If your dc gets into Princeton SCEA, would they apply to others during RD?
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Anonymous
| At my DC’s big3, this happened a few years ago. My understanding is that the CCO strongly suggests to the student that they consider their classmates when submitting other applications. If the student is confident that they will accept the SCEA, they should not submit to more schools. If the student has one or two additional schools they want to apply to, they will support it. It is the student that wants to apply to 5 other top schools that cause the problem. PP is probably a parent of a public school student with 600 kids in the class. They need to understand there may only be 70-125 kids in the private school class, so the number of unhooked kids at the VERY top are minimal (10-20). |
Anonymous
| Also, the SCEA HYPS private school admit isn’t just a top GPA kid. They are the superstar (top GPA, leadership and extraordinary EC accomplishments) that rules the tables and will get the admit over their classmates. |
Anonymous
| According to our naviance, HYPSM takes who they like. Some years 1, some years 6. I don’t believe anyone is boxing others out |
Anonymous
Or it could be about comparing financial aid or merit offers. |
Anonymous
OP said nothing about that. And Princeton is pretty darn good about FA. A$$ move indeed |
Anonymous
| Kids are rarely 100% positive about a college choice before winter break. I have no problem with someone in this situation applying RD to any other schools they realistically might choose to attend. The merit $$ and differing aid can be well worth it for parents and kids. Once you start talking about tens of thousands of dollars, you can't fault a family for saying let's see what happens and how we might be able to maximize things now that we actually have a little more leverage. There are kids who know their college fund is what it is for college and grad school too who are weighing the cost calculus (probably more than I think they should tbh). |
Anonymous
Have other families considered gifting the accepted child $$ to go ahead and attend Princeton? $ does matter. It would make my decision a lot easier 😁 |
Anonymous
You are still blocking your classmates. |
Anonymous
That may be true at your school, but not at most. |
Anonymous
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To answer OP’s question, yes. DS would 100% go to Princeton and not apply anywhere else. I think this is the majority of the kids who apply SCEA
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Anonymous
If the classmates were contenders, they would be fine. Schools aren't owed a number of slots from the Ivies. |
Anonymous
| We'd drop whatever was not already finished and in. |
Anonymous
| Yale admissions podcast was clear kids don’t block other kids. Also, no high schools are on a blacklist for any reason. All the usual myths |
Anonymous
Which high school? I'm surprised counselors allowed this. |
Anonymous
It would depend on the financial situation. If I was going to be full pay no matter what then I assume Princeton was their top choice and they would not apply anywhere else. If financial aid is a possibility and princeton is only marginally more attractive than other options then sure, they would apply. |