Most surprising admission stories of 2025

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girl at our school. Probably a smart kid, probably good test scores, but not a top student and without top rigor. Got into Northwestern journalism.

I hate the parents who claim to know the gpa and schedules for other people’s kids. Mind your own business. You don’t know all that you think you know.

FFS!

+1000
These people have NO idea about the grades, rigor, and stats of any kid other than their own. They love to think they know, but they don't. And they certainly don't know what ECs outside of school a kid might be doing. Or what their recommendations were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girl at our school. Probably a smart kid, probably good test scores, but not a top student and without top rigor. Got into Northwestern journalism.

I hate the parents who claim to know the gpa and schedules for other people’s kids. Mind your own business. You don’t know all that you think you know.

FFS!

kids in smaller private schools know who is in the advanced classes (most rigor) and have been around classmates for 4-12 years. they know a lot about each other. They may not know exact numbers, but they know who is taking what, how engaged they are in classes, who does what activities, who gets in trouble, etc.

Not to the point where they care to share with their parents.

The parents don't know sh*t, yet they spout OTHER kids's stats like they are the registrar.

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They do it to make themselves feel better when their own kid doesn't get in somewhere. Happened to my DC - other parents were shocked when she got into three very selective schools. These people need to stop underestimating other people's kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girl at our school. Probably a smart kid, probably good test scores, but not a top student and without top rigor. Got into Northwestern journalism.

I hate the parents who claim to know the gpa and schedules for other people’s kids. Mind your own business. You don’t know all that you think you know.

FFS!

kids in smaller private schools know who is in the advanced classes (most rigor) and have been around classmates for 4-12 years. they know a lot about each other. They may not know exact numbers, but they know who is taking what, how engaged they are in classes, who does what activities, who gets in trouble, etc.

Heck, even at large public HSs (my kid's had 2600 students) know who is taking AP courses and who is not. Who is taking the "easy APs" and who is taking the challenging ones. Not that difficult to figure out. Because similarly, they have been with some of the kids since ES and even more of them since MS (our MS is 3 ES put together and then 2 MS go to the HS).

Who is taking what APs has no bearing on college admission. You really don't know anything about these kids and all of the things they bring to the table.