It is so hard this year, McLean HS boy 4.6 GPA got rejected from UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yield protection. They make the crappy decision he likely would not attend...which given that out of state and private schools can be from $60-80K for donut hole families is really crappy.

They don’t yield protect at UVA. Yes Va Tech does.

Sure they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I weep at night for rich kids from McLean going to college with no student loans.

Plenty of donut hole families that will have to pay $80 (many loans) for each kid. In-state tuition is a biggie. $320k for each kid is a huge 4-year college ask.

If you’re a “donut hole” family you have no business living in McLean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why it's not a bad idea to transfer to a lower performing high school out in the sticks.

Sure, if you do it for all four years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I weep at night for rich kids from McLean going to college with no student loans.

Plenty of donut hole families that will have to pay $80 (many loans) for each kid. In-state tuition is a biggie. $320k for each kid is a huge 4-year college ask.

If you’re a “donut hole” family you have no business living in McLean.

WTF? We're a "donut hole" family living in Great Falls, in a small home. Who are you to tell others where to live?
DP

[Anonymous]

I have zero sympathy for anyone complaining about getting in to any school if you didn't apply ED. Zero. You don't get to play the field and then cry when you aren't accepted if the school obviously knows they weren't your first choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I weep at night for rich kids from McLean going to college with no student loans.

Plenty of donut hole families that will have to pay $80 (many loans) for each kid. In-state tuition is a biggie. $320k for each kid is a huge 4-year college ask.

If you’re a “donut hole” family you have no business living in McLean.

You clearly don’t live in the MHS boundaries so go away. There are plenty of donut hole families here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not “news” and isn’t a troll. It’s ok for a parent to enter an anonymous forum to express frustration. I do want to know if this is a white male. I worry about increasing racism as a result of this shift in the game. You assume you are too ranked based on measurements that, some argue, put some at a disadvantage. Schools try to create a student population that more adequately represents the world on a global scale, not just a historically white male dominated educational institution.

They said the majority admitted identified as more than one race when we attended the info session. It's pretty disheartening for Caucasian kids to basically be told 'need not apply' at every.single.info session-college tour. And every college flier we receive makes it look like all of these schools are 95% URM with the students they put on the cover. I mean if someone was up there in a room full of URMs saying 'the majority of our incoming are white (with a huge smile-isn't that great!!) there would be outrage and lawsuits...oh wait...dope!

Well I guess you shouldn’t have your kid attend because they might meet a URM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have zero sympathy for anyone complaining about getting in to any school if you didn't apply ED. Zero. You don't get to play the field and then cry when you aren't accepted if the school obviously knows they weren't your first choice.

Agree and all these crying kids were not going to attend UVA. They just want a feather in the cap. UVA figured it out.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of donut hole families that will have to pay $80 (many loans) for each kid. In-state tuition is a biggie. $320k for each kid is a huge 4-year college ask.

There are no possible options between $80k/yr and UVA? Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I weep at night for rich kids from McLean going to college with no student loans.

Plenty of donut hole families that will have to pay $80 (many loans) for each kid. In-state tuition is a biggie. $320k for each kid is a huge 4-year college ask.

If you’re a “donut hole” family you have no business living in McLean.

WTF? We're a "donut hole" family living in Great Falls, in a small home. Who are you to tell others where to live?
DP

Don’t whine about being “donut hole” when you choose to live in the most expensive town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why it's not a bad idea to transfer to a lower performing high school out in the sticks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I weep at night for rich kids from McLean going to college with no student loans.

Plenty of donut hole families that will have to pay $80 (many loans) for each kid. In-state tuition is a biggie. $320k for each kid is a huge 4-year college ask.

If you’re a “donut hole” family you have no business living in McLean.

WTF? We're a "donut hole" family living in Great Falls, in a small home. Who are you to tell others where to live?
DP

Don’t whine about being “donut hole” when you choose to live in the most expensive town.

Do you know what "DP" means? I'm a DIFFERENT POSTER. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have zero sympathy for anyone complaining about getting in to any school if you didn't apply ED. Zero. You don't get to play the field and then cry when you aren't accepted if the school obviously knows they weren't your first choice.

Agree and all these crying kids were not going to attend UVA. They just want a feather in the cap. UVA figured it out.

+1
Same with VT. If they *were* planning on attending, they would have applied ED.

[Anonymous]

Ridiculous that all these posters have fallen for the ED game. It should be abolished.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous that all these posters have fallen for the ED game. It should be abolished.

Nope. It's a fantastic way to show commitment to your first choice school. You don't have to ED anywhere. Just don't whine about it later.