ED2 success stories

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are most ED2 admits to selective schools female? And then male in RD to even out class?

Trying to make sense of what we’ve seen at our private over last 2 cycles with ED2. It’s hard for girls in RD universally.

Also have been told no shot at Vanderbilt RD unless Val/sal; best bet is ED2 and deferral to RD. Is any other school in the lower half of T25 like this? WashU? Rice? Emory?

That’s interesting. My small sample was only boys getting selective RD acceptances. But girls did well at ED. Perhaps the boys were also bigger risk takers and less fond of ED.

Interesting theory

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boys seemed to do better in RD at my kid’s small private in 2024. Results for ED1 and ED2 were the same for both boys and girls.

Same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys seemed to do better in RD at my kid’s small private in 2024. Results for ED1 and ED2 were the same for both boys and girls.

Same

RD "shapes" a freshman class. Colleges need boys too.

[Anonymous]

Well, this is depressing for my daughters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are most ED2 admits to selective schools female? And then male in RD to even out class?

Trying to make sense of what we’ve seen at our private over last 2 cycles with ED2. It’s hard for girls in RD universally.

Also have been told no shot at Vanderbilt RD unless Val/sal; best bet is ED2 and deferral to RD. Is any other school in the lower half of T25 like this? WashU? Rice? Emory?

That’s interesting. My small sample was only boys getting selective RD acceptances. But girls did well at ED. Perhaps the boys were also bigger risk takers and less fond of ED.

Interesting theory

This is such an interesting observation. I have a boy applying this year. I definitely see that he is going to be more of a risk taker than my girls were during the application process. He is willing to apply to more reaches and figures it only takes one acceptance. My girls were far more conservative in their college list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, this is depressing for my daughters.

Every single part of the college application process plays to girls advantages. Because majority of the people working in the admissions process are female.

[Anonymous]

In some ways girls are better positioned to apply ED because they seem to be organized and thinking ahead from the beginning of the process- 9th grade. At least that has been my personal observation. Boys seem to take longer to get into the college-admissions-organization-planning mindset. There have been several articles that discuss this. I’m the parent of a boy and my kid didn’t become serious and focused about college-related things until halfway through junior year/beginning of senior year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In some ways girls are better positioned to apply ED because they seem to be organized and thinking ahead from the beginning of the process- 9th grade. At least that has been my personal observation. Boys seem to take longer to get into the college-admissions-organization-planning mindset. There have been several articles that discuss this. I’m the parent of a boy and my kid didn’t become serious and focused about college-related things until halfway through junior year/beginning of senior year.

Yes, female brains develop faster and earlier than male brains. That's why they are doing better in high school and make better college applicants. I am a professor and have seen lots of my male students blossom a year into college and really finish extremely strong. So there's lots of potential unmined for male students who are developing later. Great reason to start Kindergarten a year later. Gap years pre-college are also more popular for male students.

[Anonymous]

I agree that the holistic admissions process favors girls. DD is at an Ivy and was on a mission to get to an Ivy starting in about 8th grade. She will admit she went through high school checking all the right boxes (clubs/leadership/awards).

DS is a senior and has the same perfect grades and higher SATs but nothing close with ECs. In 8th grade his maturity and sense of who he was was nowhere close to his sister’s. He thought he was going to play 4 years of football and baseball and go into engineering. Today he plans on majoring in philosophy and football/baseball is a distant memory. His essay is about not going through life with a fixed mindset and instead taking risks. My guess is this will all be lost on many AOs and they superficially will pass as on him as he has not checked all the EC boxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the holistic admissions process favors girls. DD is at an Ivy and was on a mission to get to an Ivy starting in about 8th grade. She will admit she went through high school checking all the right boxes (clubs/leadership/awards).

DS is a senior and has the same perfect grades and higher SATs but nothing close with ECs. In 8th grade his maturity and sense of who he was was nowhere close to his sister’s. He thought he was going to play 4 years of football and baseball and go into engineering. Today he plans on majoring in philosophy and football/baseball is a distant memory. His essay is about not going through life with a fixed mindset and instead taking risks. My guess is this will all be lost on many AOs and they superficially will pass as on him as he has not checked all the EC boxes.

Sounds like my DS, not having a seamless narrative. Your DS will be fine. There was a time when no one was expected to be thinking seriously about college until 11th grade but then things changed and with the way things are now, girls are already ahead because they plan better and think more long term at an earlier age.

[Anonymous]

Completely agree DS will be perfectly fine. He never ceases surprise me (in a good way).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In some ways girls are better positioned to apply ED because they seem to be organized and thinking ahead from the beginning of the process- 9th grade. At least that has been my personal observation. Boys seem to take longer to get into the college-admissions-organization-planning mindset. There have been several articles that discuss this. I’m the parent of a boy and my kid didn’t become serious and focused about college-related things until halfway through junior year/beginning of senior year.

Not a problem for boys who are recruited athletes. They get their ED applications in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 years ago deferred from Yale, from private in DC
ED 2 Chicago
SAT 1550
GPA 93
Got in

Of course a private full pay kid would get into U Chicago in any of their ED0-3. A 1460 would get into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 years ago deferred from Yale, from private in DC
ED 2 Chicago
SAT 1550
GPA 93
Got in

Of course a private full pay kid would get into U Chicago in any of their ED0-3. A 1460 would get into.

Ok.

Either way, the kid is at U Chicago. That's the end goal for this applicant. T10 to boot.

You mad?

[Anonymous]

Neighbor’s son got rejected ED1 to U Chicago.
Was accepted ED2 to Johns Hopkins.