Ed to Vanderbilt - anyone have a kid who applied?

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Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.

Happens every year to multiple schools. We have 6-7 ED Northwestern, 4-6 ED Duke, 9-10 ED Vanderbilt. Not hard to believe from a private school where over half the class EDs somewhere. The counselors will tell you how many candidates are in each bucket (no names) and where you fall within that bucket, so you can plan accordingly. For example, my son applied ED to a school with 6-7 other kids planning to ED. He was told he was at the top of that bucket and would compare favorably, so went for it. He knew of stronger kids and legacy kids doing ED to another school, and he took that into consideration when making his ED analysis. This is a class of 150 kids and a very strong college counseling staff that is incredibly hands-on in the process.

This is peak privilege.
Our fcps puboic gives zero info to students about how many students are ED-inv to a particular school so they have no clue how much. Competition they have or where they stand. Ridiculous.

I get why it happens, though. If the counselor discourages one kid from applying (even by just providing numbers) and their parent gets mad because another "less deserving" kid gets admitted, they'll claim discrimination and lawsuit incoming. You see it on this forum -- "the counselor advocated for x kid ED and discouraged others from applying because the parents were big donors" or whatever. It's why many private schools don't supply this information either.

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Anonymous wrote:Email just came out at 5pm central today that decisions will be out at 5pm central tomorrow.

Good luck! The anticipation is quite something. the only thing longer that the 3 minutes before portal posts, was the microsecond when their face starts moving and you are waiting to learn if it's moving in the right or wrong direction. Even when you know it will all work out and this one school is not the be all, this ED system is not for the faint at heart.

You really need to calm down and get some perspective. This level of anxiety for the adult is not okay.

I take it you do not have a kid with a chance to be admitted to a highly selective school? No judgment, but time to sit down.

I’m not PP but my kid just got admitted to an Ivy (and I calmly expected a denial or a deferral). I agree that if parents would calm down, this whole college application process stress could get dialed down 1000x.