anonymous
What was your kids stats? |
Anonymous
| My child is overwhelmed choosing from their current options so they are kind of hoping they won't get in to the one Ivy they applied to. I'm pretty sure that wish will come true. |
Anonymous
3.9/35 from a top private (one with an average GPA 3.5-3.6). In our experience RD was rough as so many kids got in ED/SCEA. |
Anonymous
Your kid has good options right now. Do you mind telling those options? Otherwise, noone wants to be rejected from Ivy. |
Anonymous
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As a parent of a current Ivy student admitted during RD. I am very sympathetic to this last part of the wait (Ivy's aren't the last ones).
Have you student wait until they get home to check their portals. This last bunch is really hard, only a very few students will have good news and invariably they will be students who already have strong options. For the vast majority of the other super strong applicants it will be the end of the last glimmer of hope. The outcomes are diametric and polar opposites in terms of emotions- it is better if they don't do this at school with their peers. |
Anonymous
No one wants to be rejected from an Ivy but lots of kids apply just to apply even though it might not be the best fit. |
Anonymous
A couple of top 10 liberal arts colleges. They are smart and intellectually curious, but not at all ambitious or competitive, so even if they somehow got into an Ivy, it might not be a good fit. Many of the students at those schools seem be trying to conquer the world, rather than just take interesting classes and learn a bunch of cool stuff. (Though not being ambitious or competitive generally means you won't be admitted.) |
Anonymous
| My kid is in at UVA and has sort of emotionally committed to going there next fall with a metric ton of his friends. They have a couple of ivy reach applications but their chances are slim. But the chances are non-zero |
Anonymous
| We are fortunate to have three excellent options (USC EA and JHU RD with sufficient need-based aid, and full-ride state flagship) so whatever happens on Ivy Day is gravy. In fact, my kid is liking JHU more and more over the past week. So, we won't be terribly disappointed if she gets shutout tomorrow. |
Anonymous
| For the vast majority- itβs pretty norm to get zero acceptances on Ivy day. |