No WL movement---done
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Anonymous
| congrats on picking Drexel - fine school and a hidden gem in many respects |
Anonymous
Strategic admission planning has become am advisable part of this process, it seems. For example, this, from 2021, is from a prominent boarding school, St. Paul's School: "While the College Advising Office routinely encourages students to think strategically about their early applications, that advice felt 'more important than in past years,' according to Ainor." It also might be of interest to view the variety of schools to which these students applied and were accepted: "Among those who offered the most acceptances to members of the Form of 2021 were Georgetown University, Fordham University, Northeastern University, University of St. Andrews, University of Vermont, Trinity College, University of California San Diego, University of Virginia, Columbia University, and Hamilton College." https://www.spshorae.com/spring-2021/2021/6/9/sps-today-an-unusual-year-for-college-admission |
Anonymous
+1 These pretenders are judging |
Anonymous
You sound awful. 80% admit rate unequivocally does NOT mean low quality. Going to a 4 year college with the intention of transferring sounds awful. You should have built your list from the bottom up and found safeties you’d be happy to attend. I have zero sympathy for you. |
Anonymous
| I think the key to picking safeties is make sure each one has at least one really attractive attribute, so even if you aren’t thrilled about the school overall, at least you can focus on that one exciting characteristic. Like Hawaii & San Diego State have incredible weather. Indiana, Oklahoma State, & Kansas have especially pretty campuses. Alabama & LSU are usually going to have great football teams. Etc. |
Anonymous
Don't be a pretender. There's a clear correlation. |
Anonymous
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I had a friend in the same boat last year. Very surprising results in a bad way. Was going to transfer. However he ended up loving the safety school and will now stay there.
Good luck to OP. Your child will recover and may like the safety in the end. |
Anonymous
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That’s why I liked that my kid’s HS only allowed 10 applications. He didn’t waste day of them on long shots.
Sounds like the OP allowed too many long shot applications. Next time, don’t bother. |
Anonymous
| OP, we're in a similar situation. DC initially wanted to try transferring, but we persuaded DC to plan for graduating in three years by leveraging the AP credits and aiming for a top graduate school. Many of these schools offer 1-year Master's programs. Ultimately, where you attended undergrad matters less if you hold an MS from a prestigious institution (if that kind of prestige is important to your DC). |
Anonymous
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A lot of those schools have high early decision admission rates. Regular decision is much harder, especially with demonstrated interest being important.
There was a podcast about some student applying to Yale and the admissions officers just flat out said it looks like this applicant just applied to the top 20 schools without anything indicating why he wanted to attend Yale. So demonstrated interest plays a big part. |
Anonymous
I feel bad for you if you think acceptance rate correlates with the quality of a school. |
Anonymous
So, your child was a "he" and is now a "she." We can tell which school she or he likely is attending. It's not Syracuse or PSU. Likely, it's Drexel or JMU because those two have around an 80% acceptance rate. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Sorry OP. But for all others reading and learning, this list is reach heavy and safety heavy. This is a WHAT NOT TO DO when creating a college list. |
Anonymous
| Makes zero sense to apply to 8 schools kid didn’t even like. Waste of time, waste of money. Does your school have a college counselor?? |