schools that left a bad taste

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan for sure. Messiness with ED and seemingly everyone who was deferred EA was waitlisted in RD. I just don’t understand what they’re doing - even the tippy top stats/narrative kids at our feeder private didn’t get in!

Our DC private has 5 Michigan admits year in and year out. This year only one in EA. The ED kids with the stats, legacy, etc. were deferred and waitlisted. How do you go from 5 annually to 1?

Same with our MD private. We usually have 5-7 Michigan admits per year but this year only one

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Vanderbilt won’t seem to accept anyone from our school (well regarded private). Every year we have dozens of students accepted to multiple Ivy’s and top 10s but it’s been years since a Vanderbilt acceptance. This year our valedictorian applied ED and didn’t get in. She ended up getting into Stanford, Uchicago, Penn, Dartmouth, and Yale! But not Vanderbilt…
The college counseling department pretty much warns families not to bother with Vanderbilt since they seem to have a weird dislike of our school.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford and Princeton for accepting 2 well known MEGA-striver kids. Like the absolute textbook definition of striver. “Sour grapes” all you want, I don’t care.

What does this mean? They accepted kids that work hard and strive and that's bad?

DP. "Striver" here means getting ahead by deliberately stepping on others and being cut-throat at every turn, it does not mean honest and hard-working.

NP

Like how?

How are these kids stepping on others and cutting throats?

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Bryn Mawr for putting basically no effort into their admitted students day. It was pretty stunning, to be honest.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford and Princeton for accepting 2 well known MEGA-striver kids. Like the absolute textbook definition of striver. “Sour grapes” all you want, I don’t care.

What does this mean? They accepted kids that work hard and strive and that's bad?

No. Dedicating their entire lives to getting into HYPS. Brains wired only for college admissions.

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I'm not seeing the problem here. They dedicated their lives to getting into HYPS, they get into PS. So what's the problem?

Would it be a more just and fair result if the kids who did nothing just coasted into HYPSM while the ones that gunned HYPSM didn't get in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan for sure. Messiness with ED and seemingly everyone who was deferred EA was waitlisted in RD. I just don’t understand what they’re doing - even the tippy top stats/narrative kids at our feeder private didn’t get in!

Our DC private has 5 Michigan admits year in and year out. This year only one in EA. The ED kids with the stats, legacy, etc. were deferred and waitlisted. How do you go from 5 annually to 1?

because your school doesn't just automatically get 5 slots. do you know how entitled you sound?

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Anonymous wrote:I actually appreciate the schools that deferred DC and then denied in RD.

I knew a deferral was basically a rejection, but mentally it was still a lot easier to take than an outright no. It also gave DC the chance to stay calm and focus on essays over winter break.

And honestly, I appreciate that they did not waitlist after the deferral. It was a clean cut and made it easier to move on.

No hard feelings.

Absolutely!! If our kid had been WL after at their first choice after the deferral, they/we never would have been able to put it down and move on.

Very grateful for the clean break. DC is getting excited about a couple of their actual options - without pining for the one that got away!!

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The in-state results coming out of the UCs were the most nonsensical I saw. It certainly left a bad taste.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford and Princeton for accepting 2 well known MEGA-striver kids. Like the absolute textbook definition of striver. “Sour grapes” all you want, I don’t care.

What does this mean? They accepted kids that work hard and strive and that's bad?

No. Dedicating their entire lives to getting into HYPS. Brains wired only for college admissions.

You’re bringing some serious Tonya Harding-quality energy to the forum.

How? I can’t sabotage them if they’re already admitted. These two kids are known for hoarding resources and being the type to never help others out, academically and extracurricularly.

My guess is they’ll choose Stanford

Will take our Stanford admission thank you very much. You can wallow in your pity party and age prematurely as your stress cortisol levels spike.

LOL. This response is so disproportionate to the original comment that they will probably choose Stanford.

Mine is headed to one of the HYP so there is no pity party.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford and Princeton for accepting 2 well known MEGA-striver kids. Like the absolute textbook definition of striver. “Sour grapes” all you want, I don’t care.

What does this mean? They accepted kids that work hard and strive and that's bad?

No. Dedicating their entire lives to getting into HYPS. Brains wired only for college admissions.

You’re bringing some serious Tonya Harding-quality energy to the forum.

How? I can’t sabotage them if they’re already admitted. These two kids are known for hoarding resources and being the type to never help others out, academically and extracurricularly.

My guess is they’ll choose Stanford

Will take our Stanford admission thank you very much. You can wallow in your pity party and age prematurely as your stress cortisol levels spike.

LOL. This response is so disproportionate to the original comment that they will probably choose Stanford.

Mine is headed to one of the HYP so there is no pity party.

+1

The assumption that there's a "pity party" is comical. We can critique families who are bullish and ultra-competitive (to the level of insanity) without having personal grudges against schools that denied our kids. My kid is going to an Ivy+ and we know who PP was talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan for sure. Messiness with ED and seemingly everyone who was deferred EA was waitlisted in RD. I just don’t understand what they’re doing - even the tippy top stats/narrative kids at our feeder private didn’t get in!

Did they even reject people? It’s like 90% got waitlisted in RD!

Yes! Our observation, as well.

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Anonymous wrote:The in-state results coming out of the UCs were the most nonsensical I saw. It certainly left a bad taste.

Nonsensical is a normal year if you are coming from the Bay Area.

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Northeastern and Case Western are the worst with their yield management.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford and Princeton for accepting 2 well known MEGA-striver kids. Like the absolute textbook definition of striver. “Sour grapes” all you want, I don’t care.

What does this mean? They accepted kids that work hard and strive and that's bad?

DP. "Striver" here means getting ahead by deliberately stepping on others and being cut-throat at every turn, it does not mean honest and hard-working.

Parents like you really could benefit by chilling out a little. Really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The in-state results coming out of the UCs were the most nonsensical I saw. It certainly left a bad taste.

Agree, they are nonsensical, but then DC got into Berkeley, which made us think they actually read his application.

But many deserving kids were rejected or waitlisted from our southern CA school. Rejected but accepted to Ivies, Hopkins, etc.