If your high-scorer didn't get in anywhere: where are they now?

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts, Occidental

Tufts' 25th-75th percentile range was 1480-1560 and its acceptance rate was 10 percent. Maybe it wasn't the reachiest of reach schools you were hoping for, but unless you bought a building it wasn't a safety.

Did I say it was a safety? No. I said that the person in question didn’t get into any of the schools that they really wanted to go to and they wound up at Tufts. I thought that was the assignment per OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes: UMD, WM, CWRU, Pitt, Lehigh, BU, UMN, Ohio St.
No: Harvard, Penn, UVA, NEU

Extremely surprised at Northeastern. Did you submit a 1400 or something? They hate submitters that are below median.

It was a dang 1560. EA, deferred, WL. 2023 seemed a little chaotic at NEU.

Mine is applying to NEU regular admission but really, really likes the school. She's high stats, 35 ACT + good sports, jobs and ECs and she's not at all confident of admission. I know there's a lot of hate, but our experience has been it's a tough admit for strong applicants. Based upon local experience, she's more confident about BC and BU, which are down her list.

PP. My kid loved Boston. At the time, really bummed about NEU. Accepted by BU with a chunk of merit. Still would have been $60k+/yr. Decided on UMD (from NOVA) and loves it. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes: UMD, WM, CWRU, Pitt, Lehigh, BU, UMN, Ohio St.
No: Harvard, Penn, UVA, NEU

Extremely surprised at Northeastern. Did you submit a 1400 or something? They hate submitters that are below median.

It was a dang 1560. EA, deferred, WL. 2023 seemed a little chaotic at NEU.

Same for DD with 1570 in 2023

I genuinely don’t get this. How is Northeastern rejecting kids with 1570 on the SATs? I know I’m old, but are there that many kids with scores like that out there?

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It’s a super score probably after having taken the test eight times

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Anonymous wrote:Yes: UMD, WM, CWRU, Pitt, Lehigh, BU, UMN, Ohio St.
No: Harvard, Penn, UVA, NEU

Extremely surprised at Northeastern. Did you submit a 1400 or something? They hate submitters that are below median.

It was a dang 1560. EA, deferred, WL. 2023 seemed a little chaotic at NEU.

Same for DD with 1570 in 2023

I genuinely don’t get this. How is Northeastern rejecting kids with 1570 on the SATs? I know I’m old, but are there that many kids with scores like that out there?

I know a 1580 who was rejected from a lesser school than Northeastern. Yield protection alone would probably be enough for the denial (assuming nothing else on the application was glaringly negative) but NEU is famous for ED gaming and gaming of all sorts. This is exactly the kind of thing I would expect from a school like that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes: UMD, WM, CWRU, Pitt, Lehigh, BU, UMN, Ohio St.
No: Harvard, Penn, UVA, NEU

Extremely surprised at Northeastern. Did you submit a 1400 or something? They hate submitters that are below median.

It was a dang 1560. EA, deferred, WL. 2023 seemed a little chaotic at NEU.

Mine is applying to NEU regular admission but really, really likes the school. She's high stats, 35 ACT + good sports, jobs and ECs and she's not at all confident of admission. I know there's a lot of hate, but our experience has been it's a tough admit for strong applicants. Based upon local experience, she's more confident about BC and BU, which are down her list.

PP. My kid loved Boston. At the time, really bummed about NEU. Accepted by BU with a chunk of merit. Still would have been $60k+/yr. Decided on UMD (from NOVA) and loves it. Good luck!

We're in MA these days but I can't quite shake DC, which she recognizes and makes her curious. She loves Boston but UMD (Engineering) is on her list, too. I would be thrilled to see her there, among many spots - as long as she's happy and engaged. Interesting days ahead.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts, Occidental

Tufts' 25th-75th percentile range was 1480-1560 and its acceptance rate was 10 percent. Maybe it wasn't the reachiest of reach schools you were hoping for, but unless you bought a building it wasn't a safety.

Did I say it was a safety? No. I said that the person in question didn’t get into any of the schools that they really wanted to go to and they wound up at Tufts. I thought that was the assignment per OP.

OP asked about students who “didn’t get in anywhere” not students who didn’t get in to their first choice. Come on let’s not be ridiculous and pretend “wound up at Tufts” is on par with having to go to community college when all Ivies failed.

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Tulane

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Rejected everywhere but Princeton. Was a nail biting app season!

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Graduating in 3 years with 3 stem majors (!) in honors from a top 15 in his field (it was a safety) publishing research and applying to grad school - we will see how this round goes.

He had a great time at his safety fwiw - lots of friend and it was good experience but he should have gotten in to those other 13 schools. It was a crazy outcome - white males from DMV faced a lot of unfairness in that era.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes: UMD, WM, CWRU, Pitt, Lehigh, BU, UMN, Ohio St.
No: Harvard, Penn, UVA, NEU

Extremely surprised at Northeastern. Did you submit a 1400 or something? They hate submitters that are below median.

It was a dang 1560. EA, deferred, WL. 2023 seemed a little chaotic at NEU.

Same for DD with 1570 in 2023

I genuinely don’t get this. How is Northeastern rejecting kids with 1570 on the SATs? I know I’m old, but are there that many kids with scores like that out there?

In RD they prefer kids w lower stats who are more likely to attend. If your kid wants to go, better ED up and get out your checkbook!

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Anonymous wrote:Did they go to a safety? Which safety? Did they stay? Did they take a gap year?

1560 uva in state. WL or rejected every other T25. Asian male. Loves uva!! 2023 was the hardest graduation year for our high school for anyone without hooks

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts, Occidental

Tufts' 25th-75th percentile range was 1480-1560 and its acceptance rate was 10 percent. Maybe it wasn't the reachiest of reach schools you were hoping for, but unless you bought a building it wasn't a safety.

Did I say it was a safety? No. I said that the person in question didn’t get into any of the schools that they really wanted to go to and they wound up at Tufts. I thought that was the assignment per OP.

OP asked about students who “didn’t get in anywhere” not students who didn’t get in to their first choice. Come on let’s not be ridiculous and pretend “wound up at Tufts” is on par with having to go to community college when all Ivies failed.

Exactly. OP's question wasn't "where did your uber high stat kid end up after not getting in to HYP or their other top choice"...if it had been, Tufts would make perfect sense. The question was about students who "didn't get in anywhere"...of course, on DCUM, "anywhere" likely means "top 10."

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Such a dumb thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is at Wisconsin, which was a safety. He has said a couple of times that if he had known this was where he was going, he would have had a little more fun in high school and wouldn't have killed himself taking such hard classes. In the end, no one understood what happened -- other than the two rounds of ED didn't work out and then he was stuck in the seventh circle of waitlist hell until early July. He got into one or two schools that might be considered better than Wisconsin but there are more opportunities in his major in Madison. I wish the process hadn't sucked so much and I wish he had been more proud of how it turned out but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter and he is happy.

Sounds like my kid's experience. Ended up at Mason saying the same thing as your kid about how they should have blown off more of high school and had more fun. Graduated last year into a career that was as good or better than friends and former classmates who went to much more prestigious schools.

Once the sting wears off, bloom where you are planted.

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I only know of one person who didn’t get in anywhere. They aimed way too high and even the private school guidance counselor gave them fair warning. They ended up in a gap year and reapplied. They ended up at a low tier NESCAC.