Accepted Harvard SCEA
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Anonymous
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Waitlisted at Williams and Bowdoin
Rejected at MIT, Pomona, Swarthmore 1600 SAT 4.93 GPA Slew of national distinctions We're holding up just fine, but this year seems brutal. |
Anonymous
Thank God you are holding up. I was losing sleep for you. 
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Anonymous
| Congrats. |
Anonymous
| Is there a point or question? I get it, just want to brag a bit. I see you. |
Anonymous
| Why did you continue on applying RD if SCEA to Harvard? Just for bragging rights? I would have snagged the SCEA and let my kid coast for the rest of the year (yes, I'm a Harvard alum). |
Anonymous
| But OP those rejections/waitlists may be more about yield protection - those other schools were banking on the fact that your kid would get into a better school or Ivy. |
Anonymous
| Congratulations! |
Anonymous
It's never enough. OP wasn't to be able to brag to friends about everywhere the snowflake was accepted and what a tough decision. |
Anonymous
Some schools yield protect, but none of the ones in the first post do. Take a look at the admitted profile. Scary stuff: https://www.pomona.edu/news/2018/03/16-introducing-pomona-college-class-2022 https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/3_16_2018_admittedstudents/ |
Anonymous
I would have thought that the Williams stats would be stronger. |
Anonymous
| Wow, people are being mean to OP. I think they were just trying to show how random the whole thing is. Although I would be kind of annoyed if DC were a classmate of this person who had already been accepted to Harvard but felt compelled to submit that many more applications. |
Anonymous
| OP - Is your kid a Harvard legacy that didn't want to go to Harvard? |
Anonymous
Hugs OP. I'm praying for you and yours. |
Anonymous
Is geographic affirmative action stronger than ever? because i work in a public school in south central pa and in the senior class this year we've had 6 kids already get in (early decision) into top 15-20 schools (out of a class of 350ish or something) - none were athletic recruits or urm and i can't say they were of the same stats as what i see on these boards or touted on college confidential. |
Anonymous
Maybe I have low standards but that seems ridicolous. Keep in mind that both pomona and williams admit URMs to a substantial degree, recruited athletes, first-gen students, and other community organizations, and yet they still have sky high scores of 730+ on each section of the SAT and 33+ on the ACT. 95% in the top 10%. It makes you wonder what the expectation would be for students who didn't have those hooks. |