Surprising Results

[Anonymous]

I have only ever been surprised by one result. Three years ago a friend of my daughter’s was accepted to UVA but rejected by JMU.

By contrast you could draw a line across the Liberal arts U.S. news results and my daughter was rejected above that line, accepted below that line, and waitlisted at three schools that were tied in the rankings.

[Anonymous]

Accepted to Penn and Michigan, rejected UVA (instate)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is udub?

Washington

Just say UW.

Wisconsin is UW-Madison.

It’s called Udub. No one says UW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be mortified if I were a kid and parents of my classmates were this invested in my college results.

I’d be mortified if I had a parent who used the word “mortified.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UW Seattle (affectionately called UDub!) is a phenomenal school, depending on the major. It's extremely strong for CS, Engineering, Econ, Business, etc. and recruitment to local companies headquartered there: Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, Starbucks, etc.

Lots of people get jobs in SF Bay area after graduating.

It's a bit easier to get in-state or to an easier major like English. But if going into STEM or social sciences, it's pretty top tier.

Yeah, but people in the Pacific Northwest tend to be insufferable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be mortified if I were a kid and parents of my classmates were this invested in my college results.

I’d be mortified if I had a parent who used the word “mortified.”

Maybe more appropriate to say that it’s sad that there are parents who are pathetic enough to be so invested in the college results of their kid’s classmates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U Dub is an excellent school and a really, really hard admit OOS.

From our observations in my son’s decent DMV school, it’s a safety for any student with decently good stats (unless it’s CS).

We are also OOS and yesterday a school counselor told a kid that U Dub is a safety for her. I was surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UW Seattle (affectionately called UDub!) is a phenomenal school, depending on the major. It's extremely strong for CS, Engineering, Econ, Business, etc. and recruitment to local companies headquartered there: Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, Starbucks, etc.

Lots of people get jobs in SF Bay area after graduating.

It's a bit easier to get in-state or to an easier major like English. But if going into STEM or social sciences, it's pretty top tier.

Yeah, but people in the Pacific Northwest tend to be insufferable.

Nah! If you think that, you should stay away from the Northeast!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is udub?

Washington

Just say UW.

Wisconsin is UW-Madison.

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is udub?

Washington

Just say UW.

Wisconsin is UW-Madison.

It’s called Udub. No one says UW.

No shit. It's been pronounced "u-dub" forever. But it's written UW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is udub?

University of Washington

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is udub?

Washington

Just say UW.

Wisconsin is UW-Madison.

It’s called Udub. No one says UW.

No shit. It's been pronounced "u-dub" forever. But it's written UW.

+1

[Anonymous]

Small point. But after getting ED Michigan, why didn't this kid pull all other apps as required?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is udub?

Washington

Just say UW.

Wisconsin is UW-Madison.

It’s called Udub. No one says UW.

No shit. It's been pronounced "u-dub" forever. But it's written UW.

+1

At Georgia Tech last weekend, everyone pronounced GaTech as gah-tech. Had no idea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be mortified if I were a kid and parents of my classmates were this invested in my college results.

Welcome to this area, it's all they talk about for four years then they spend the next one stalking kids then when the kids start to find themselves and transfer, drop out, or stay away form the area they wonder what happened. This area is toxic.

Welcome to this area. You will move in middle school and be told to take the SAT before you have had algebra as part of a CTY program. You, a white girl, will be punched in the mouth in gym class for sassing a white girl you don't know who started picking on you for no reason. You will be pushed back a grade in math because you aren't ready for the MCPS curriculum. As a result, you won't reach calculus in high school. You will have to acquire an all new designer wardrobe to fit in with kids from new built-houses in Potomac. You will be happy when you move away again after one year. It will leave you with a strange sense of "WTF Happened?!?" that will lead you to read DCUM years later even though you don't live there anymore.

This is, by far, the funniest post I have read on DCUM.