Ivy Day. Good luck everyone!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown: Rejected
UPen: accepted
Harvard: accepted
4.6 GPA
11 APs all 5s
1540 SAT
Great EC

Congrats! Private or public school? (Wondering because of the APs)

Public school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Should have moved to rural America during the pandemic.

Same! Idaho or bust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brown: Rejected
UPen: accepted
Harvard: accepted
4.6 GPA
11 APs all 5s
1540 SAT
Great EC

What is a Great EC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Brown and Dartmouth.

What a strange combination to apply to

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Brown and Dartmouth.

What a strange combination to apply to

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Brown and Dartmouth.

What a strange combination to apply to

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Brown and Dartmouth.

What a strange combination to apply to

Why?

Not PP but they are vastly different schools. Many apply to all the Ivies often blindly

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Brown and Dartmouth.

What a strange combination to apply to

My kid chose colleges based on academics. Those two seemed like they would provide the type of experience he was looking for. Location was irrelevant. Weather was mostly irrelevant. He'll choose from among the liberal arts colleges he was accepted to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Should have moved to rural America during the pandemic.

Same! Idaho or bust.

Your child wouldn’t be getting 5s on APs or doing the extracurriculars they did if you lived in Idaho.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Brown and Dartmouth.

What a strange combination to apply to

I think my liberal arts kid likes the academics at these two over those of more pompous Ivy schools. They are both more laid back and friendly and somewhat flexible for those in the ‘love to learn ‘ category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown: Rejected
UPen: accepted
Harvard: accepted
4.6 GPA
11 APs all 5s
1540 SAT
Great EC

What is a Great EC?[/quote

What 17 year old really has great EC if they have those grades and those AP scores
would love to know exactly what those EC are..please elaborate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Acceptance rates - Harvard 3.41%

Yale -4.35%

Both had well north of 50k applicants,

I wonder what the acceptance rate at those is for an unhooked white or asian applicant with 4.0+ 1500+? I’m guessing lower than the blended rate. Maybe much lower.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Brown and Dartmouth.

What a strange combination to apply to

I think my liberal arts kid likes the academics at these two over those of more pompous Ivy schools. They are both more laid back and friendly and somewhat flexible for those in the ‘love to learn ‘ category.

Agree - my kid felt the same way and applied to both and got in one ED. I don’t think it’s odd an odd combo at all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown: Rejected
UPen: accepted
Harvard: accepted
4.6 GPA
11 APs all 5s
1540 SAT
Great EC

What is a Great EC?[/quote

What 17 year old really has great EC if they have those grades and those AP scores
would love to know exactly what those EC are..please elaborate

Look at the linked in for some of these kids and you can decide if you think they impress or not. It has been posted over and over and over that the rigor and the grades and the first in class status is what all the applicants have. What else do they bring to the table that makes the ivies compete for them. It always seems to be some freaky standout talent ar something.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown: Rejected
UPen: accepted
Harvard: accepted
4.6 GPA
11 APs all 5s
1540 SAT
Great EC

What is a Great EC?[/quote

What 17 year old really has great EC if they have those grades and those AP scores
would love to know exactly what those EC are..please elaborate

12 years of girl scout
12 years of soccer
4 years of school bands (2 years as a leader) - never took formal music lessons.
elected student representative ( 2 years)
8 years of active church volunteer (homeless shelters, hospices, daycares, elderly facilities, tree planting, etc..)

Also, Took BC Calculus and AP physics in 11 grade