So much disappointment this week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1600 denied almost everywhere
Accepted:

UT Austin University of North Carolina Boston College University of Georgia

Waitlisted:

Wake Forest Case Western Reserve Vanderbilt UChicago UVA

Denied:

Harvard Yale Northwestern Cornell Duke USC Rice WashU Emory

In the end, UT Austin was my top choice so I’m happy

UNC is fabulous!! Great choices. Your DC will do fine!! Congratulations!!

I was thinking the same. UT and UNC are great choices!

[Anonymous]

My DC is at an Ivy and there aren’t that many Black and Latinos. They count Asians in their minority numbers and the rich international minorities. What there a lot of is rich boarding or prep school kids.

At DC’s school 40% of the freshman class was from private school yet only 10% of students attend private school in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is at an Ivy and there aren’t that many Black and Latinos. They count Asians in their minority numbers and the rich international minorities. What there a lot of is rich boarding or prep school kids.

At DC’s school 40% of the freshman class was from private school yet only 10% of students attend private school in this country.

The reason the representation of private school kids is so high is because, on average, their numbers are much higher and their ECs are much stronger than those of public school kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is at an Ivy and there aren’t that many Black and Latinos. They count Asians in their minority numbers and the rich international minorities. What there a lot of is rich boarding or prep school kids.

At DC’s school 40% of the freshman class was from private school yet only 10% of students attend private school in this country.

Which Ivy is this? Dartmouth? Harvard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC is at an Ivy and there aren’t that many Black and Latinos. They count Asians in their minority numbers and the rich international minorities. What there a lot of is rich boarding or prep school kids.

At DC’s school 40% of the freshman class was from private school yet only 10% of students attend private school in this country.

The reason the representation of private school kids is so high is because, on average, their numbers are much higher and their ECs are much stronger than those of public school kids.

They are also disproportionately full pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC is at an Ivy and there aren’t that many Black and Latinos. They count Asians in their minority numbers and the rich international minorities. What there a lot of is rich boarding or prep school kids.

At DC’s school 40% of the freshman class was from private school yet only 10% of students attend private school in this country.

Which Ivy is this? Dartmouth? Harvard?

I guess Penn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC is at an Ivy and there aren’t that many Black and Latinos. They count Asians in their minority numbers and the rich international minorities. What there a lot of is rich boarding or prep school kids.

At DC’s school 40% of the freshman class was from private school yet only 10% of students attend private school in this country.

The reason the representation of private school kids is so high is because, on average, their numbers are much higher and their ECs are much stronger than those of public school kids.[/quote

Really baiting the public school boosters with this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1600 denied almost everywhere
Accepted:

UT Austin University of North Carolina Boston College University of Georgia

Waitlisted:

Wake Forest Case Western Reserve Vanderbilt UChicago UVA

Denied:

Harvard Yale Northwestern Cornell Duke USC Rice WashU Emory

In the end, UT Austin was my top choice so I’m happy

Your student applied to (at least ) 18 schools. You are contributing to the problem. Clearly many of these schools were not feeling the love and could tell that your student was not interested in going there.

Dp, parent of a junior at an academically rigorous private We just had our first meeting with college counseling and they advised at least 14 to 15 applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1600 denied almost everywhere
Accepted:

UT Austin University of North Carolina Boston College University of Georgia

Waitlisted:

Wake Forest Case Western Reserve Vanderbilt UChicago UVA

Denied:

Harvard Yale Northwestern Cornell Duke USC Rice WashU Emory

In the end, UT Austin was my top choice so I’m happy

Your student applied to (at least ) 18 schools. You are contributing to the problem. Clearly many of these schools were not feeling the love and could tell that your student was not interested in going there.

Dp, parent of a junior at an academically rigorous private We just had our first meeting with college counseling and they advised at least 14 to 15 applications.

+1. Yup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1600 denied almost everywhere
Accepted:

UT Austin University of North Carolina Boston College University of Georgia

Waitlisted:

Wake Forest Case Western Reserve Vanderbilt UChicago UVA

Denied:

Harvard Yale Northwestern Cornell Duke USC Rice WashU Emory

In the end, UT Austin was my top choice so I’m happy

Your student applied to (at least ) 18 schools. You are contributing to the problem. Clearly many of these schools were not feeling the love and could tell that your student was not interested in going there.

Dp, parent of a junior at an academically rigorous private We just had our first meeting with college counseling and they advised at least 14 to 15 applications.

+1. Yup

I think after the last two years it is clear that if kids are determined to go to a selective school (and by selective I mean T30ish) they have to cast a wide net (and make sure they have a couple of safeties to choose from). If colleges brought back SAT/ACT requirement, there would not be the need for applying to so many.

[Anonymous]

Ok, so then its the college counselors at these expensive prep schools who are causing the problem their families are then complaining about. Too many applications. Probably many of them to schools the kid knows little about. Colleges are aware of this scattershot approach and say “I’m not playing your game. I’d rather admit a student who wants to come here and is more likely to accept my offer.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC is at an Ivy and there aren’t that many Black and Latinos. They count Asians in their minority numbers and the rich international minorities. What there a lot of is rich boarding or prep school kids.

At DC’s school 40% of the freshman class was from private school yet only 10% of students attend private school in this country.

The reason the representation of private school kids is so high is because, on average, their numbers are much higher and their ECs are much stronger than those of public school kids.

No, it’s because private school kids are rich legacies, athletes, and connected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1600 denied almost everywhere
Accepted:

UT Austin University of North Carolina Boston College University of Georgia

Waitlisted:

Wake Forest Case Western Reserve Vanderbilt UChicago UVA

Denied:

Harvard Yale Northwestern Cornell Duke USC Rice WashU Emory

In the end, UT Austin was my top choice so I’m happy

Your student applied to (at least ) 18 schools. You are contributing to the problem. Clearly many of these schools were not feeling the love and could tell that your student was not interested in going there.

Dp, parent of a junior at an academically rigorous private We just had our first meeting with college counseling and they advised at least 14 to 15 applications.

For the 100th time: It’s not about the total number of schools applied to. It’s about applying to a range of schools with varying acceptance rates (below 20%, 20-50%, over 50%) When the overwhelming majority of schools you apply to have acceptance rates below 20%, you’re setting yourself up for results like above.

[Anonymous]

No, it’s because private school kids are rich legacies, athletes, and connected.

This and PP was correct about ED giving significant advantage to full pay families. Post Covid, more schools are using ED to fill 40-50% of the class, and full pay kids on wait lists will be also get preference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1600 denied almost everywhere
Accepted:

UT Austin University of North Carolina Boston College University of Georgia

Waitlisted:

Wake Forest Case Western Reserve Vanderbilt UChicago UVA

Denied:

Harvard Yale Northwestern Cornell Duke USC Rice WashU Emory

In the end, UT Austin was my top choice so I’m happy

Your student applied to (at least ) 18 schools. You are contributing to the problem. Clearly many of these schools were not feeling the love and could tell that your student was not interested in going there.

Dp, parent of a junior at an academically rigorous private We just had our first meeting with college counseling and they advised at least 14 to 15 applications.

For the 100th time: It’s not about the total number of schools applied to. It’s about applying to a range of schools with varying acceptance rates (below 20%, 20-50%, over 50%) When the overwhelming majority of schools you apply to have acceptance rates below 20%, you’re setting yourself up for results like above.

Well, we’d be happy worn that list, UT Austin and UNC are great schools.