Top Choice, but Spring Start Freshman

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What T20 schools even do this?

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Anonymous wrote:What T20 schools even do this?

Cool story.

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Anonymous wrote:What T20 schools even do this?

USC and Northeastern

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Anonymous wrote:What T20 schools even do this?

Cornell

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Anonymous wrote:Take it! Your child has been admitted to this program to hide their stats so if not in this program, not admitted at all. Because of this smoke and mirrors approach in admissions, more of the colleges are offering it and strengthening their programs.

More colleges are doing this, but it's not to hide anything. It's just practical to have people waiting to take the place of those they know will leave after the first semester for whatever reason, and they're pretty good at predicting how many students that will be each year. They lose loads of money otherwise.

Yes but you notice that the top students are never deferred to this option. My DC is in the same boat OP. No illusions that it’s not to hide his stats but so what? !

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Anonymous wrote:What T20 schools even do this?

NYU
Most selective SLACs. Middlebury started it years ago. They are called Midds

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Anonymous wrote:What T20 schools even do this?

NYU
Most selective SLACs. Middlebury started it years ago. They are called Midds

Correction they are called Febs. Too early to be posting on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:What T20 schools even do this?

USC and Northeastern

Northeastern is hardly T20

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DC’s friends had these sort of offers at USC, NYU, Hamilton and Tulane.

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Anonymous wrote:What T20 schools even do this?

NYU
Most selective SLACs. Middlebury started it years ago. They are called Midds

No, they are called Febs. I was one 25 years ago. The school started it because so many kids go away Spring of junior year and they saw it as a way to fill beds. They do a great job of having a great (and fun) orientation in February and graduation 4 years later, also in February, on the ski slopes. I loved coming in as a Feb. Since there were only about 100 of us, we were a tight knit group, which was nice to have entering college.

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Anonymous wrote:DD was a spring admit to her very top top R E A C H school and she accepted without hesitation. But she's a very adaptable and optimistic person. She knew this school was right for her.

This was my DD as well. Regarding stats, she was in the middle 50th %; with the school's low admission rate and other factors, the school was a reach (even tho she was middle of the pack). She jumped at the chance to go starting in January. She did great and had a great experience. Great employment too.

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Anonymous wrote:What T20 schools even do this?

USC and Northeastern

Those are not not T20 schools

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Anonymous wrote:DS was admitted to his dream school... but for summer 2022 semester. The summer semester literally starts 3 days after his HS graduation.

Accepting changes everything that was planned for the summer. Heck, it'll completely change the plans we have for graduation.

I was ecstatic when he read the first word "Congratulations," and then devastated when I learned it was only if he started summer semester.

I know it sounds terrible, but I don't want him to be gone THREE days after he graduates HS. However, I know that I can't hold him back from his dream school. He's literally talked about attending this school since he was in MS. It just seems so rushed...

If his dream school is Penn State, I know someone who was admitted for the summer session. He called and said he couldn't make it. They said ok, see you in the fall.
Sounds ridiculous, but maybe there's some play in the offer.

Yeah, what's up with the summer sessions? I know someone who is doing this at Penn State.

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USC and Northeastern. Those are not not T20 schools

So what? They're excellent schools with low admit rates that are incredibly popular. Get your head out of your butt - most kids would be thrilled to attend their reach schools under this arrangement, as PPs are noting.

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Why must “T20” irrelevantly interject on every thread and then feed irrelevant “T20” pissing contests?