WASP admits?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm seeing very few ED admits, other than one recruited athlete each for Williams and Amherst. Anyone else under the impression it's been a tougher cycle so far? I've seen a handful of (seemingly) unhooked admits for Bowdoin and Davidson, but not the others.

We've seen a couple of early admits to Williams which are not recruited athletes. Both male, boys, LGBTQ and intended major either history or english combined with music or art.

[Anonymous]

Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would not recommend an ED to WA, but ED/ED2 to SP could be a good idea if you go to a feeder and are competitive already. Williams and Amherst only accept unhooked non-athletes in RD. Swarthmroe and Pomona have a more even spread.

My kid got into Amherst ED as an unhooked non-athlete last cycle. He did have perfect stats but other than that, I can't explain it. Amherst does accept 1-2 kids from his school most years, so they do seem to like his school well enough and ED did probably help him stand out.

Being a feeder is huge. I wouldn't recommend applying to a WASP ED unless you know for a fact they like your school. Only one of the four reliably admits kids from our school.

1-2 kids/year is no where near feeder, we know schools where they have more than 5+ Williams admits a year.

Consistent admits to any of these small schools constitutes “feeder”. And with only a couple of exceptions the schools which you describe do not exist. So add to the conversation or just stfu.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not recommend an ED to WA, but ED/ED2 to SP could be a good idea if you go to a feeder and are competitive already. Williams and Amherst only accept unhooked non-athletes in RD. Swarthmroe and Pomona have a more even spread.

My kid got into Amherst ED as an unhooked non-athlete last cycle. He did have perfect stats but other than that, I can't explain it. Amherst does accept 1-2 kids from his school most years, so they do seem to like his school well enough and ED did probably help him stand out.

Being a feeder is huge. I wouldn't recommend applying to a WASP ED unless you know for a fact they like your school. Only one of the four reliably admits kids from our school.

1-2 kids/year is no where near feeder, we know schools where they have more than 5+ Williams admits a year.

Consistent admits to any of these small schools constitutes “feeder”. And with only a couple of exceptions the schools which you describe do not exist. So add to the conversation or just stfu.

Good comment and then the last sentence. Breathe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

We don’t know any gay male students going to top lacs. They all want to go to USC or UCLA or schools with a big dating pool. There’s not that many gay men in the world.

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Anonymous wrote:Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

We don’t know any gay male students going to top lacs. They all want to go to USC or UCLA or schools with a big dating pool. There’s not that many gay men in the world.

Are you for real? My DS is gay and he says there's a sizeable queer community (possibly half?) at SLACs and LACs. Very big community at Williams, Swat, Pomona, CMC, Vassar, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

We don’t know any gay male students going to top lacs. They all want to go to USC or UCLA or schools with a big dating pool. There’s not that many gay men in the world.

The two boys from our small private who went to Williams last year are both gay. WASP schools are very attractive to gay boys.

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Anonymous wrote:Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

We don’t know any gay male students going to top lacs. They all want to go to USC or UCLA or schools with a big dating pool. There’s not that many gay men in the world.

The two boys from our small private who went to Williams last year are both gay. WASP schools are very attractive to gay boys.

+1 DS said maybe 25% of the males in his class were gay, and 60% LGBTQ+, at a WASP LAC

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Anonymous wrote:Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

We don’t know any gay male students going to top lacs. They all want to go to USC or UCLA or schools with a big dating pool. There’s not that many gay men in the world.

The two boys from our small private who went to Williams last year are both gay. WASP schools are very attractive to gay boys.

+1 DS said maybe 25% of the males in his class were gay, and 60% LGBTQ+, at a WASP LAC

Stop it, you’re just spewing nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

We don’t know any gay male students going to top lacs. They all want to go to USC or UCLA or schools with a big dating pool. There’s not that many gay men in the world.

Are you for real? My DS is gay and he says there's a sizeable queer community (possibly half?) at SLACs and LACs. Very big community at Williams, Swat, Pomona, CMC, Vassar, etc.

Ours goes to pomona. He can actually count the gay men on his hands
and would be missing just a few. When you factor a wide majority straight athletes and all the Econ/CS bros which make up a substantial part of SLACs, it’s not that many. There’s a lot more queer women.

Funnily enough, go back a decade and a half and Pomona was deeply homophobic with a substantial frat scene. Funny how quick LACs changed their reputations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

We don’t know any gay male students going to top lacs. They all want to go to USC or UCLA or schools with a big dating pool. There’s not that many gay men in the world.

The two boys from our small private who went to Williams last year are both gay. WASP schools are very attractive to gay boys.

+1 DS said maybe 25% of the males in his class were gay, and 60% LGBTQ+, at a WASP LAC

Definitely not Amherst.

[Anonymous]

If my son was gay and also not an athlete, I wouldn't encourage small schools of any kind.

There are too many options out there.

(If my son was gay and an athlete, no problem)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If my son was gay and also not an athlete, I wouldn't encourage small schools of any kind.

There are too many options out there.

(If my son was gay and an athlete, no problem)

I would encourage SLACs that feel like a good cultural and academic fit, and are part of a larger consortium. So any WASP except Williams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very few WASPs can crack 1500 on their SATs these days, so not many WASPs care to talk about their college admission results. It’s embarrassing for a WASP whose grandparents and great grandparents went to Harvard to try and act excited about the University of Richmond.

Have no idea what you are talking about and where you got this from

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Anonymous wrote:Also male non-athlete to Pomona, quirky major, lots of affinity group leadership, LGBTQ+, community engagement.

We don’t know any gay male students going to top lacs. They all want to go to USC or UCLA or schools with a big dating pool. There’s not that many gay men in the world.

The two boys from our small private who went to Williams last year are both gay. WASP schools are very attractive to gay boys.

I don’t see why. There’s very few queer people in the areas of WASP other than Pomona, and even then, you’d need to go out to LA to meet most of them.
I’m also doubting that Williams has a better queer scene than UCLA or NYU.