williams, amherst, swarthmore, pomona, bowdoin, haverford decisions today
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Anonymous
Did you know that Scripps only enrolled 328 students last year? You would if you viewed their CDS. http://www.scrippscollege.edu/assessir/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2021-2022-CDS_FINAL_V2.pdf The CDS shows 189 of the enrolled students were white and 9 were black. Scripps and the other Claremont Colleges have become incredibly popular in the past five years. Applications are up for very few seats. |
Anonymous
| My DS graduated from an SLAC a few years ago so I completely understand this highly stressful time. In my house, I was the one who was bothered by the rejections. My DS took them in stride while I continue to hold a grudge (I am looking at you Dartmouth). Take the day to be disappointed, but you still have a smart and capable child who will reach their dreams. 🥱 |
Anonymous
How many SLACs have a polo team? |
Anonymous
With those stats, there's nothing wrong with a legacy admit in this case. Clearly qualified. |
Anonymous
No. Im saying that a sensible system that accounts for historical disadvantage would produce demographics that resemble the population as a whole. In a system like that it would be easier to use Naviance data and placement within peer groups locally to identify a good mix of schools to which to apply. Under the system as it is this year, it’s not. Which is why there are a lot of kids with very surprising outcomes. |
Anonymous
Yes, there are many talented kids who may have impressed in different ways as well as those networked w/ legacy and private school connections, but (at least in the past), everyone's stats were not this amazing. This kid has racked up some serious credits (not all mentioned here), definitely not "a dime a dozen." This school actually came up as a hard target for her based on previous years' stats. Also, this year had way more applicants (almost double) than previous years. Don't try to whitewash it w/ "everyone's the same." Also, at no time did she think she was entitled to anything. She works hard for everything and was a great candidate. She has a right to be gutted. Gutted does not equal entitlement. Try listening rather than lecturing and offering a little sympathy for a kid who denied herself so much to be top stats. |
Anonymous
Thank you for this. |
Anonymous
I'm sorry. Hugs to your kid (& you). |
Anonymous
Thanks for this. |
Anonymous
95% of Williams students rank in the top 10% of their class. They have high academic expectations for athletes. |
Anonymous
Applying to College |
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Hugs to those smarting from yesterday's news. DS also was denied at Williams although he didn't have straight As so we never really expected an acceptance. Just curious - what's the Plan B for those wait listed or denied so far?
My kid wants to work in Washington or a state capitol and is lucky to have a little merit aid at schools like AU so that is certainly rising as an option, especially given some of the cool mentoring & academic programs and internships American offers in his major. U of Richmond also is an option although not as appealing at this point. |
Anonymous
My kid has 1560 and 4.0uw, you can't expect anything. You can hope, but you need to cast a wide net. Competitive schools have stellar kids applying and can fill their class many times over with high stats kids. If OP's kid it wsitlisted everywhere they applied, yes, they had unrealistic expectations. |
Anonymous
Thank you for repeating the talking point of private schools. |
Anonymous
That should be amended to say first gen URM, first gen or recruited athlete. The high strats URM non first gen kids at DC's school did not get into schools that lower stats for gen URM and first gen white kids did. DC expressed surprise at the kids that got into selective schools EA and who didn't. |