If your child had multiple HYPSM / IVY+ offers where did the choose?

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Anonymous wrote:Are these all from this year?

I want to know too

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Anonymous wrote:Nephew chose Rice w/ merit over Stanford. He really liked the “vibe” and is planning to go to med school so cost matters a bit.

OMG, no! Never.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm wondering about some of these posts. Like the UChicago people. Are they for real? Or did they switch to ED2 but mot pull other apps?

No. My son applied EA. Are you an alumni that had a bad experience there? How come you feel so strongly about people who choose the school?
What's your own personal experience with UChicago?

DP, and I totally get this decision. I loved the intellectual atmosphere of UChicago. I got accepted back in the day and my parents made me go to a higher ranked school and I still am kind of ticked off about that because it should have been my decision.

Haha, I get this too. I passed up UChicago 25+ years ago and I still think about it sometimes. I also passed up UChicago law too, but don't regret that choice as much.

Thrilled that DC '26 is applying.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm wondering about some of these posts. Like the UChicago people. Are they for real? Or did they switch to ED2 but mot pull other apps?

No. My son applied EA. Are you an alumni that had a bad experience there? How come you feel so strongly about people who choose the school?
What's your own personal experience with UChicago?

DP, and I totally get this decision. I loved the intellectual atmosphere of UChicago. I got accepted back in the day and my parents made me go to a higher ranked school and I still am kind of ticked off about that because it should have been my decision.

I had a friend in HS (now in his 50s) who turned down Princeton for Chicago back in the day. Thought Princeton was too much of a party school. Now a STEM PhD.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine chose Bucknell. They were willing to accept a slight drop in prestige and "wow" factor for a more robust and well-rounded college experience and a tight, loyal alumni network, particularly in the financial sector where they hope to work.

+ for the pipeline

slight drop in prestige? Not on east coast and, while I've heard of Bucknell, I've barely heard of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm wondering about some of these posts. Like the UChicago people. Are they for real? Or did they switch to ED2 but mot pull other apps?

No. My son applied EA. Are you an alumni that had a bad experience there? How come you feel so strongly about people who choose the school?
What's your own personal experience with UChicago?

DP, and I totally get this decision. I loved the intellectual atmosphere of UChicago. I got accepted back in the day and my parents made me go to a higher ranked school and I still am kind of ticked off about that because it should have been my decision.

Haha, I get this too. I passed up UChicago 25+ years ago and I still think about it sometimes. I also passed up UChicago law too, but don't regret that choice as much.

Thrilled that DC '26 is applying.

I also passed over U of C undergrad and law. But the U of C then is not the same as the U of C now.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford over MIT and Stanford.

Wow, that’s interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard over Stanford, Princeton

Please explain how your kid got into all 3 of these!

DC is very smart and worked hard.

Gee. Why didn't I think of that? You should be a college counselor. Brilliant advice.

Had to be some kind of hook. Spill the beans!

Yes, the hook was 1600 SAT, 4.0 gpa, high-impact activities, well-written essays. Shocking, right?

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Yale > Stanford > MIT > UPenn > Princeton > Harvard > Columbia > Brown > Dartmouth > Cornell

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Anonymous wrote:Nephew chose Rice w/ merit over Stanford. He really liked the “vibe” and is planning to go to med school so cost matters a bit.

OMG, no! Never.

OMG, yes. Rice is one of the best feeders to medical school there is. And if they were offering significant aid over Stanford would take it in a heartbeat before dealing with the costs of medical school.

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Rice is the new Duke.

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Anonymous wrote:Nephew chose Rice w/ merit over Stanford. He really liked the “vibe” and is planning to go to med school so cost matters a bit.

OMG, no! Never.

OMG, yes. Rice is one of the best feeders to medical school there is. And if they were offering significant aid over Stanford would take it in a heartbeat before dealing with the costs of medical school.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Mine chose Bucknell. They were willing to accept a slight drop in prestige and "wow" factor for a more robust and well-rounded college experience and a tight, loyal alumni network, particularly in the financial sector where they hope to work.

Looks like the Bucknell booster is back...

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Anonymous wrote:Mine chose Bucknell. They were willing to accept a slight drop in prestige and "wow" factor for a more robust and well-rounded college experience and a tight, loyal alumni network, particularly in the financial sector where they hope to work.

Looks like the Bucknell booster is back...

You mean loser? Bucknell is a very good school but it is kind of sad what a joke it has become around here because of the actions of one or a few people.

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Chicago over Dartmouth, Cornell