Did not get into Georgetown or Notre Dame. Now what?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is crushed. Trying to regroup. Ideas. Thoughts.

I posted in another group that one of my high school acquaintances left Penn State after sophomore year to transfer to Yale. That was surprising to me.

When a dream opportunity fails to materialize, it seems to me it's worth asking: 1) how else can I achieve/get something similar and 2) is it possible to try again?

If this is soul-crushing...what about a (working) gap year or transferring after a first year spent elsewhere.

Does it have to be a Catholic school?

I have a family member who attended Pitt undergrad and Georgetown grad. Try Pitt maybe?

[Anonymous]

DD? SMC maybe?

[Anonymous]

Michigan State, Indiana, Syracuse,
Reaches - UVA & UNC Chapel Hill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The obvious: BC, Villanova, Santa Clara, safety Holy Cross. But you must have considered all these?

Holy Cross a safety? Hardly.

My kid is at a Jesuit high school where lots of kids go on to these colleges. Holy Cross accepts 100% of the kids who applied. The scattergram is literally filled with green circles. So that's what I based my recommendation on. Villanova is a much harder admit. Of course, I don't know OP's kid's info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan State, Indiana, Syracuse,
Reaches - UVA & UNC Chapel Hill

oh, ffs

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safety would be MN and probably Wisconsin.

so kid, you're going to college. and it would be super fun and you'll have tons of opportunity.

but let's see if GU and ND come through, and why not add in about 6 other apps in there. Add another reach even! Why not try Bowdoin or Williams or Dartmouth. Pick one. Great. Now what about w&m or Denison or Davidson or Kenyon. Pick one or two. Wake Forest? Macalaster?

etc etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is crushed. Trying to regroup. Ideas. Thoughts.

It’s really tough. These schools are super selective because of the amount of people who apply. It’s very likely that your child would’ve done well there and meet the criteria. There’s just too many people applying for the same spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is crushed. Trying to regroup. Ideas. Thoughts.

There is still a chance. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter where you go as long as it's one of T20 schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so sorry OP.
What are your kid's stats?
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DD
1420 SAT (test anxiety so we knew this was not great)
GPA unweighted 4.0. Tons of APs
Great ECs
Strong interview
What I thought was a good essay

Not an athlete. Did dance since 8 years old but injured last year.


Sister at notre dame (and got into both svhools - also crushing for DD)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan State, Indiana, Syracuse,
Reaches - UVA & UNC Chapel Hill

oh, ffs

+1

WTAH?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is crushed. Trying to regroup. Ideas. Thoughts.

I posted in another group that one of my high school acquaintances left Penn State after sophomore year to transfer to Yale. That was surprising to me.

When a dream opportunity fails to materialize, it seems to me it's worth asking: 1) how else can I achieve/get something similar and 2) is it possible to try again?

If this is soul-crushing...what about a (working) gap year or transferring after a first year spent elsewhere.

Does it have to be a Catholic school?

I have a family member who attended Pitt undergrad and Georgetown grad. Try Pitt maybe?

Its late to be trying for Pitt

[Anonymous]

second plug for Kings College - wonderful option for the right kid..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is crushed. Trying to regroup. Ideas. Thoughts.

There is still a chance. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter where you go as long as it's one of T20 schools.

Good googly-stop.

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BC, U Miami and Syracuse, and others, have ED2.

[Anonymous]

Did she submit the 1420? I guess she would have had to for Georgetown.

Fwiw I have a kid who doesn't shine on standardized tests. He had a strong GPA and so we encouraged him to consider schools that had been TO long before the pandemic, since that meant it wasn't just a fad for their admissions process. It worked out well for him. Just throwing that out there as something to consider for the next round OP.

Good luck to your DD! And as someone who was rejected from Georgetown but admitted to an Ivy (a billion years ago) I can honestly say it worked out for the best for me. Hope the same is true for your DD!