If your kid gets into top SCEA like Princeton .. are you done?
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Anonymous
You're right. I misunderstood the question. But the point remains: We are all systems go on Merit, even if the SCEA school works out. Not going for any other non-merit schools, other than maybe Georgetown SFS. |
Anonymous
| Mine will not be done. Would apply to a few more she finds really appealing and ideally would get into > 1 and visit on admitted student days before deciding. |
Anonymous
Are you purposely leaving Y out of this list. Hilarious. |
Anonymous
| Our school highly discourages throwing more apps at T7 schools. If you were looking at going for full rides at a T30-100, nobody would mind that. |
Anonymous
| DONE … if my kid could scream that through the Internet they would. |
Anonymous
| Please let this be our question PLEASE |
Anonymous
| Mine was. She had a brief moment of wondering if she should have done a few RDs but she had known where she wanted to go for so long once it was in the bag she was relieved to be done with all the essays, waiting etc |
Anonymous
I’m confused by this. I thought you could apply to private schools Regular Decision, even if you apply early. If that’s not true, we need to pull a few apps! |
Anonymous
| I can see why the better non-HYPSM schools do ED. The trophy hunting among the HYPSM SCEA students is hideous. Needing merit or comparing FA is one thing, but gathering acceptances when they have no intention of going there is pathetic. They are wrecking things for their classmates for the giggles. Sad. |
Anonymous
This. It's just rude. At some point you just say, "sure I would enjoy having 2 Ivies to choose from as an admitted student but the nicer thing to do for my classmates is to go with my SCEA school." I mean, how bad can it be to have to settle for Princeton (or Yale, etc)? Financial aid aside. |
Anonymous
You are correct…you can apply RD anywhere and it doesn’t matter how early you submit your RD application. |
Anonymous
No. I get it there’s a lot of bitterness concerning Ivy admissions. But everyone deserves the chance to compare options. SCEA takes away some of those options, just like ED. There’s no moral failing in high performing kids playing their hands. My kid isn’t competitive in this game, and I have no stake in it, but blaming kids for their options is wrong. |
Anonymous
| I would apply to Harvard, Yale, and MIT regular decision. But that is me as I personally would get bored of a suburban school. If I were admitted to any combination of HYM then the admitted student weekends would be critical in making a final decision. Again, I am not ragging on Princeton just personal preference with campus environment. Stanford's campus sprawls a bit too much for me IMHO. |
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Depends on your DC. If Princeton is his/her dream school, then done. If not, then try HYMS. Most kids that were admitted to P and other HYMS, they chose HYMS over P.
Between Harvard and Princeton, 74% chose Harvard over Princeton when they were admitted to both schools. Princeton did not do well against other top schools based on real data. https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=princeton&with=Harvard+University. |
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I think high schools do a disservice to the kids by promoting the idea that applying to other schools is taking someone’s spot.
Trophy hunting is in poor taste. But there’s no reason that all kids have to know all things by Nov 1. Based on what - one 90 minute tour and vague sense of “aura”? Those admitted student weekends are important. In Yale’s podcast, they clearly state they have no quota for any high school. Some years they’ll take zero from feeder, some years 12 (per them). I’m sure the other HYPSM are the same. MIT took 12 from neighboring HS a couple years ago, up from 1-2. And then back down to a few the next year. These schools take whomever they want. The kids aren’t in competition - here anyway. Stop adding intra-school pressure. |