s/o this brutal admissions year

[Anonymous]

I know three students who got into major reaches this year for what one would expect for them--test optional really helped some kids and I guess hurt the high performing students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How do schools know whether you’re full pay or not? I thought financial information went to a different office/area and that adcoms weren’t privy to this info?

They can look up your address on google maps and make a pretty good guess.

Or, they can look at the checkbox on the common app, which is a lot less work. Assuming they are need-aware.

Need blind schools don't do either.

Need blind schools aren’t need blind for the wait list. Wait lists are ^^^^ this year. Coincidence?

All need blind schools aren't need blind for the waitlist? FALSE! Most need blind schools ARE need blind for the waitlist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission

Stop the misinformation.

FALSE! You are citing a wiki piece! My slac is 30m in debt due to COViD. It’s in dire financial shape. Do you think it’s admissions office reads a wiki piece? Get real!

[Anonymous]

Let me ask you guys something. I’m the parent of a DS junior who has had a difficult time during Covid, especially with ECs. He goes to a DC independent school, has about a 3.2 gpa and currently about a 1450 SAT. We’re going through the whole process this fall of course, but if his acceptance outcome is less than desirable, my thought is to send him to a community college for a year of “maturity” and then try again. The Big 3 school would probably flip out in horror but could this be a solution for a kid like this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me ask you guys something. I’m the parent of a DS junior who has had a difficult time during Covid, especially with ECs. He goes to a DC independent school, has about a 3.2 gpa and currently about a 1450 SAT. We’re going through the whole process this fall of course, but if his acceptance outcome is less than desirable, my thought is to send him to a community college for a year of “maturity” and then try again. The Big 3 school would probably flip out in horror but could this be a solution for a kid like this?

Is he actually immature?

[Anonymous]

Why a community college vs whatever 4 year college he gets into? Witu a 4 yr college he’d have the option at least of staying or transferring. Not sure what the advantage of a CC for your situation would be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why a community college vs whatever 4 year college he gets into? Witu a 4 yr college he’d have the option at least of staying or transferring. Not sure what the advantage of a CC for your situation would be.

NP. Cheaper I’m guessing. Could live at home?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let me ask you guys something. I’m the parent of a DS junior who has had a difficult time during Covid, especially with ECs. He goes to a DC independent school, has about a 3.2 gpa and currently about a 1450 SAT. We’re going through the whole process this fall of course, but if his acceptance outcome is less than desirable, my thought is to send him to a community college for a year of “maturity” and then try again. The Big 3 school would probably flip out in horror but could this be a solution for a kid like this?

Is he actually immature?

Aren’t all 11th grade boys?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How do schools know whether you’re full pay or not? I thought financial information went to a different office/area and that adcoms weren’t privy to this info?

They can look up your address on google maps and make a pretty good guess.

Or, they can look at the checkbox on the common app, which is a lot less work. Assuming they are need-aware.

Need blind schools don't do either.

Need blind schools aren’t need blind for the wait list. Wait lists are ^^^^ this year. Coincidence?

All need blind schools aren't need blind for the waitlist? FALSE! Most need blind schools ARE need blind for the waitlist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission

Stop the misinformation.

FALSE! You are citing a wiki piece! My slac is 30m in debt due to COViD. It’s in dire financial shape. Do you think it’s admissions office reads a wiki piece? Get real!

Yeah? Show evidence. Not just of one school, either, because your completely baseless claim included all of them.

You spread misinformation.

[Anonymous]

DP. That waitlists are not necessarily need blond where admissions otherwise is has been reported before.

[Anonymous]

For the junior parents, I’d try to get your kids vaccinated and then a job this summer—a real job (fast food, retail, pools, lawn service). Also, look at a lot of schools and find safeties to love. We didn’t look at reaches, except those where we considered ED, since we knew admission was unlikely. Do online tours now and start visits as soon as allowed. Start working on apps by August. My kid spent one morning a week, but worked on it consistently. Rolling admissions are a valuable confidence boost and should be on everyone’s list. It takes a lot of time and coordination.

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Anonymous wrote:How do schools know whether you’re full pay or not? I thought financial information went to a different office/area and that adcoms weren’t privy to this info?

They can look up your address on google maps and make a pretty good guess.

Or, they can look at the checkbox on the common app, which is a lot less work. Assuming they are need-aware.

Need blind schools don't do either.

Need blind schools aren’t need blind for the wait list. Wait lists are ^^^^ this year. Coincidence?

All need blind schools aren't need blind for the waitlist? FALSE! Most need blind schools ARE need blind for the waitlist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission

Stop the misinformation.

FALSE! You are citing a wiki piece! My slac is 30m in debt due to COViD. It’s in dire financial shape. Do you think it’s admissions office reads a wiki piece? Get real!

Yeah? Show evidence. Not just of one school, either, because your completely baseless claim included all of them.

You spread misinformation.

You’re talking to a different person. I think you’re that former admissions person who always insists that admissions people are saintly and never consider $$ and says “cite one AD who admits to this!” I linked several articles, with direct quotes from at least two different ADs (one current). There are more out there, I just didn’t bother citing them. Just do a search for “college admissions wait list financial aid.” Not to mention that quite a few colleges even specifically have it in their policies. Plus all the anecdotal experiences from people offered wait list. Take the L on this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know three students who got into major reaches this year for what one would expect for them--test optional really helped some kids and I guess hurt the high performing students.

How on earth would test optional hurt high performing students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do schools know whether you’re full pay or not? I thought financial information went to a different office/area and that adcoms weren’t privy to this info?

They can look up your address on google maps and make a pretty good guess.

Or, they can look at the checkbox on the common app, which is a lot less work. Assuming they are need-aware.

Need blind schools don't do either.

Need blind schools aren’t need blind for the wait list. Wait lists are ^^^^ this year. Coincidence?

All need blind schools aren't need blind for the waitlist? FALSE! Most need blind schools ARE need blind for the waitlist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission

Stop the misinformation.

FALSE! You are citing a wiki piece! My slac is 30m in debt due to COViD. It’s in dire financial shape. Do you think it’s admissions office reads a wiki piece? Get real!

Which school?
DP

[Anonymous]

Lehigh comes right out and says on their WL FAQ that need is a factor in WL admits. And last year they admitted more than 90 percent off the WL—more than 2,000 kids on the WL got in. So that’s somewhere around 40% of the entire incoming class. Doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to see what’s going on at this “need-blind” school—namely lots of gapping and slight of hand. So gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the junior parents, I’d try to get your kids vaccinated and then a job this summer—a real job (fast food, retail, pools, lawn service). Also, look at a lot of schools and find safeties to love. We didn’t look at reaches, except those where we considered ED, since we knew admission was unlikely. Do online tours now and start visits as soon as allowed. Start working on apps by August. My kid spent one morning a week, but worked on it consistently. Rolling admissions are a valuable confidence boost and should be on everyone’s list. It takes a lot of time and coordination.

Please explain the bolded? Why a real job as opposed to an internship or something similar?
Thank you for all you wrote as it is very helpful