Ivy day 2026

[Anonymous]

DD is in at Princeton. SAT 1560 first attempt, 15 AP's, all 5's so far. 3.96 UW gpa. We are in LCPS public high school. Rejected from Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Penn.

So Princeton it is!!

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Anonymous wrote:There is some blunt and then definitely some mean. But who is most likely to be bitter and mean? I'd say those that tried and got disappointing results.

My kid is in at their SCEA school so not bitter. Just curious about the fundraising because thought the trend of starting a non profit for college admission purposes was on the way out, but $4000 is a lot of money to raise, and that parent has ignored all questions about it. If that’s not what happened, she should just say so. Either way it’s useful info for future applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:There is some blunt and then definitely some mean. But who is most likely to be bitter and mean? I'd say those that tried and got disappointing results.

My kid is in at their SCEA school so not bitter. Just curious about the fundraising because thought the trend of starting a non profit for college admission purposes was on the way out, but $4000 is a lot of money to raise, and that parent has ignored all questions about it. If that’s not what happened, she should just say so. Either way it’s useful info for future applicants.

No dog in this fight, but $4K is not crazy. My regular kid raised about $8K for a non-profit over 4 years — $2K a year, basically 40 people donating $50 each year.

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Anonymous wrote:There is some blunt and then definitely some mean. But who is most likely to be bitter and mean? I'd say those that tried and got disappointing results.

I have no skin in this game but I have received a ton of solicitations from friends for their kids’ fundraising events.

I’m sure some kids do their own fundraising. But many do not.

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Anonymous wrote:There is some blunt and then definitely some mean. But who is most likely to be bitter and mean? I'd say those that tried and got disappointing results.

My kid is in at their SCEA school so not bitter. Just curious about the fundraising because thought the trend of starting a non profit for college admission purposes was on the way out, but $4000 is a lot of money to raise, and that parent has ignored all questions about it. If that’s not what happened, she should just say so. Either way it’s useful info for future applicants.

Mine raised a lot more than that, one single nationwide prize was a $30k donation (press releases, etc.) and then 3 years since then with more donations and grants.

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My kid raised $115K+ with their team for LLS SVOY. At a T10 now. Look into that opportunity - I think it has become more popular/saturated but it’s a great experience if your kid manages to fundraise a lot of money.

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If someone manages to fake a nonprofit to fool HYP, then more power to them! I know for a fact plenty of students from a certain country hired consultants to do the WHOLE applications and got in somewhere they’re not qualified for. That’s a problem for the colleges to worry.

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Anonymous wrote:There is some blunt and then definitely some mean. But who is most likely to be bitter and mean? I'd say those that tried and got disappointing results.

My kid is in at their SCEA school so not bitter. Just curious about the fundraising because thought the trend of starting a non profit for college admission purposes was on the way out, but $4000 is a lot of money to raise, and that parent has ignored all questions about it. If that’s not what happened, she should just say so. Either way it’s useful info for future applicants.

Just curious? It looks more like you are desperate to know if you should start a non-profit to help your kid. What does it matter how that poster's kid raised the money or if it is a non-profit?

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Anonymous wrote:There is some blunt and then definitely some mean. But who is most likely to be bitter and mean? I'd say those that tried and got disappointing results.

My kid is in at their SCEA school so not bitter. Just curious about the fundraising because thought the trend of starting a non profit for college admission purposes was on the way out, but $4000 is a lot of money to raise, and that parent has ignored all questions about it. If that’s not what happened, she should just say so. Either way it’s useful info for future applicants.

Just curious? It looks more like you are desperate to know if you should start a non-profit to help your kid. What does it matter how that poster's kid raised the money or if it is a non-profit?

It would definitely would be useful info to know whether Ivies are still going for the “I started a non profit.” But I’m not desperate for anything. Why so defensive?

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Harvard, Yale and Princeton and will go to Princeton.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Yale and Princeton and will go to Princeton.

Amazing. Congrats. What parts of their application contributed to this outcome?

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Yale and Princeton and will go to Princeton.

What factors made your DC choose Princeton over Harvard and Yale?

Just curious.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Yale and Princeton and will go to Princeton.

What factors made your DC choose Princeton over Harvard and Yale?

Just curious.

You are talking to a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Yale and Princeton and will go to Princeton.

What factors made your DC choose Princeton over Harvard and Yale?

Just curious.

You are talking to a troll.

Really? Ok... mine is going to P so I was genuinely curious. Didn't apply to Harvard or Yale.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is in at Harvard! Rejected from all other ivies she applied. Was down down down after opening all the portals and Harvard was the last one she opened.

She has no hooks, white girl, cheerleader, lots of volunteer work, president of student council, does part time work at a fast food place, most likely in top 10% of her class for GPA, 34 ACT. We are in MCPS.

Congrats. My sense is this is the type of girl that won't fall apart getting B's at Harvard. They need more students like her who won't complain about the new grading deflating structure.

That structure is just a proposal from the faculty, hasn’t been adopted. There may be grading modifications but no Ivy is going to want to expose the kids who enter needing some remedial help.

I don't understand this honestly. Isn't everyone who enter a top college have top grades in relevant AP exams.

Are there Top colleges accepting students who didn't take the AP exams and done extremely well?

Frankly if they are accepting kids without prefect AP sores then thats ridiculous. The vast majority of kids who apply to these colleges are very privileged. These kids have access to all kind of resources imaginable. If they can't even do well on AP tests frankly they don't deserve to be admitted. It's such a low bar to cross given all the resources they have.

The kids who need the extra help generally are not coming from a place of privilege, instead the complete opposite.

This, please, they wanted the student body pres of a large school,the 34 is low though,all of you can now stop complaining about other T20s accepting low scores!

34 is at the 99th% so how is that low? Prior to TO where kids felt compelled to only send in 35/36, a 34 was solidly in the mid range for the Ivies - typically it was 33-35. The Harvard lawsuit showed that the floor was a 33 so anything above that was considered the same...

The impression has always been that those students that go to a top 10 are the best of the best. They aren't. Thousands of state school kids are more intelligent and will be more successful. These uber expensive country club degrees are simply not worth it for most that are attending now.