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Anonymous wrote:I'd rethink his early choice because he's not getting into Princeton. He'd have a better chance getting into one of his other reaches. Did you say Duke really likes kids from his school?

I agree that he has very minuscule or no chance at Princeton.. But how do you stop your kid from taking his shots.

Duke in general has a preference for Carolina kids but I don’t think there is preference for kids from our school.

He started with Cornell, U penn, Duke and Princeton for Ed/ rea. Was able to eliminate Cornell (does not like the intense culture) but liked Duke’s play hard, work hard culture. Upenn is also in the running but again, I don’t think they have any preference for kids from our school.

I think he also knows that he has a very small chance at Princeton but he is a kid who is used to shooting for stars but also is very used to dealing with disappointments (comes from playing sports) so will be able to get over it quickly and pivot to other options.

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I would have him apply ED to Cornell, he has a better chance there. I know two kids with similar profile as the ops kid, private school 3.75 ish gpa who got into Cornell last year ED. They did not have any outstanding ECs. Cornell ED acceptance rate is pretty high compared to other ivies.

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This is one of the best threads I’ve read in a long time on this specific forum. I hope it’s helping you, OP.

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I have no recommendations on the school front but OP I hope you come back on admissions day EA/ED and Regular and let us know where your kid got in vs. where they ended up applying. Curious to see who was right, who was wrong, who was undershooting and who was overshooting. Your kid has great stats, BTW!

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Anonymous wrote:This is one of the best threads I’ve read in a long time on this specific forum. I hope it’s helping you, OP.

This is OP, this feels like a complement. Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:This is one of the best threads I’ve read in a long time on this specific forum. I hope it’s helping you, OP.

This is OP, this feels like a complement. Thank you!

It is- I’m one of the supposed toxic DC moms. Very thoughtful answers even if they’re not exactly on point or somewhat blunt.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks fine. Thanks for rubbing it in.

Every time anyone mentions their “very rigorous private school” I cringe. Everybody thinks their private school is “rigorous.”

The reason I mentioned is because he does have 4B+s in last 3 years and several A-s. I know if he went to our public HS which is very competitive, he would have a much higher GPA. He went to public school from K-8 and all his friends at the public has much higher GPAs.

Sorry didnt include it to sound braggy.

How is the "single sitting" relevant information?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks fine. Thanks for rubbing it in.

Every time anyone mentions their “very rigorous private school” I cringe. Everybody thinks their private school is “rigorous.”

The reason I mentioned is because he does have 4B+s in last 3 years and several A-s. I know if he went to our public HS which is very competitive, he would have a much higher GPA. He went to public school from K-8 and all his friends at the public has much higher GPAs.

Sorry didnt include it to sound braggy.

How is the "single sitting" relevant information?

I included since some schools on his list don’t consider superstore (specifically Princeton).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is one of the best threads I’ve read in a long time on this specific forum. I hope it’s helping you, OP.

This is OP, this feels like a complement. Thank you!

It is- I’m one of the supposed toxic DC moms. Very thoughtful answers even if they’re not exactly on point or somewhat blunt.

Yes it has been helpful. I will have him research some of the schools mentioned (rit, Rpi, RH, mines etc). May ask him to reconsider Purdue since it does a lot of yield protect and add one or two of these colleges. Just hoping for some good merit to justify the cost of them over NC State).

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Anonymous wrote:I should add demographics -southeast asian (Indian, male)

Yikes. Be careful on the essay….

Not OP, but should Indian-American DC hide ethnicity in essays? Isn’t the name a giveaway? So sad it’s come to this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no recommendations on the school front but OP I hope you come back on admissions day EA/ED and Regular and let us know where your kid got in vs. where they ended up applying. Curious to see who was right, who was wrong, who was undershooting and who was overshooting. Your kid has great stats, BTW!

I am not sure if this is a genuine request or snarky comment since I mentioned my son overshooting his shots.

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Anonymous wrote:I should add demographics -southeast asian (Indian, male)

Yikes. Be careful on the essay….

Can you turn ethnicity into a sob story, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd rethink his early choice because he's not getting into Princeton. He'd have a better chance getting into one of his other reaches. Did you say Duke really likes kids from his school?

Why not Princeton?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should add demographics -southeast asian (Indian, male)

Yikes. Be careful on the essay….

Can you turn ethnicity into a sob story, OP?

Geesh, I don’t understand these comments. Why will he turn ethnicity into sob story. He is very proud of his ethnicity. I would consider our parenting failure if it was any other way.

I am sorry for you if you think that’s what other ethnicities do. Calling other people’s hardships sob story. Get out of your hole and see the world.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks fine. Thanks for rubbing it in.

Every time anyone mentions their “very rigorous private school” I cringe. Everybody thinks their private school is “rigorous.”

The reason I mentioned is because he does have 4B+s in last 3 years and several A-s. I know if he went to our public HS which is very competitive, he would have a much higher GPA. He went to public school from K-8 and all his friends at the public has much higher GPAs.

Sorry didnt include it to sound braggy.

How is the "single sitting" relevant information?

I included since some schools on his list don’t consider superstore (specifically Princeton).

Not sure that’s correct, PP.

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