Chances for Tufts/Wash U/Emory/Vandy?

[Anonymous]

Vandy is the hardest Tufts is the easiest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ED1 Vandy, ED2 Emory. RD the others

There's no way kid is getting in to vandy. This will be a throw away of an ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ED1 Vandy, ED2 Emory. RD the others

Don’t waste your ED1 on Vandy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is the hardest Tufts is the easiest.

Tufts, Emory and Wash U are all literally within a percentage point or so the same for ED1.

[Anonymous]

My kid with almost identical stats incl same Eac profile, except 1550 SAT, got into Tufts ED1 (didn’t apply to Vandy), and planned to ED2 to Emory if they weren’t admitted to Tufts. DC’s admission wasn’t shocking to us but DC was class of 2022 and admissions were all over the place then so DC didn’t want to take admission for granted bc they loved Tufts (they really liked Emory and Wash U, too). Fwiw, at least several other students from their graduation class with similar stats who applied to these schools regular decision were not admitted. Likewise other students with similar stays who applied ED to these 3 were admitted.

Good luck whatever your DC decides to do!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is the hardest Tufts is the easiest.

Tufts, Emory and Wash U are all literally within a percentage point or so the same for ED1.

Test scores and gpa of applicants aren’t the same though

[Anonymous]

Only around 2500 students apply ED to Tufts vs Emory and Washu get 2x that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid with almost identical stats incl same Eac profile, except 1550 SAT, got into Tufts ED1 (didn’t apply to Vandy), and planned to ED2 to Emory if they weren’t admitted to Tufts. DC’s admission wasn’t shocking to us but DC was class of 2022 and admissions were all over the place then so DC didn’t want to take admission for granted bc they loved Tufts (they really liked Emory and Wash U, too). Fwiw, at least several other students from their graduation class with similar stats who applied to these schools regular decision were not admitted. Likewise other students with similar stays who applied ED to these 3 were admitted.

Good luck whatever your DC decides to do!

This is helpful (first hand!) experience, though people talk a lot about the 1500 "threshold" needed to apply with score. You DC exceeded that threshold/mine does not. I am hoping that it is not as important ED...1480 seems like too good a test score to not submit, especially with all the grade inflation out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your child is at Jackson Reed - has a shot as these schools continue to look for diversity of Urban experiences.
Pick one and apply ED.

Not the OP but I have a JR student. Please say more- I have not heard about many kids going to these schools from JR in the past few years (high flyers going to Ivies and flagship state schools like Michigan and UVA)....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child is at Jackson Reed - has a shot as these schools continue to look for diversity of Urban experiences.
Pick one and apply ED.

Not the OP but I have a JR student. Please say more- I have not heard about many kids going to these schools from JR in the past few years (high flyers going to Ivies and flagship state schools like Michigan and UVA)....

All the more reason to apply to different schools. Every high school is subject to groupthink. And an applicant's primary competition is their fellow classmates. So if all the high flyers are applying to the Ivies, UVA and Michigan then apply to Tufts/WashU/Emory/Notre Dame/Rice/Vanderbilt/CMU/Northwestern. The fewer applicants there are from the applicant's high school, the better the odds. And a DC address for most universities will get more attention than say one from suburban NJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child is at Jackson Reed - has a shot as these schools continue to look for diversity of Urban experiences.
Pick one and apply ED.

Not the OP but I have a JR student. Please say more- I have not heard about many kids going to these schools from JR in the past few years (high flyers going to Ivies and flagship state schools like Michigan and UVA)....

All the more reason to apply to different schools. Every high school is subject to groupthink. And an applicant's primary competition is their fellow classmates. So if all the high flyers are applying to the Ivies, UVA and Michigan then apply to Tufts/WashU/Emory/Notre Dame/Rice/Vanderbilt/CMU/Northwestern. The fewer applicants there are from the applicant's high school, the better the odds. And a DC address for most universities will get more attention than say one from suburban NJ.

Qualified suburban NJ students attend top schools. Colleges recruit from NJ because the parents have $$ and no one wants to go to Rutgers. Plus, they’re well prepared - a NJ K-12 education is quite strong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child is at Jackson Reed - has a shot as these schools continue to look for diversity of Urban experiences.
Pick one and apply ED.

Not the OP but I have a JR student. Please say more- I have not heard about many kids going to these schools from JR in the past few years (high flyers going to Ivies and flagship state schools like Michigan and UVA)....

All the more reason to apply to different schools. Every high school is subject to groupthink. And an applicant's primary competition is their fellow classmates. So if all the high flyers are applying to the Ivies, UVA and Michigan then apply to Tufts/WashU/Emory/Notre Dame/Rice/Vanderbilt/CMU/Northwestern. The fewer applicants there are from the applicant's high school, the better the odds. And a DC address for most universities will get more attention than say one from suburban NJ.

Another school of thought is that some colleges like certain schools but not others…after a few years of kids from a school not getting into a particular college, kids stop applying. I don’t know if there’s truth to this theory or not but it is possible…

[Anonymous]

I’d bet on admissions to Tufts ED1 if you are full pay or close. Tufts is very need aware.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child is at Jackson Reed - has a shot as these schools continue to look for diversity of Urban experiences.
Pick one and apply ED.

Not the OP but I have a JR student. Please say more- I have not heard about many kids going to these schools from JR in the past few years (high flyers going to Ivies and flagship state schools like Michigan and UVA)....

One thing you need to know is that the “high flyers” from JR who get into Ivies invariably are crew recruits, legacy, or occasionally both. Great! But if this doesn’t describe your kid, I agree you’re on the right track in thinking about other highly selective schools that are not Penn or Brown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only around 2500 students apply ED to Tufts vs Emory and Washu get 2x that.

Emory and Wash U are also twice as big which is why the acceptance rates for ED1 are nearly identical. Wondering if some of us are familiar with math