WSJ: the Secrets of Elite College Admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 15 or "Ivy Plus" has been a thing for a while.

Ivies make 8
Stanford, Duke, MIT, Chicago, Northwestern, Cal Tech (I guess?)...Hopkins? Makes 15.

Do people just add Cornell in there just because? It hasn't been "top15" in a decade, Confused as to how Emory would be viewed differently from it or Brown the other ivy that's ranked 15. Brown could easily be out of the top 15 this year.

Cornell still has connections with alumns now in the top jobs. Never discount their alumnae network.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The author's thread over at CC
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2195829-jeff-selingo-reveals-who-gets-in-and-why-ask-him-anything-p1.html

Great thread. So, my question is if EDs is the way to go (since they will fill roughly 1/2 their class this way), should my DD apply to her dream school that only offers Early Action. Maybe she should change her strategy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The author's thread over at CC
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2195829-jeff-selingo-reveals-who-gets-in-and-why-ask-him-anything-p1.html

Great thread. So, my question is if EDs is the way to go (since they will fill roughly 1/2 their class this way), should my DD apply to her dream school that only offers Early Action. Maybe she should change her strategy?

Are you suggesting that she choose another school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The author's thread over at CC
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2195829-jeff-selingo-reveals-who-gets-in-and-why-ask-him-anything-p1.html

Great thread. So, my question is if EDs is the way to go (since they will fill roughly 1/2 their class this way), should my DD apply to her dream school that only offers Early Action. Maybe she should change her strategy?

No don't have her change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 15 or "Ivy Plus" has been a thing for a while.

Ivies make 8
Stanford, Duke, MIT, Chicago, Northwestern, Cal Tech (I guess?)...Hopkins? Makes 15.

Do people just add Cornell in there just because? It hasn't been "top15" in a decade, Confused as to how Emory would be viewed differently from it or Brown the other ivy that's ranked 15. Brown could easily be out of the top 15 this year.

Cornell still has connections with alumns now in the top jobs. Never discount their alumnae network.

And Emory doesn't? Deloitte is their 3rd best employer for undergrads. Emory students actually perform better than Cornell grads. Cornell grads have to compete very hard in their region of the U.S. Emory grads end up making more than Cornell grads despite Emory not having engineering. That's huge as engineering grads make much more than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 15 or "Ivy Plus" has been a thing for a while.

Ivies make 8
Stanford, Duke, MIT, Chicago, Northwestern, Cal Tech (I guess?)...Hopkins? Makes 15.

Do people just add Cornell in there just because? It hasn't been "top15" in a decade, Confused as to how Emory would be viewed differently from it or Brown the other ivy that's ranked 15. Brown could easily be out of the top 15 this year.

Cornell still has connections with alumns now in the top jobs. Never discount their alumnae network.

And Emory doesn't? Deloitte is their 3rd best employer for undergrads. Emory students actually perform better than Cornell grads. Cornell grads have to compete very hard in their region of the U.S. Emory grads end up making more than Cornell grads despite Emory not having engineering. That's huge as engineering grads make much more than others.

Cornell in top 10 WSJ ranking. Ahead of Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth, ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 15 or "Ivy Plus" has been a thing for a while.

Ivies make 8
Stanford, Duke, MIT, Chicago, Northwestern, Cal Tech (I guess?)...Hopkins? Makes 15.

Do people just add Cornell in there just because? It hasn't been "top15" in a decade, Confused as to how Emory would be viewed differently from it or Brown the other ivy that's ranked 15. Brown could easily be out of the top 15 this year.

Cornell still has connections with alumns now in the top jobs. Never discount their alumnae network.

And Emory doesn't? Deloitte is their 3rd best employer for undergrads. Emory students actually perform better than Cornell grads. Cornell grads have to compete very hard in their region of the U.S. Emory grads end up making more than Cornell grads despite Emory not having engineering. That's huge as engineering grads make much more than others.

Cornell in top 10 WSJ ranking. Ahead of Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth, ...

WSJ ranking: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wsj-us-college-rankings-2021-duke-and-carnegie-mellon-rise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 15 or "Ivy Plus" has been a thing for a while.

Ivies make 8
Stanford, Duke, MIT, Chicago, Northwestern, Cal Tech (I guess?)...Hopkins? Makes 15.

Do people just add Cornell in there just because? It hasn't been "top15" in a decade, Confused as to how Emory would be viewed differently from it or Brown the other ivy that's ranked 15. Brown could easily be out of the top 15 this year.

Cornell still has connections with alumns now in the top jobs. Never discount their alumnae network.

And Emory doesn't? Deloitte is their 3rd best employer for undergrads. Emory students actually perform better than Cornell grads. Cornell grads have to compete very hard in their region of the U.S. Emory grads end up making more than Cornell grads despite Emory not having engineering. That's huge as engineering grads make much more than others.

Cornell in top 10 WSJ ranking. Ahead of Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth, ...

Lol that's the ranking to follow now. You're trying to move the gaol post with a strw man argument. "The Ranking" is Usnews the others are just fodder and we know that. How is the "powerful" Cornell alumi not able to help their current students and recent undergrads from being outperformed by the "lesser" Emory?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone shed some light on Boston University? Came in at 40. Do kids enjoy going to school there or is it more of a commuter school?

[Anonymous]

Isn’t the ED acceptance rate misleading because legacies and athletes who apply ED are counted as ED acceptances? Not sure how much of a bump a regular kid gets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone shed some light on Boston University? Came in at 40. Do kids enjoy going to school there or is it more of a commuter school?

It's not a commuter school. However, it's not everyone's cup of tea. Urban "campus," a mile-long strip of Commonwealth Ave. Hockey would be the major sport. Favored by international students.

Switched to meets-full-need but that may have been too big of a stretch for the school, as many seemed disappointed with their financial aid packages since then. Still, try the Net Price Calculator and see.

Admission may be a little easier than published stats suggest, as in recent years they added spring admission for lower-stat freshmen.

If you are looking for a more traditional campus, look elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for info on BU. Is there much school spirit at BU? How are the profs regarded?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The author's thread over at CC
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2195829-jeff-selingo-reveals-who-gets-in-and-why-ask-him-anything-p1.html

Great thread. So, my question is if EDs is the way to go (since they will fill roughly 1/2 their class this way), should my DD apply to her dream school that only offers Early Action. Maybe she should change her strategy?

No don't have her change.

The author seems pretty negative about ED in the book