Applying to Harvard and Princeton “for fun”

[Anonymous]

A classmate of my kid's at a stem magnet got into Stanford REA, URM and for sure aid but won't presume amount. Applied to all the ivies, but what I thought was even more rude was the full-ride named scholarship at our flagship. I think it would have been classier to tap out on that once they got the acceptance as they won't let multiple kids from same HS into final round. Ended up at Stanford, no surprise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These posts read like a lot of parents being resentful that kids apply to other schools after getting in and so start claiming they never intended to go. REA and SCEA mean exactly that - you can apply elsewhere - they’re not taking your kid’s spot. Stop being jealous idiots, demanding that if you get in anywhere you stop applying.

You sound like a Stanford parent. Not like a Stanford legacy though…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD's friend last year REA'd to Harvard and got in, but proceeded to apply to MIT, Princeton and Yale (despite our school discouraging this). She told my DD she had no plans of going to MIT but wanted to see if she could get in. Just that type of kid. Not surprised though, she also told DD she felt pressured by her parents to apply as "low income" (they have a cash business but are clearly not poor- designer clothes, fancy car, able to fly anywhere they want). Using every advantage.

I wish there were a system to screen out kids who try to cheat or gain unfair advantages. I’ve seen those kids get into top schools without any shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD's friend last year REA'd to Harvard and got in, but proceeded to apply to MIT, Princeton and Yale (despite our school discouraging this). She told my DD she had no plans of going to MIT but wanted to see if she could get in. Just that type of kid. Not surprised though, she also told DD she felt pressured by her parents to apply as "low income" (they have a cash business but are clearly not poor- designer clothes, fancy car, able to fly anywhere they want). Using every advantage.

I wish there were a system to screen out kids who try to cheat or gain unfair advantages. I’ve seen those kids get into top schools without any shame.

A significant proportion could be outed by examining parents’ original visa applications…

[Anonymous]

I honestly wish there is a limit that each applicant can only apply to <10 schools: 3 reach, 4 target, 3 safety. Then the whole application will be much healthier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD's friend last year REA'd to Harvard and got in, but proceeded to apply to MIT, Princeton and Yale (despite our school discouraging this). She told my DD she had no plans of going to MIT but wanted to see if she could get in. Just that type of kid. Not surprised though, she also told DD she felt pressured by her parents to apply as "low income" (they have a cash business but are clearly not poor- designer clothes, fancy car, able to fly anywhere they want). Using every advantage.

I wish there were a system to screen out kids who try to cheat or gain unfair advantages. I’ve seen those kids get into top schools without any shame.

A significant proportion could be outed by examining parents’ original visa applications…

a bigot in our mist

[Anonymous]

our HS has a MIT Questbridge match who is about to apply elsewhere. The counselors have advised against it, apparently. Just wish he had more frank counselors. He won't get into HYP, not even close. Apparently he's worried about workload, but there will be support at MIT and trading down to a RPI or something is just dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Common App needs to add a form for parents and counselors to sign restricting multiple REA the way they do for ED. Kids shouldn’t be applying with multiple REA but some are. They found the loophole to exploit. A better solution would be eliminating all ED and REA. Hopefully that’s coming…

dream on ... 🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only thing worse are the kids blasted over the media who get into dozens of schools with hundreds of thousands of dollars of scholarships and everyone celebrates them. Applying to 50+ schools is silly. If they needed the scholarships so badly maybe they should have gotten a job rather than spend countless hours filling out application number 51, 52, 53, etc. I know the marginal effort is minimal, but it still takes time. They aren't special. They are selfish and disorganized.

someone is jealous

[Anonymous]

I would be very concerned about my kid's character if I knew that they were just trophy hunting. But that's just me. DC1 got his REA acceptance and is wanting to click accept. I've told him to at least wait til he gets his acceptance package in the mail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC’s friend was accepted REA to Stanford, but is planning to apply to Harvard and Princeton just “for fun”. Seems like the same set of kids end up getting all the acceptances to the T5.

Loser. Applications aren't fun. There are many better things to do with one's life. And it is potentially taking a spot from a classmate. Someone deserves a brown swirlie next time they are in the locker room.

You're forgetting about their ego though! it's not enough to get into one school and be happy, but to get into multiple and ruin it for others.

[Anonymous]

Private schools kid accepted at REA to Princeton-but not 100% sure really wants to go so applying elsewhere?! Like WHY!

[Anonymous]

One argument for having a lottery system for the top-ranked schools? Eliminates opportunities for trophy hunting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC’s friend was accepted REA to Stanford, but is planning to apply to Harvard and Princeton just “for fun”. Seems like the same set of kids end up getting all the acceptances to the T5.

Loser. Applications aren't fun. There are many better things to do with one's life. And it is potentially taking a spot from a classmate. Someone deserves a brown swirlie next time they are in the locker room.

You're forgetting about their ego though! it's not enough to get into one school and be happy, but to get into multiple and ruin it for others.

Eh, I don’t think that’s always true. These 17/18-year-olds who have been killing themselves for years may not be crystal clear on what they want and who can blame them. My kid got a golden ticket SCEA accept a few years back and was thrilled, hit “accept” immediately. A few days later she went into a tailspin and wondered if she should have applied to other places just to know what her real options were. She got over it quickly enough, went onto be very happy at the only school she actually applied to. But wondering about other choices is pretty human I think.

[Anonymous]

No it's greedy. Never would hire someone like that