If your dc gets into Princeton SCEA, would they apply to others during RD?

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Anonymous wrote:The child admitted to Princeton SCEA has earned the right to apply to as many schools as he or she wishes.

But what's the point? The ED and SCEA apps are meant for first choice schools. So you got into Princeton. Great. Go to Princeton. Why on earth would you rack up admissions at other very selective schools knowing very well you are hurting the opportunities for your classmates? I get the financial aid issue. But this poster sounds like a private school parent. Plus Princeton is well known for being extremely generous with FA. I don't think this is a money thing. It's someone asking for permission to be a dick to their kid's classmates.

17 year old and 18 year old students change at a rapid pace. Lots of growth occurs during one first semester during the senior year of high school.

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I wouldn't appreciate one of my kid's classmates getting into Princeton and then shot funning every other T10 college. But applying to another school - trying Harvard? While at the same time pulling every EA or RD school you wouldn't take over Princeton. I think that's perfectly reasonable. 2 apps is not being greedy, quite the opposite.

SCEA is not for first choices. It's about saying, I dont have an ED first choice, I'm going to do RD. SCEA offers no benefit, but I'm done with Princeton so I'll get it in early.

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Anonymous wrote:Our school also had a kid like this. They got in early and then ran the Ivy tables in RD and no one else got an Ivy spot in RD. (not an exaggeration--others on here will know who I'm talking about).

I think I know who you are talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:That's a complete a$$ move.

Or it could be about comparing financial aid or merit offers.

OP said nothing about that. And Princeton is pretty darn good about FA.

A$$ move indeed

The best. Princeton or Yale consistently give the best financial aid packages.

This isn't true.

Recently had a friend's kid get almost a full ride from duke but almost nothing from HYPSM school because estranged non-custodial parent was too wealthy.

Tell your kids to compete. You've already insulate them from competition by sending them to private school.
Sure your school might get at least HYPSM admit but most schools have zero.
You still have to compete for that one... and if you're good enough, they will take 2 or even 3.

Sounds like they got a merit scholarship from Duke which is different.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The child admitted to Princeton SCEA has earned the right to apply to as many schools as he or she wishes.

Good luck to that family (parents and kids) having any friends after graduation if that kid ends up at the SCEA after blocking everyone else from the other top schools. Public school parents may not get it, but in a small, private school community things like this get around FAST. Your kid is basically seen as a self-centered jerk and parents are seen as jerks for not putting a stop to this nonsense.

In the case we knew about - clearly kid and family didn't care what others thought. They loved all the trophy admittances (and made them public) and yet still attended the SCEA legacy admit school. It was all about ego. Not cool.

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Anonymous wrote:The child admitted to Princeton SCEA has earned the right to apply to as many schools as he or she wishes.

Good luck to that family (parents and kids) having any friends after graduation if that kid ends up at the SCEA after blocking everyone else from the other top schools. Public school parents may not get it, but in a small, private school community things like this get around FAST. Your kid is basically seen as a self-centered jerk and parents are seen as jerks for not putting a stop to this nonsense.

I appreciate your perspective, but still maintain that the student admitted early to Princeton has earned the right to apply elsewhere.

To be viewed as a jerk in my eyes, that student would have to apply to all top 15 universities with no intention or interest in attending most of them. A common example of applying just for the chance at a vanity acceptance is a top student who applies to both Dartmouth College and to Columbia University as the two have very little in common.

I'm not the PP you are answering but context matters. The student in question (that we know about) did exactly what you are saying - applied to Top-10 and all Ivy with intention of attending the SCEA Ivy. They just wanted to see where else they would get in so they could tell everyone about it. They were not seeking aid. Many of those other schools wouldn't make sense if the SCEA school was even a top-ish choice.

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Very uncool to shotgun everything else. They say they don’t compare students but no no one really believes it. Another one or two seems fine. Some kids SCEA where they are legacy so might have preference for another. Also some aren’t settled at small or large but small tend to be binding. But if you want to see your record on top20, expect to be very unpopular at graduation time

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Anonymous wrote:Our school also had a kid like this. They got in early and then ran the Ivy tables in RD and no one else got an Ivy spot in RD. (not an exaggeration--others on here will know who I'm talking about).

I think I know who you are talking about.

And the fact that this particular student is infamous tells you what people really think of the trophy hunters. Getting into a T20 is hard. There is so much work for these kids. And to have their opportunities wrecked by a fellow student who has no intention of going to these schools really sucks for these kids. These are profoundly awful families, and I hope the good privates kick them out. Naming and shaming is a good start. But don't apply SCEA/ED to schools you don't want to go to.

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DC was accepted SCEA to Princeton and was tempted by one other university. That university, however, was best friend's top choice. We took a walk, listed the features that were most important to DC, and compared Princeton to the alternative. Princeton won, easily, and DC decided that bragging rights were not worth possibly hurting best friend's chances (or those of any other classmates at our small private school). No additional applications were submitted, and no regrets. Trophy hunting is awful, and it does impact classmates coming from smaller schools. They remember, years later.

Princeton, by the way, has been all DC could have hoped for, and more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC was accepted SCEA to Princeton and was tempted by one other university. That university, however, was best friend's top choice. We took a walk, listed the features that were most important to DC, and compared Princeton to the alternative. Princeton won, easily, and DC decided that bragging rights were not worth possibly hurting best friend's chances (or those of any other classmates at our small private school). No additional applications were submitted, and no regrets. Trophy hunting is awful, and it does impact classmates coming from smaller schools. They remember, years later.

Princeton, by the way, has been all DC could have hoped for, and more.

Was their friend admitted to the other school?

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I'm a private school parent, and it never ceases to amaze me how many ways private school parents can convince themselves that their child was robbed of a spot they were entitled to.

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Do the other admissions, help leverage for merit scholarship?

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Anonymous wrote:It is totally a dick move to to get the early acceptance to Princeton and then go trophy hunting. They really do ruin things for their classmates. Awful families.

Agree. If you apply SCEA to Princeton, you know you want to go there.

Trophy hunting kids and their enabling parents are jerks.

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Anonymous wrote:DC was accepted SCEA to Princeton and was tempted by one other university. That university, however, was best friend's top choice. We took a walk, listed the features that were most important to DC, and compared Princeton to the alternative. Princeton won, easily, and DC decided that bragging rights were not worth possibly hurting best friend's chances (or those of any other classmates at our small private school). No additional applications were submitted, and no regrets. Trophy hunting is awful, and it does impact classmates coming from smaller schools. They remember, years later.

Princeton, by the way, has been all DC could have hoped for, and more.

This is the way.

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Go to Princeton's SCEA page. It says clearly that those accepted under SCEA CAN apply RD. So stop with the uninformed commenys