Good luck for Ivy Day!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in tech. I keep hearing about kids starting tech businesses. I’ve never interacted with any company with people below 22 involved, and I’ve never heard of anyone buying any software from a company with high school kids involved.

A bright, precocious kid writing software would be a nightmare from a security and design perspective.

Lots of ways to define a tech business. Mine does app development for companies (and has own subscription based apps) and also does extensive IT services and repairs. Can fix ANYTHING electronic, recover data, build new computers per specs, repair iphone screens or laptop screens that stop displaying, etc. You'd be surprised at how many people want this stuff done. You might also be surprised at how much these kids know about software security and coding standards. My son won the championship at northrop cyber week long patriot event for reverse engineering vulnerabilities - and he had no formal training. He's not writing enterprise software at this point but it's still a tech business.

NP: awesome kid— will go far OP!

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Anonymous wrote:I’d be interested to know from poster at 14:01 what SLAC your child chose? And others they applied to. I think this is our DC’s plan as well.

I'm 14:01. Since I already provided a lot of details about my child, I don't want to add another one that might identify him. I will just say that he is at one of the Maine SLACs. His other applications were for three other NESCACs (he was a legacy at one but it was not his top choice) plus Northeastern, UMCP, Fordham and Lafayette. He withdrew all apps when he got in to his ED school and he was happy to have it done.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Somewhat similar for DD's BFF: 4.0 u/w GPA in most rigorous classes, 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT subject tests. No APs offered at school (see sundry threads on why rigorous independents do not offer APs). Good ECs, HS athlete/captain. Great writer. Full pay.

WLed @ Cornell, Duke, Harvard. Rejected @ Brown, Northwestern, Penn and Tufts. Most likely UVA or WashU.

Love this kid. Also hard to see when a couple kids in @ a few of the schools are enrolled in less rigorous classes, but do have connections.

Bet these kids wished they actually had fun in high school

Believe me - they have. I don't think either DD or her friend would say that HS has been all work and no play. They are out nearly every Friday/Saturday night. They have a large group of friends, so there is always something going on. BFF has a nice boyfriend. They are not kids who needed to study every minute to nail these stats.

You made good points up until your last snotty in-your-face line. Some of you need to get your own lives.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Somewhat similar for DD's BFF: 4.0 u/w GPA in most rigorous classes, 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT subject tests. No APs offered at school (see sundry threads on why rigorous independents do not offer APs). Good ECs, HS athlete/captain. Great writer. Full pay.

WLed @ Cornell, Duke, Harvard. Rejected @ Brown, Northwestern, Penn and Tufts. Most likely UVA or WashU.

Love this kid. Also hard to see when a couple kids in @ a few of the schools are enrolled in less rigorous classes, but do have connections.

Bet these kids wished they actually had fun in high school

Believe me - they have. I don't think either DD or her friend would say that HS has been all work and no play. They are out nearly every Friday/Saturday night. They have a large group of friends, so there is always something going on. BFF has a nice boyfriend. They are not kids who needed to study every minute to nail these stats.

You made good points up until your last snotty in-your-face line. Some of you need to get your own lives.

Ummm, "bet these kids wished they actually had fun in high school" is not a snotty in-your-face line?

[Anonymous]

Just remember sometimes the process can be killed by a subjective screener where your app didn’t make it to the full review board.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in tech. I keep hearing about kids starting tech businesses. I’ve never interacted with any company with people below 22 involved, and I’ve never heard of anyone buying any software from a company with high school kids involved.

A bright, precocious kid writing software would be a nightmare from a security and design perspective.

Lots of ways to define a tech business. Mine does app development for companies (and has own subscription based apps) and also does extensive IT services and repairs. Can fix ANYTHING electronic, recover data, build new computers per specs, repair iphone screens or laptop screens that stop displaying, etc. You'd be surprised at how many people want this stuff done. You might also be surprised at how much these kids know about software security and coding standards. My son won the championship at northrop cyber week long patriot event for reverse engineering vulnerabilities - and he had no formal training. He's not writing enterprise software at this point but it's still a tech business.

NP: awesome kid— will go far OP!

Serious question- do you think your kid can recover photos on my phone after it was in water for a loooooong time? U break i fix could not recover the photos. And no unfortunately I didn’t have them backed up.

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Anonymous wrote:I never hear of anyone getting into Princeton. Not here or real life. Who goes to Princeton?

I had an intern from Princeton.

The funny thing was, he was a great intern but nothing extraordinary. He told me his ‘Princeton thing’ was that he played the Oboe or something.

Sometimes, it really is just luck of the draw. Honestly.

Funny, we know one kid at Princeton also in our neighborhood and he wasn't really known as huge intellectual or anything. He also played some weird instrument which apparently Princeton needed.

Princeton needed a man like Joel

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Your son had a 14th choice?

Did he really apply to all ivies? I didn’t even realize Yale had a CS program. Hopefully he is going to study CS at a higher ranked school for that major.

Yale has CS ranked at 20th by USNews, Harvard at #16. Not bad at all, given the overall prestige of the schools, if you can get in.
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings

Awesome! Congrats!

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected for all ivy's for CS. Par for the course. 4.4 GPA (3.9UW), 1550 SAT single sitting. 12 APs- all 4s and 5s. College math through Calc 3 taken with As. Tons of incredible ECs in CS and athletics. Teachers and counselors said they raved. White male. Full pay.

Looks like he will be attending his 14th choice of college. He never felt he "deserved" anything- he is a gentle soul- but having been at the top of the class his entire life and working so hard and spending months on these applications, he is very quiet today, processing it.

Your son had a 14th choice?

Did he really apply to all ivies? I didn’t even realize Yale had a CS program. Hopefully he is going to study CS at a higher ranked school for that major.

Yale has CS ranked at 20th by USNews, Harvard at #16. Not bad at all, given the overall prestige of the schools, if you can get in.
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings

Awesome! Congrats!

So what was his 14th choice, where he got in? Let’s celebrate that!

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DC - 3.975 GPA unweighted at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (one B). Presidential scholar candidate. 36 ACT single sitting. National science award winner. 1st tier ECs. DC Scholastic writing award winner.

White. Full pay.

Rejected at all Ivy schools to which DC applied.

Ridiculous.

If you are not a URM it’s pretty hard out there.

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Anonymous wrote:DC - 3.975 GPA unweighted at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (one B). Presidential scholar candidate. 36 ACT single sitting. National science award winner. 1st tier ECs. DC Scholastic writing award winner.

White. Full pay.

Rejected at all Ivy schools to which DC applied.

Ridiculous.

If you are not a URM it’s pretty hard out there.

What, pray tell, are “first tier” extracurriculars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC - 3.975 GPA unweighted at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (one B). Presidential scholar candidate. 36 ACT single sitting. National science award winner. 1st tier ECs. DC Scholastic writing award winner.

White. Full pay.

Rejected at all Ivy schools to which DC applied.

Ridiculous.

If you are not a URM it’s pretty hard out there.

Maybe your kid should’ve tried being a recruited athlete. Or maybe you should have gone to an Ivy League school. Or you should have made more money to donate to a school. All easier ways of getting into college, but sure let’s blame the URMs again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC - 3.975 GPA unweighted at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (one B). Presidential scholar candidate. 36 ACT single sitting. National science award winner. 1st tier ECs. DC Scholastic writing award winner.

White. Full pay.

Rejected at all Ivy schools to which DC applied.

Ridiculous.

If you are not a URM it’s pretty hard out there.

What, pray tell, are “first tier” extracurriculars?

Second in nation in national science contest, second-degree black belt taekwondo, winners scholastic writing competition, senior regional orchestra, winner Northern Virginia piano competition, band leadership role, competitive science internship, A+ and highest overall score in competitive Ivy summer science academy.

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Anonymous wrote:DC - 3.975 GPA unweighted at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (one B). Presidential scholar candidate. 36 ACT single sitting. National science award winner. 1st tier ECs. DC Scholastic writing award winner.

White. Full pay.

Rejected at all Ivy schools to which DC applied.

Ridiculous.

If you are not a URM it’s pretty hard out there.

Maybe your kid should’ve tried being a recruited athlete. Or maybe you should have gone to an Ivy League school. Or you should have made more money to donate to a school. All easier ways of getting into college, but sure let’s blame the URMs again.

Are you the same OP who complained about kids in "less rigorous courses" not getting in? With the "gentle soul," who is "18 going on 40?" You are no better than the PP, trust me. Again I say, you may want to look at how your own approach to and perspective on the world may be showing up in your kid, too. Arrogance is a horrible trait.

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DC from TJ was admitted to very good schools. Probably going to the university of Chicago. But was completely shut out of the Ivy league.