College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed previous poster, particularly since the Mid-Atlantic/DC region is supposedly currently the most competitive area from which to be applying to colleges, bar none, more competitive even than Silicon Valley or New York metro. Why make it even tougher on your friends and classmates when you have been privileged and lucky enough to be admitted EA into your first choice?

Is this just DC metro area or all mid-Atlantic, including Philadelphia metro and NJ?

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Just DC metro.

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Just DC metro.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed previous poster, particularly since the Mid-Atlantic/DC region is supposedly currently the most competitive area from which to be applying to colleges, bar none, more competitive even than Silicon Valley or New York metro. Why make it even tougher on your friends and classmates when you have been privileged and lucky enough to be admitted EA into your first choice?

+1 I would hope the schools wouldn't send transcripts, etc. Truly monstrous behavior.....I am appalled.

In our private, counselors will ask kids and parents to pull the applications submitted to other schools already and will shut off further applications. Only one they allowed was a HYPS admit to apply to the one of HYPS during RD as chance was minuscule due to already high admits during SCEA round and athletic recruits.

[Anonymous]

From preliminary results - 2018 looks to be a difficult year. Mostly deferrals on ED...

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Every single school seems to have gotten record apps this year. Most around a 7-15% increase. I agree- 2018 will be a tough year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From preliminary results - 2018 looks to be a difficult year. Mostly deferrals on ED...

I know twins who just got into two diff Ivys. Non legacy, Jewish.

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Anonymous wrote:Every single school seems to have gotten record apps this year. Most around a 7-15% increase. I agree- 2018 will be a tough year.

More applications from China.

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It's hard to say.

I've certainly seen a lot of social media posts from ED admits to H/Y/P, a few of the SLACS that have announced, and others like Northwestern, Wash U, Emory. But I'd imagine for every admit you hear about, there are at least a half-dozen deferrals of kids who are just quietly regrouping and getting their RD applicants together.

I will say that for the HYPs, there were no surprises - all with the super high scores and ecs, and some sports recruits. For the Northwestern/Emory, etc. admits, all great kids, but thought that they might have tried stretching more. But maybe being realistic and even scaling back your stretch is the smartest thing to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed previous poster, particularly since the Mid-Atlantic/DC region is supposedly currently the most competitive area from which to be applying to colleges, bar none, more competitive even than Silicon Valley or New York metro. Why make it even tougher on your friends and classmates when you have been privileged and lucky enough to be admitted EA into your first choice?

+1 I would hope the schools wouldn't send transcripts, etc. Truly monstrous behavior.....I am appalled.

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This was definitely true when my DC applied. Kids got in EA to a HYPS and would not pull applications from top public u, other ivies and SLACs. It really hurt other kids, especially in a small class. And of course the kids went to the EA acceptance school. Total trophy hunting. It had nothing to do with aid. The competition here is bad enough.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed previous poster, particularly since the Mid-Atlantic/DC region is supposedly currently the most competitive area from which to be applying to colleges, bar none, more competitive even than Silicon Valley or New York metro. Why make it even tougher on your friends and classmates when you have been privileged and lucky enough to be admitted EA into your first choice?

+1 I would hope the schools wouldn't send transcripts, etc. Truly monstrous behavior.....I am appalled.

i

This was definitely true when my DC applied. Kids got in EA to a HYPS and would not pull applications from top public u, other ivies and SLACs. It really hurt other kids, especially in a small class. And of course the kids went to the EA acceptance school. Total trophy hunting. It had nothing to do with aid. The competition here is bad enough.

Not always the case. Two kids in my daughter's class were accepted EA to Harvard and Stanford, respectively. Both chose to go elsewhere, and not due to financial reasons. The decision to apply to a certain school early is a complex calculus. In the cases above, the students had a very short list of schools that fit their objectives and made the decision to apply early to H and S because they represented their best chances (legacy) and not necessarily their "dream". For them, it was part of a risk mitigation strategy. Once admitted, they had a floor to move forward. It may sound odd, but H and S were their safeties. They were both "rock star" students and earned the right to play the risks / rewards the way that best suited them... and not their classmates.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed previous poster, particularly since the Mid-Atlantic/DC region is supposedly currently the most competitive area from which to be applying to colleges, bar none, more competitive even than Silicon Valley or New York metro. Why make it even tougher on your friends and classmates when you have been privileged and lucky enough to be admitted EA into your first choice?

+1 I would hope the schools wouldn't send transcripts, etc. Truly monstrous behavior.....I am appalled.

i

This was definitely true when my DC applied. Kids got in EA to a HYPS and would not pull applications from top public u, other ivies and SLACs. It really hurt other kids, especially in a small class. And of course the kids went to the EA acceptance school. Total trophy hunting. It had nothing to do with aid. The competition here is bad enough.

Not always the case. Two kids in my daughter's class were accepted EA to Harvard and Stanford, respectively. Both chose to go elsewhere, and not due to financial reasons. The decision to apply to a certain school early is a complex calculus. In the cases above, the students had a very short list of schools that fit their objectives and made the decision to apply early to H and S because they represented their best chances (legacy) and not necessarily their "dream". For them, it was part of a risk mitigation strategy. Once admitted, they had a floor to move forward. It may sound odd, but H and S were their safeties. They were both "rock star" students and earned the right to play the risks / rewards the way that best suited them... and not their classmates.

I find this very difficult to believe. If we're thinking of the same H and S, they are nobody's safeties.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed previous poster, particularly since the Mid-Atlantic/DC region is supposedly currently the most competitive area from which to be applying to colleges, bar none, more competitive even than Silicon Valley or New York metro. Why make it even tougher on your friends and classmates when you have been privileged and lucky enough to be admitted EA into your first choice?

+1 I would hope the schools wouldn't send transcripts, etc. Truly monstrous behavior.....I am appalled.

i

This was definitely true when my DC applied. Kids got in EA to a HYPS and would not pull applications from top public u, other ivies and SLACs. It really hurt other kids, especially in a small class. And of course the kids went to the EA acceptance school. Total trophy hunting. It had nothing to do with aid. The competition here is bad enough.

Not always the case. Two kids in my daughter's class were accepted EA to Harvard and Stanford, respectively. Both chose to go elsewhere, and not due to financial reasons. The decision to apply to a certain school early is a complex calculus. In the cases above, the students had a very short list of schools that fit their objectives and made the decision to apply early to H and S because they represented their best chances (legacy) and not necessarily their "dream". For them, it was part of a risk mitigation strategy. Once admitted, they had a floor to move forward. It may sound odd, but H and S were their safeties. They were both "rock star" students and earned the right to play the risks / rewards the way that best suited them... and not their classmates.

I find this very difficult to believe. If we're thinking of the same H and S, they are nobody's safeties.

Direct legacy and URM and Presidential Scholar Semi and all-league athlete (but not athletic recruit) and top 5% of class at selective private. It does happen, because it did.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed previous poster, particularly since the Mid-Atlantic/DC region is supposedly currently the most competitive area from which to be applying to colleges, bar none, more competitive even than Silicon Valley or New York metro. Why make it even tougher on your friends and classmates when you have been privileged and lucky enough to be admitted EA into your first choice?

+1 I would hope the schools wouldn't send transcripts, etc. Truly monstrous behavior.....I am appalled.

i

This was definitely true when my DC applied. Kids got in EA to a HYPS and would not pull applications from top public u, other ivies and SLACs. It really hurt other kids, especially in a small class. And of course the kids went to the EA acceptance school. Total trophy hunting. It had nothing to do with aid. The competition here is bad enough.

Not always the case. Two kids in my daughter's class were accepted EA to Harvard and Stanford, respectively. Both chose to go elsewhere, and not due to financial reasons. The decision to apply to a certain school early is a complex calculus. In the cases above, the students had a very short list of schools that fit their objectives and made the decision to apply early to H and S because they represented their best chances (legacy) and not necessarily their "dream". For them, it was part of a risk mitigation strategy. Once admitted, they had a floor to move forward. It may sound odd, but H and S were their safeties. They were both "rock star" students and earned the right to play the risks / rewards the way that best suited them... and not their classmates.

I find this very difficult to believe. If we're thinking of the same H and S, they are nobody's safeties.

Direct legacy and URM and Presidential Scholar Semi and all-league athlete (but not athletic recruit) and top 5% of class at selective private. It does happen, because it did.

It happens, yes, but still not the same as being "safeties."
Maybe for a Malia Obama or Chelsea Clinton

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed previous poster, particularly since the Mid-Atlantic/DC region is supposedly currently the most competitive area from which to be applying to colleges, bar none, more competitive even than Silicon Valley or New York metro. Why make it even tougher on your friends and classmates when you have been privileged and lucky enough to be admitted EA into your first choice?

+1 I would hope the schools wouldn't send transcripts, etc. Truly monstrous behavior.....I am appalled.

i

This was definitely true when my DC applied. Kids got in EA to a HYPS and would not pull applications from top public u, other ivies and SLACs. It really hurt other kids, especially in a small class. And of course the kids went to the EA acceptance school. Total trophy hunting. It had nothing to do with aid. The competition here is bad enough.

Not always the case. Two kids in my daughter's class were accepted EA to Harvard and Stanford, respectively. Both chose to go elsewhere, and not due to financial reasons. The decision to apply to a certain school early is a complex calculus. In the cases above, the students had a very short list of schools that fit their objectives and made the decision to apply early to H and S because they represented their best chances (legacy) and not necessarily their "dream". For them, it was part of a risk mitigation strategy. Once admitted, they had a floor to move forward. It may sound odd, but H and S were their safeties. They were both "rock star" students and earned the right to play the risks / rewards the way that best suited them... and not their classmates.

I find this very difficult to believe. If we're thinking of the same H and S, they are nobody's safeties.

Direct legacy and URM and Presidential Scholar Semi and all-league athlete (but not athletic recruit) and top 5% of class at selective private. It does happen, because it did.

It happens, yes, but still not the same as being "safeties."
Maybe for a Malia Obama or Chelsea Clinton

Sorry to dispute you, but you could objectively look at these two kids and assign at least a 50% probability that they would get in. Such students do exist.