How are Big 3s doing with ED?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone from NCS on here? Are you worried? It seems like almost everyone who applied early was deferred except for a tiny handful, mostly hooked... I think I know of 50 deferred girls.

Worried about what? Over 30 girls are locked in through ED. HYP admits, along with 4 at Cornell. Lots of non-Ivy strong schools and all this before ED2.

This. It’s normal to get worried but some of these girls shoot for the moon with ED and then have outstanding RD outcomes. Also my very unhooked kid there had a very good outcome from ED so it’s not just hooked kids. Many of her friends were deferred, but they knew they had applied places that were long shots so they don’t seem worried at all.

I disagree. NCS went 0/8, 0/4, 0/3 etc at schools where it wasn't a moon shot for many of the applicants because they were very strong candidates. They should have been able to get a few in. Holton did.

You seem to be cherry picking information to fit your narrative. Both NCS and Holton are small schools so looking granularly at acceptances/applicants as a trend from one ED round makes no sense. In the end, both schools seem to have had strong results from ED. Do you know all of the acceptances that have come in? I know of 7 Ivy acceptances at NCS across 4 schools. Most of these girls had no hook.

Making it sound like Holton GOT SOMEONE IN is pretty offensive. You didn't review those students applications. These competitive schools review applications holistically -- including teacher recs, essays and extracurriculars. Those applicants got themselves in with THEIR applications.

While I am sure that I don't know of all the results from NCS, I do know that about 40% of the senior class is done. That's good news and I am sure there will be more positive news this Spring. I am certain of the same for Holton.

Calm down, no need to become hysterical just because your daughter and some of her friends didn't get accepted to their first choice ED. It's only January.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone from NCS on here? Are you worried? It seems like almost everyone who applied early was deferred except for a tiny handful, mostly hooked... I think I know of 50 deferred girls.

Worried about what? Over 30 girls are locked in through ED. HYP admits, along with 4 at Cornell. Lots of non-Ivy strong schools and all this before ED2.

This. It’s normal to get worried but some of these girls shoot for the moon with ED and then have outstanding RD outcomes. Also my very unhooked kid there had a very good outcome from ED so it’s not just hooked kids. Many of her friends were deferred, but they knew they had applied places that were long shots so they don’t seem worried at all.

I disagree. NCS went 0/8, 0/4, 0/3 etc at schools where it wasn't a moon shot for many of the applicants because they were very strong candidates. They should have been able to get a few in. Holton did.

You seem to be cherry picking information to fit your narrative. Both NCS and Holton are small schools so looking granularly at acceptances/applicants as a trend from one ED round makes no sense. In the end, both schools seem to have had strong results from ED. Do you know all of the acceptances that have come in? I know of 7 Ivy acceptances at NCS across 4 schools. Most of these girls had no hook.

Making it sound like Holton GOT SOMEONE IN is pretty offensive. You didn't review those students applications. These competitive schools review applications holistically -- including teacher recs, essays and extracurriculars. Those applicants got themselves in with THEIR applications.

While I am sure that I don't know of all the results from NCS, I do know that about 40% of the senior class is done. That's good news and I am sure there will be more positive news this Spring. I am certain of the same for Holton.

Calm down, no need to become hysterical just because your daughter and some of her friends didn't get accepted to their first choice ED. It's only January.

How in the world do you know that 40% of the senior class is done?

[Anonymous]

Different poster but also an NCS parent and 40% sounds right based on what my student has reported.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Different poster but also an NCS parent and 40% sounds right based on what my student has reported.

DP. I hear about 25% - no way 40% you are wrong. I can think of 20 girls off of the top of my head that are not in anywhere yet.

It is the low GPAs of NCS compared to other schools that is hurting them (except for VIPs and donor kids).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone from NCS on here? Are you worried? It seems like almost everyone who applied early was deferred except for a tiny handful, mostly hooked... I think I know of 50 deferred girls.

Worried about what? Over 30 girls are locked in through ED. HYP admits, along with 4 at Cornell. Lots of non-Ivy strong schools and all this before ED2.

This. It’s normal to get worried but some of these girls shoot for the moon with ED and then have outstanding RD outcomes. Also my very unhooked kid there had a very good outcome from ED so it’s not just hooked kids. Many of her friends were deferred, but they knew they had applied places that were long shots so they don’t seem worried at all.

What do you consider “very unhooked?” Just curious as these things still make one a hook: athletic recruit, board member/large donor (falls under vip hook), legacy, or diverse candidate is a hook.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster but also an NCS parent and 40% sounds right based on what my student has reported.

DP. I hear about 25% - no way 40% you are wrong. I can think of 20 girls off of the top of my head that are not in anywhere yet.

It is the low GPAs of NCS compared to other schools that is hurting them (except for VIPs and donor kids).

Actually you are wrong since at least 32 students have been admitted ED/SCEA. In a class of 82 that makes for about 40%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster but also an NCS parent and 40% sounds right based on what my student has reported.

DP. I hear about 25% - no way 40% you are wrong. I can think of 20 girls off of the top of my head that are not in anywhere yet.

It is the low GPAs of NCS compared to other schools that is hurting them (except for VIPs and donor kids).

Not wrong at all. IYKYK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster but also an NCS parent and 40% sounds right based on what my student has reported.

DP. I hear about 25% - no way 40% you are wrong. I can think of 20 girls off of the top of my head that are not in anywhere yet.

It is the low GPAs of NCS compared to other schools that is hurting them (except for VIPs and donor kids).

Actually you are wrong since at least 32 students have been admitted ED/SCEA. In a class of 82 that makes for about 40%.

DP. Are you actually counting and keeping track? There is no instagram page yet so are you keeping this information written down or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster but also an NCS parent and 40% sounds right based on what my student has reported.

DP. I hear about 25% - no way 40% you are wrong. I can think of 20 girls off of the top of my head that are not in anywhere yet.

It is the low GPAs of NCS compared to other schools that is hurting them (except for VIPs and donor kids).

I think you mean it's the absurdly high gpas in publics that are to blame. It's difficult to criticize schools such as NCS for maintaining standards instead of letting kids retake tests, etc., like many public schools do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone from NCS on here? Are you worried? It seems like almost everyone who applied early was deferred except for a tiny handful, mostly hooked... I think I know of 50 deferred girls.

Worried about what? Over 30 girls are locked in through ED. HYP admits, along with 4 at Cornell. Lots of non-Ivy strong schools and all this before ED2.

This. It’s normal to get worried but some of these girls shoot for the moon with ED and then have outstanding RD outcomes. Also my very unhooked kid there had a very good outcome from ED so it’s not just hooked kids. Many of her friends were deferred, but they knew they had applied places that were long shots so they don’t seem worried at all.

What do you consider “very unhooked?” Just curious as these things still make one a hook: athletic recruit, board member/large donor (falls under vip hook), legacy, or diverse candidate is a hook.

DP. If your kid fits into one of above categories they are most certainly hooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone from NCS on here? Are you worried? It seems like almost everyone who applied early was deferred except for a tiny handful, mostly hooked... I think I know of 50 deferred girls.

Worried about what? Over 30 girls are locked in through ED. HYP admits, along with 4 at Cornell. Lots of non-Ivy strong schools and all this before ED2.

This. It’s normal to get worried but some of these girls shoot for the moon with ED and then have outstanding RD outcomes. Also my very unhooked kid there had a very good outcome from ED so it’s not just hooked kids. Many of her friends were deferred, but they knew they had applied places that were long shots so they don’t seem worried at all.

What do you consider “very unhooked?” Just curious as these things still make one a hook: athletic recruit, board member/large donor (falls under vip hook), legacy, or diverse candidate is a hook.

DP. If your kid fits into one of above categories they are most certainly hooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster but also an NCS parent and 40% sounds right based on what my student has reported.

DP. I hear about 25% - no way 40% you are wrong. I can think of 20 girls off of the top of my head that are not in anywhere yet.

It is the low GPAs of NCS compared to other schools that is hurting them (except for VIPs and donor kids).

Actually you are wrong since at least 32 students have been admitted ED/SCEA. In a class of 82 that makes for about 40%.

DP. Are you actually counting and keeping track? There is no instagram page yet so are you keeping this information written down or something?

Not PP, but my daughter got together with friends over the break. She also says 32 is the number they have confirmed. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster but also an NCS parent and 40% sounds right based on what my student has reported.

DP. I hear about 25% - no way 40% you are wrong. I can think of 20 girls off of the top of my head that are not in anywhere yet.

It is the low GPAs of NCS compared to other schools that is hurting them (except for VIPs and donor kids).

Actually you are wrong since at least 32 students have been admitted ED/SCEA. In a class of 82 that makes for about 40%.

DP. Are you actually counting and keeping track? There is no instagram page yet so are you keeping this information written down or something?

Not PP, but my daughter got together with friends over the break. She also says 32 is the number they have confirmed. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more.

That is really great but that means that there are about 50 girls - 62% that got bad news this December because as most kids either applied ED or EA somewhere so please be empathetic to those that got bad news at schools that were not necessarily reaches based on their stats.

[Anonymous]

According to my daughter, there are seven Ivy League admits, 3 of whom are unhooked.

Among all other unhooked applicants, the only other ED or SCEA acceptance to a top 35 university was to UVA. The rest (20 or more girls) were deferred by top 35 schools, and many even by schools ranked below the top 35. While I haven’t spoken to college counseling, this is what I’ve heard, and my daughter is part of the deferred group.

It doesn’t sound very promising, but that’s the current picture as I understand it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to my daughter, there are seven Ivy League admits, 3 of whom are unhooked.

Among all other unhooked applicants, the only other ED or SCEA acceptance to a top 35 university was to UVA. The rest (20 or more girls) were deferred by top 35 schools, and many even by schools ranked below the top 35. While I haven’t spoken to college counseling, this is what I’ve heard, and my daughter is part of the deferred group.

It doesn’t sound very promising, but that’s the current picture as I understand it.

I get it as I am a pp above but these schools are made up of hooked kids and families so it is still an accomplishment that they got in. I don’t think they should say they are not hooked though if they are hooked - better to just not mention that at all.