Did your T5 early admit apply to any more schools?

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Well...two kids at our high school applied full set of 20 colleges after getting into SCEA to T5.

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Anonymous wrote:And if so, did they get pushback from their classmates and/or school counselors (particularly if in private)? DC applied to 2 others, not to be obnoxious as some people appear to presume but because they are seriously considering these schools.

No, it is obnoxious when you have the “golden ticket” in hand and are “seriously considering” trying to take one of your classmates’ golden tickets.

It's extremely obnoxious, narcissistic, and borderline unethical. Students who apply to these schools should treat them as ED schools, i.e. way the merits of each school, make whatever decision you're going to make, and accept the outcome, be it good or bad. All of these schools will meet whatever FA is needed. There is no reason to "deliberate" further.

Counseling depts want to get the best possible outcomes for the highest number of students. Having one kid admitted to 3 T5 schools prevents/undermines that.

You’ve clearly never applied for FA.

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Anonymous wrote:Well...two kids at our high school applied full set of 20 colleges after getting into SCEA to T5.

Public or private high school? I can’t imagine a private school CCO allowing it.

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No, he pulled all but one of his other applications after being admitted SCEA. There was only one other school that would give him pause in his final decision, and that's the only one that he left for spring admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:And if so, did they get pushback from their classmates and/or school counselors (particularly if in private)? DC applied to 2 others, not to be obnoxious as some people appear to presume but because they are seriously considering these schools.

No, it is obnoxious when you have the “golden ticket” in hand and are “seriously considering” trying to take one of your classmates’ golden tickets.

It's extremely obnoxious, narcissistic, and borderline unethical. Students who apply to these schools should treat them as ED schools, i.e. way the merits of each school, make whatever decision you're going to make, and accept the outcome, be it good or bad. All of these schools will meet whatever FA is needed. There is no reason to "deliberate" further.

Counseling depts want to get the best possible outcomes for the highest number of students. Having one kid admitted to 3 T5 schools prevents/undermines that.

You’ve clearly never applied for FA.

+1. These people must just apply to any school they want with no consideration for cost. DC was not permitted to apply to any ED schools even though the top choice school only had ED not EA. Chose a T5 school with EA for an early application and was admitted, but was still interested in the original top choice and applied.

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Anonymous wrote:Usually when admitted to one of the T5, kids apply to the rest of HYPSM.

Weirdly one kid at our school also applied to Michigan. Don't know why - think kid wants to go to Michigan and parents want HYPSM.

Maybe the parents thought the M stood for Michigan

Go Blue!

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Anonymous wrote:And if so, did they get pushback from their classmates and/or school counselors (particularly if in private)? DC applied to 2 others, not to be obnoxious as some people appear to presume but because they are seriously considering these schools.

yes, admitted to Stanford. Didn’t apply anywhere else after finding out. He had already applied to Oxford and Science Po.

Can always withdraw their applications. That’s what mine did after he was accepted REA to Stanford. And of course didn’t submit any other apps.

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Anonymous wrote:Usually when admitted to one of the T5, kids apply to the rest of HYPSM.

Weirdly one kid at our school also applied to Michigan. Don't know why - think kid wants to go to Michigan and parents want HYPSM.

Getting into one of HYPSM SCEA and then applying to the rest for sh#ts and giggles is the definition of a d#ck move. The better private schools discourage trophy hunting since it harms everyone else in the class. Not sure what private school this is, but I'd suggest keeping this move under wraps. The other families will despise you.

But what if it's not trophy hunting?

Who is applying early to both MIT and Yale except the trophy hunters?

No one. You can't apply early to MIT AND Yale

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Anonymous wrote:Usually when admitted to one of the T5, kids apply to the rest of HYPSM.

Weirdly one kid at our school also applied to Michigan. Don't know why - think kid wants to go to Michigan and parents want HYPSM.

Getting into one of HYPSM SCEA and then applying to the rest for sh#ts and giggles is the definition of a d#ck move. The better private schools discourage trophy hunting since it harms everyone else in the class. Not sure what private school this is, but I'd suggest keeping this move under wraps. The other families will despise you.

And what if they are doing it because they are looking for aid? I have seen wildly different aid packages from different Ivy+ schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Usually when admitted to one of the T5, kids apply to the rest of HYPSM.

Weirdly one kid at our school also applied to Michigan. Don't know why - think kid wants to go to Michigan and parents want HYPSM.

Getting into one of HYPSM SCEA and then applying to the rest for sh#ts and giggles is the definition of a d#ck move. The better private schools discourage trophy hunting since it harms everyone else in the class. Not sure what private school this is, but I'd suggest keeping this move under wraps. The other families will despise you.

And what if they are doing it because they are looking for aid? I have seen wildly different aid packages from different Ivy+ schools.

I would do what you need to do for your family and not worry about all these other cranky private school families.

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Anonymous wrote:And if so, did they get pushback from their classmates and/or school counselors (particularly if in private)? DC applied to 2 others, not to be obnoxious as some people appear to presume but because they are seriously considering these schools.

yes, admitted to Stanford. Didn’t apply anywhere else after finding out. He had already applied to Oxford and Science Po.

Can always withdraw their applications. That’s what mine did after he was accepted REA to Stanford. And of course didn’t submit any other apps.

Yes, but he is now leaning towards Oxford after REA at Stanford….

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Anonymous wrote:DD’s friend got in Yale SCEA, kept their UVA application, and applied only to Brown RD.

but that's ok under SCEA and REA - you can apply to publics at the same time.

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Anonymous wrote:At our well-known west coast private, students admitted early to elite REA/SCEA schools are required to withdraw their applications to other schools. Students sign a contract beforehand agreeing to this condition.

I think you are confusing REA/SCEA with ED. One signs the contract for ED. I've never heard of a public or private school requiring a contract for SCEA. If OP is talking about ED, then continuing to apply to other schools is a dick move.

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Anonymous wrote:And if so, did they get pushback from their classmates and/or school counselors (particularly if in private)? DC applied to 2 others, not to be obnoxious as some people appear to presume but because they are seriously considering these schools.

yes, admitted to Stanford. Didn’t apply anywhere else after finding out. He had already applied to Oxford and Science Po.

Can always withdraw their applications. That’s what mine did after he was accepted REA to Stanford. And of course didn’t submit any other apps.

Yes, but he is now leaning towards Oxford after REA at Stanford….

But he should already know if accepted to Oxford, which you would have said above if true. The interviews are mid-December and notices received mid-January.

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Anonymous wrote:And if so, did they get pushback from their classmates and/or school counselors (particularly if in private)? DC applied to 2 others, not to be obnoxious as some people appear to presume but because they are seriously considering these schools.

yes, admitted to Stanford. Didn’t apply anywhere else after finding out. He had already applied to Oxford and Science Po.

Can always withdraw their applications. That’s what mine did after he was accepted REA to Stanford. And of course didn’t submit any other apps.

Yes, but he is now leaning towards Oxford after REA at Stanford….

But he should already know if accepted to Oxford, which you would have said above if true. The interviews are mid-December and notices received mid-January.

^^ unless he received a conditional offer from Oxford and doesn't know if he can make the conditions like 3APs at 5.