Rejected from Chicago, Northwestern, Williams, Vanderbilt...

Anonymous
Yeah, demand for certain schools exceeds supply (number of spaces in class). I still don't think it's random -- decisions are being made purposefully and with a set of identifiable institutional objectives in mind.

If what you mean by random is outcomes are variable and amoral (i.e. not consistent over time and not based on desert), that's true. Markets be like that.
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Anonymous wrote:I know a brilliant kid at Chicago that got rejected from every Ivy.


Chicago doesn't care about ECs; it cares about how your mind works.
Unless the EC is for their renown symphony. Yale is the same way. They take their symphony very seriously. Northwestern's symphony is only for music majors but there is one for non-music majors.
Anonymous
OP here. She was just rejected from Duke. Only Ivies remain.
Anonymous
Sorry but I also think this is a troll.
What school system is this? Or is she in private? No responsible college counselor would have recommended this approach.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:If she has her heart set on going to one of these schools she will need to do something remarkable during her gap year......not just work a 9-5 job. It will be an interesting opportunity to strengthen her application for next year.


Actually, working a 9-5 job might be best for this girl. Sounds like she already thinks she's fabulous.
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If she has her heart set on going to one of these schools she will need to do something remarkable during her gap year......not just work a 9-5 job. It will be an interesting opportunity to strengthen her application for next year.


Actually, working a 9-5 job might be best for this girl. Sounds like she already thinks she's fabulous.


+1 a year waitressing or working in retail will bring her back down to earth.

Sorry, OP. But it seems like it's going to be the life lesson she needs right now.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:How tough -but sounds like she must be a strong candidate so don't give up hope until all the decisions are in. If the worst has happened I would talk to your counselor and also check out college confidential and look for strategies for kids that are "shut out" from top schools. You may get some ideas. Good luck with this last round of decisions.


I agree; kids who have reasonable shots at Ivy League schools can often get into "lesser" schools even if the admissions cycle is done. I know schools like the University of Alabama will definitely look at these kinds of kids.
Anonymous
I have a senior in a private school and I can easily see this happening. One way is that the student ignores the counselor's advice. Another way is that the student has very high stats but that the essays and reccomendation letters were not compelling. I don't know about other private schools, but at my kids school the counselor does not sign off on essays.
Anonymous
Whether it is a troll or not, I actually think this happens to at least one family in this area every year. I know of at least one kid in each of my kids' classes who adopted a strategy of applying to 10 schools with 10% acceptance rates figuring it would work out somewhere. It always did but easily couldn't have. And no this is not what the guidance counselor or parents advised
Anonymous
This happens to lots of kids. The only difference is those kids applied to a safety school or state school. If you're in Virginia do NVCC and transfer to UVA. The schools your child wanted have spoken and don't want you child. Move on.

(Assuming she doesn't get into the remaining schools)
Anonymous
Well, to be honest, my kid was accepted to all six schools he applied, and we couldn't convince him to apply to a single "reach" school. He's happy where he is, but I still wonder which higher-ranked schools might have admitted him.
Anonymous
Creighton University is still excepting applications.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Whether it is a troll or not, I actually think this happens to at least one family in this area every year. I know of at least one kid in each of my kids' classes who adopted a strategy of applying to 10 schools with 10% acceptance rates figuring it would work out somewhere. It always did but easily couldn't have. And no this is not what the guidance counselor or parents advised


So the eight Ivies, Stanford and Duke? That's too risky. If you have the stats and don't want to apply to safeties, you should at least send out 18-20 apps to the top 20.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If she has her heart set on going to one of these schools she will need to do something remarkable during her gap year......not just work a 9-5 job. It will be an interesting opportunity to strengthen her application for next year.


Actually, working a 9-5 job might be best for this girl. Sounds like she already thinks she's fabulous.


And if she gets into Cornell tomorrow will you be eating crow?
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Anonymous wrote:If she did not get into Vandy - she is not getting into Duke and the Ivies.


I know a young man who was rejected from Vandy and is currently at Dartmouth.


Yes, it actually happens reasonably frequently. Non-ivy schools in the 10-25 range are very conscious of their yield numbers. Many of them accept most of their class through ED, so there are relatively few spots available in RD compared to the Ivies, and since they don't want to lose kids to the ivies, they often will reject kids with high stats and great ECs in favor of less impressive (on paper) students who have shown a lot of interest.


Someone is making shit up again. The same shit, but shit nonetheless.
This is not made up and is not "shit." It is reality in college admissions. Yield protection is all too real.


At our school the only kids that got into Vandy applied ED. All the regular decision students were rejected or waitlisted.
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