Today's Acceptances - which schools

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Anonymous wrote:From the Wall Street Journal:

Early-round apps were up by about
22% at Brown
23% at Penn
29% at Dartmouth
38% at Yale
49% at Columbia
57% at Harvard
Cornell doesn't announce, Princeton didn't no EA this year

"Test-optional shift, virtual outreach, pandemic anxiety likely all fueled the jump"

Wow Columbia! So much for New York being dead!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the Wall Street Journal:

Early-round apps were up by about
22% at Brown
23% at Penn
29% at Dartmouth
38% at Yale
49% at Columbia
57% at Harvard
Cornell doesn't announce, Princeton didn't no EA this year

"Test-optional shift, virtual outreach, pandemic anxiety likely all fueled the jump"

To add to this, Cornell did announce numbers, just didn't calculate percent for us. Around 30% increase. https://admissions.cornell.edu/december-2020

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The ED and EA applications are also way up at the publics due to family financial concerns during COViD.

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Anonymous wrote:Also deferred from Tulane. DC is fine with it, only applied because counselor suggested it and definitely didn't show more than a cursory interest. I'm more disappointed than DC because I think it's a great school. In at Fordham and a handful of UK schools.

What were DC’s stats?

34 ACT, 3.8 UW GPA, 4.4 W GPA, varsity sports since sophomore year, leadership roles in school and community service organizations.

This is exactly my child, including showing minimal interest, and she was also deferred.

This is my kid, too, who was also deferred - except no test scores submitted and did indicate interest - toured in person and attended several events.

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Anonymous wrote:The ED and EA applications are also way up at the publics due to family financial concerns during COViD.

UGeorgia up 27% for EA and UVA up a similar amount.

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Anonymous wrote:Also deferred from Tulane. DC is fine with it, only applied because counselor suggested it and definitely didn't show more than a cursory interest. I'm more disappointed than DC because I think it's a great school. In at Fordham and a handful of UK schools.

What were DC’s stats?

34 ACT, 3.8 UW GPA, 4.4 W GPA, varsity sports since sophomore year, leadership roles in school and community service organizations.

Wow, DC was denied with those stats? I am shocked. She will get in someplace else great!

which UK schools PP?

Unconditional offers from Royal Holloway, St. Andrews, and Exeter. Conditional offer from Durham. Still waiting on Edinburgh. It's a much less stressful system, I must say.

I'm from the UK and that is a very impressive list. All strong choices. Exeter and Durham are the most prestigious. Along with Edinburgh.

Thank you, PP. That was very kind of you to share. DC is so excited. I think St. Andrews and Durham are her first choices but an unconditional offer from Edinburgh could change her mind.

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Anonymous wrote:My child got into Kenyon ED last night. 1480 SAT and 3.8UW GPA. Scholarship money as well, which was nice.

Do you mind sharing the scholarship amount, if it was pure merit aid? Congrats to your kid!

Yes it was merit not Financial Aid. She got $15,500 first year and it will go up to $17,500 junior/senior year. Very happy with the result and she's really excited to go to Kenyon!

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Providence College, denied.
3.0 GPA (small DMV private)/28 ACT

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred at Brown PLME, which is a real bummer because it was a good fit.

Time to choose ED2. It is obnoxious and expensive to apply to all those schools which are all at baseline the same. Gah.

Can you share your stats? How competitive is the PLME?

STEM magnet
3.96 unweighed (had 1 B the entire time)
More than 10 AP's
SAT was a bit low at 1530, one take
Published two papers in peer reviewed journals
Presented at national and international conferences as an invited speaker (one research project ended up finding sonething significant, pure luck)
Won multiple science competitions
Accomplished in an art, won regional competitions, performed with professionals in youth opportunities for years, practiced for 15-20 hours weekly, documented
Strong essays per multiple readers
Not URM or first generation

My guess is that with stats like that, there was another kid from the Midatlantic with a similar profile who was picked instead. We just have to apply widely, stats are in range. It is a bummer because Brown has opportunity for her to continue in her art while pursuing her STEM major where Brown excels. Her art field may not be present in her ED2, and it hurts to give it up.

It happens.

wow, she is so accomplished and talented! You must be so proud. Congrats on raising a great kid. I know she will do well. Brown is missing out!

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LMU came out, DD is in. Waiting to hear on merit. Same kid that was accepted to Santa Clara earlier in the thread.

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Anonymous wrote:LMU came out, DD is in. Waiting to hear on merit. Same kid that was accepted to Santa Clara earlier in the thread.

PP here, she just opened the portal and was accepted to Barrett Honors at ASU.

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Accepted at the New School. Deferred at Tulane and St. Mary's College of Maryland. She didn't really want to go to Tulane and knew it was a reach, but St. Mary's was a safety and we were surprised she was deferred.

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SMCM w/$18k per year merit.

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UVM with $15k merit per year

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Anonymous wrote:My child got into Kenyon ED last night. 1480 SAT and 3.8UW GPA. Scholarship money as well, which was nice.

Do you mind sharing the scholarship amount, if it was pure merit aid? Congrats to your kid!

Yes it was merit not Financial Aid. She got $15,500 first year and it will go up to $17,500 junior/senior year. Very happy with the result and she's really excited to go to Kenyon!

Thank you PP for coming back and providing details. My kid says she will be trying for Kenyon too!