DCUM's least favorite schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Most of the schools were easy admits back in the days. Many Ivies had 50 60 70% acceptance rates. Ivies invented all sorts of gaming including ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Most of the schools were easy admits back in the days. Many Ivies had 50 60 70% acceptance rates. Ivies invented all sorts of gaming including ED.

Higher yes. This high, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Ten years ago was 2015. Except for Northeastern, none of these were anyone’s safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago
University of Chicago
University of Chicago

This is the answer. No other school has its own stalker that appears to pop up on every single post even tangentially related to the school.

I find the vitriol so insane that I keep jumping in to defend UChicago even though my kid didn’t even apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Most of the schools were easy admits back in the days. Many Ivies had 50 60 70% acceptance rates. Ivies invented all sorts of gaming including ED.

What century are we talking about here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Most of the schools were easy admits back in the days. Many Ivies had 50 60 70% acceptance rates. Ivies invented all sorts of gaming including ED.

Higher yes. This high, no.

At one point Harvard had a 90% admit rate. The admit rates were only so high because only the privileged elite could apply.

[Anonymous]

So the sorting was done before the application process instead of after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago
University of Chicago
University of Chicago

This is the answer. No other school has its own stalker that appears to pop up on every single post even tangentially related to the school.

I find the vitriol so insane that I keep jumping in to defend UChicago even though my kid didn’t even apply.

Same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any school their kid didn’t get accepted.

This.

[Anonymous]

Any school in a red state is automatically suspect on this forum.

[Anonymous]

High point

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A school that cannot be named, but it sends applications to every student and their dog to reduce its acceptance rate.

For my kid that was Vanderbilt, Chicago, and NYU…constant mail.

[Anonymous]

Is the Richmond hate new? It seems like Northeastern was the most hated the last 2-3 years.

[Anonymous]

This where parents can have some control over how they influence their kids’ expectations and open-mindedness about schools (and maybe improve their mental health?). If the parents are expressing their disdain about schools (controlled for legitimate financial considerations), saying this place is for Ivy League rejects, this place is below T-50, this place is MAGA, this place is in flyover country, and so forth, then the kids may pick up on that and not consider places that could be great fits in every way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on the Richmond thread, Richmond. But also UVA and William and Mary.

Why W&M? Amazing school