Ed to Vanderbilt - anyone have a kid who applied?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Email just came out at 5pm central today that decisions will be out at 5pm central tomorrow.

Finally. They’ve put everyone through hell waiting on this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.

Hahahaha 19 kids from our graduating class of 200 applied early to Brown.

How many did they accept? Asking bc similar at ours ( 1/2 kids for 1/2 size class) and Brown only accepted one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.

Happens every year to multiple schools. We have 6-7 ED Northwestern, 4-6 ED Duke, 9-10 ED Vanderbilt. Not hard to believe from a private school where over half the class EDs somewhere. The counselors will tell you how many candidates are in each bucket (no names) and where you fall within that bucket, so you can plan accordingly. For example, my son applied ED to a school with 6-7 other kids planning to ED. He was told he was at the top of that bucket and would compare favorably, so went for it. He knew of stronger kids and legacy kids doing ED to another school, and he took that into consideration when making his ED analysis. This is a class of 150 kids and a very strong college counseling staff that is incredibly hands-on in the process.

Similar at our school and yet they give the message strongly that students are not competing against each other, ie. 2 years ago 8 kids admitted to Stanford, last year zero were. Do you think it's bogus and they are just trying to keep the peace, reduce competition, and ill will?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Email just came out at 5pm central today that decisions will be out at 5pm central tomorrow.

Finally. They’ve put everyone through hell waiting on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Email just came out at 5pm central today that decisions will be out at 5pm central tomorrow.

Good luck! The anticipation is quite something. the only thing longer that the 3 minutes before portal posts, was the microsecond when their face starts moving and you are waiting to learn if it's moving in the right or wrong direction. Even when you know it will all work out and this one school is not the be all, this ED system is not for the faint at heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.

Happens every year to multiple schools. We have 6-7 ED Northwestern, 4-6 ED Duke, 9-10 ED Vanderbilt. Not hard to believe from a private school where over half the class EDs somewhere. The counselors will tell you how many candidates are in each bucket (no names) and where you fall within that bucket, so you can plan accordingly. For example, my son applied ED to a school with 6-7 other kids planning to ED. He was told he was at the top of that bucket and would compare favorably, so went for it. He knew of stronger kids and legacy kids doing ED to another school, and he took that into consideration when making his ED analysis. This is a class of 150 kids and a very strong college counseling staff that is incredibly hands-on in the process.

Similar at our school and yet they give the message strongly that students are not competing against each other, ie. 2 years ago 8 kids admitted to Stanford, last year zero were. Do you think it's bogus and they are just trying to keep the peace, reduce competition, and ill will?

how many of those 8 were hooked?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.

Happens every year to multiple schools. We have 6-7 ED Northwestern, 4-6 ED Duke, 9-10 ED Vanderbilt. Not hard to believe from a private school where over half the class EDs somewhere. The counselors will tell you how many candidates are in each bucket (no names) and where you fall within that bucket, so you can plan accordingly. For example, my son applied ED to a school with 6-7 other kids planning to ED. He was told he was at the top of that bucket and would compare favorably, so went for it. He knew of stronger kids and legacy kids doing ED to another school, and he took that into consideration when making his ED analysis. This is a class of 150 kids and a very strong college counseling staff that is incredibly hands-on in the process.

This is peak privilege.
Our fcps puboic gives zero info to students about how many students are ED-inv to a particular school so they have no clue how much. Competition they have or where they stand. Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.

Happens every year to multiple schools. We have 6-7 ED Northwestern, 4-6 ED Duke, 9-10 ED Vanderbilt. Not hard to believe from a private school where over half the class EDs somewhere. The counselors will tell you how many candidates are in each bucket (no names) and where you fall within that bucket, so you can plan accordingly. For example, my son applied ED to a school with 6-7 other kids planning to ED. He was told he was at the top of that bucket and would compare favorably, so went for it. He knew of stronger kids and legacy kids doing ED to another school, and he took that into consideration when making his ED analysis. This is a class of 150 kids and a very strong college counseling staff that is incredibly hands-on in the process.

DP. I thought The CCO you describe only existed in my dreams. Ours does nothing to help students (at least not my student) and reveals no information about others applying to help them figure out their chances. They really just submit the required documents.

I know private parents who get pissed off by this. When CCOs steer their kids away from certain schools in favor of others because they know the application pool and everyone thinks their kid should land at the same top schools because they go to a BigX and have worked so hard.

I’m not sure which approach is better.

I don't think any parent would be angry at getting more info from CCO on how many applicants there are for each university.[b] I have yet to meet a parent who would not desire this and I've been in the Big3 community for years with 3 kids. Parents are free to do what they want with this information (and yes, some will disregard it) but everyone is desperate to get it.

Private CCOs don’t largely provide this info-we were 100% in the dark with my DC on their ED choice. Pay attention when the colleges send regional reps for school visits-that may be all you get as a glimpse of your in school competition. It’s total BS!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is peak privilege.
Our fcps puboic gives zero info to students about how many students are ED-inv to a particular school so they have no clue how much. Competition they have or where they stand. Ridiculous.

This is not privilege or ridiculous. You get what you pay for in life. We are a solid middle class family. We prioritize education. Our in boundary school would not be a good fit for our kids so we decided to go private. We sacrifice basically everything to do this. No vacations. We don’t eat out. We skimp. That is our choice in how we spend our money. We feel we have earned every perk and positive thing that come from private schools. Do not demean that by calling it privilege or ridiculous. If you want this you can have it but cutting spending elsewhere or through financial aid if you qualify. How we each live our lives and spend our money is a choice - you made yours and I’m sure it comes with lots of perks and benefits. If you chose to have a nice car, or a big house, or a great vacation I congratulate you on figuring out what makes you happy and fits your priorities so don’t you dare demean the perks I chose that fit my priorities. SAT prep, private schools, high quality college counseling was a choice we sacrificed for and is most definitely not a privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is peak privilege.
Our fcps puboic gives zero info to students about how many students are ED-inv to a particular school so they have no clue how much. Competition they have or where they stand. Ridiculous.

This is not privilege or ridiculous. You get what you pay for in life. We are a solid middle class family. We prioritize education. Our in boundary school would not be a good fit for our kids so we decided to go private. We sacrifice basically everything to do this. No vacations. We don’t eat out. We skimp. That is our choice in how we spend our money. We feel we have earned every perk and positive thing that come from private schools. Do not demean that by calling it privilege or ridiculous. If you want this you can have it but cutting spending elsewhere or through financial aid if you qualify. How we each live our lives and spend our money is a choice - you made yours and I’m sure it comes with lots of perks and benefits. If you chose to have a nice car, or a big house, or a great vacation I congratulate you on figuring out what makes you happy and fits your priorities so don’t you dare demean the perks I chose that fit my priorities. SAT prep, private schools, high quality college counseling was a choice we sacrificed for and is most definitely not a privilege.

You don't get it. Many, many people skimp just to make ends meet; the fact that you have enough money to make this choice IS the privilege.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Email just came out at 5pm central today that decisions will be out at 5pm central tomorrow.

Good luck! The anticipation is quite something. the only thing longer that the 3 minutes before portal posts, was the microsecond when their face starts moving and you are waiting to learn if it's moving in the right or wrong direction. Even when you know it will all work out and this one school is not the be all, this ED system is not for the faint at heart.

You really need to calm down and get some perspective. This level of anxiety for the adult is not okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Email just came out at 5pm central today that decisions will be out at 5pm central tomorrow.

Good luck! The anticipation is quite something. the only thing longer that the 3 minutes before portal posts, was the microsecond when their face starts moving and you are waiting to learn if it's moving in the right or wrong direction. Even when you know it will all work out and this one school is not the be all, this ED system is not for the faint at heart.

You really need to calm down and get some perspective. This level of anxiety for the adult is not okay.

I take it you do not have a kid with a chance to be admitted to a highly selective school? No judgment, but time to sit down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is peak privilege.
Our fcps puboic gives zero info to students about how many students are ED-inv to a particular school so they have no clue how much. Competition they have or where they stand. Ridiculous.

This is not privilege or ridiculous. You get what you pay for in life. We are a solid middle class family. We prioritize education. Our in boundary school would not be a good fit for our kids so we decided to go private. We sacrifice basically everything to do this. No vacations. We don’t eat out. We skimp. That is our choice in how we spend our money. We feel we have earned every perk and positive thing that come from private schools. Do not demean that by calling it privilege or ridiculous. If you want this you can have it but cutting spending elsewhere or through financial aid if you qualify. How we each live our lives and spend our money is a choice - you made yours and I’m sure it comes with lots of perks and benefits. If you chose to have a nice car, or a big house, or a great vacation I congratulate you on figuring out what makes you happy and fits your priorities so don’t you dare demean the perks I chose that fit my priorities. SAT prep, private schools, high quality college counseling was a choice we sacrificed for and is most definitely not a privilege.

Ick to this response. What if we can’t afford private AND don’t have a big house or fancy car or European vacations. You need to get out of your bubble friend.

[Anonymous]

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why you would ED to Vanderbilt over Emory? Maybe if you had lower stats. The kids at our high school always choose Emory.

Look, we found the high school entirely populated by idiots. Name one thing about Emory that is better than anything at Vandy.