Today's Acceptances - which schools

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DS just learned of his University of Dayton acceptance today.

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NYU timing this week?

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Anonymous wrote:NYU timing this week?

December 15.

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UChicago is not releasing ED/EA decisions until December 21, late afternoon.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is not releasing ED/EA decisions until December 21, late afternoon.

How do you know this???

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

The initial announcement was misinterpreted widely. Georgetown is test-flexible. Students can apply and be accepted without test scores if they did not take the test. However, applicants were still required to submit all SAT/ACT sittings and all subject tests ever taken.

Would not surprise me if some significant fraction of the Georgetown app pool doesn't quite realize this, although the portal indicted this in bold and required non-score-submitters to complete a form explaining their inability to test.

Not an applicant, but I don't see anywhere a requirement of explanation as to why tests weren't taken. https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/flexible-testing-requirements/

It was in the portal.

PP's right. And for those deferred (like my son) they are encouraging the submission of scores--meaning, if there's a test anywhere near you in the coming months, you better have a very good reason why you didn't take it. My husband is still holding out hope for RD for our son, and I don't want him to go there at all! He only took SAT once, last Nov, did not break 1400. Had it canceled 4 times since then, plus subject tests also canceled, and we gave up. I am not scrambling now to get tests in. Son just doesn't care enough about Georgetown to make this happen either.

But isn't "It's in the portal" just a bit tad too late? By then you've made the decision to apply to GT as one of maybe 7 to 10 decisions. That isn't fair!

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is not releasing ED/EA decisions until December 21, late afternoon.

How do you know this???

It is very difficult to find. Go to the Application Portal, like you are going to sign into your UChicago Account. On the banner, the are the words College Admissions. Click on those words. This takes you to a page where the banner says: THANK YOU! As we prepare to release your EA/ED admissions decision on December 21 (late afternoon),....

It is very hard to find. Thanks to the kids on Reddit who patiently explained how to find this.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is not releasing ED/EA decisions until December 21, late afternoon.

How do you know this???

It is very difficult to find. Go to the Application Portal, like you are going to sign into your UChicago Account. On the banner, the are the words College Admissions. Click on those words. This takes you to a page where the banner says: THANK YOU! As we prepare to release your EA/ED admissions decision on December 21 (late afternoon),....

It is very hard to find. Thanks to the kids on Reddit who patiently explained how to find this.

This link may work too: https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/

[Anonymous]

My DD heard from UMBC yesterday!

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford? What kinds of high schools and stats?

I know of a local private school kid. Both parents went there and have made multi-millon dollar gifts. Smart kid, don't mean to diminish he accomplishments, but...

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford? What kinds of high schools and stats?

I know of a local private school kid. Both parents went there and have made multi-millon dollar gifts. Smart kid, don't mean to diminish he accomplishments, but...

Rejected...Our son has a 4.85/4.0 at a VA Governor's STEM School. 1550 SAT/ 35 ACT, 8 varsity letter's, captainship in one. Has dedicated over 700 hours of community service to include youth advisory board of the largest youth volunteer organization in our area. Club sports at the highest level and all of the other obligatory clubs...National, Spanish, Science and Math Honor Society as well as Special Olympics Committee. Reality is these schools are a crapshoot, can't get mad if you don't make it.

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Yep. Thousands and thousands of non-hooked kids look just like this. Your DS is awesome, OP, and hope he didn’t have his heart set on it. He’ll do great wherever he goes.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford? What kinds of high schools and stats?

I know of a local private school kid. Both parents went there and have made multi-millon dollar gifts. Smart kid, don't mean to diminish he accomplishments, but...

Rejected...Our son has a 4.85/4.0 at a VA Governor's STEM School. 1550 SAT/ 35 ACT, 8 varsity letter's, captainship in one. Has dedicated over 700 hours of community service to include youth advisory board of the largest youth volunteer organization in our area. Club sports at the highest level and all of the other obligatory clubs...National, Spanish, Science and Math Honor Society as well as Special Olympics Committee. Reality is these schools are a crapshoot, can't get mad if you don't make it.

So sorry your kid was disappointed. You have the right attitude. It isn't him. This is a really hard process precisely because of the ambiguities and the variabilities.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford? What kinds of high schools and stats?

I know of a local private school kid. Both parents went there and have made multi-millon dollar gifts. Smart kid, don't mean to diminish he accomplishments, but...

Rejected...Our son has a 4.85/4.0 at a VA Governor's STEM School. 1550 SAT/ 35 ACT, 8 varsity letter's, captainship in one. Has dedicated over 700 hours of community service to include youth advisory board of the largest youth volunteer organization in our area. Club sports at the highest level and all of the other obligatory clubs...National, Spanish, Science and Math Honor Society as well as Special Olympics Committee. Reality is these schools are a crapshoot, can't get mad if you don't make it.

Yep. Thousands and thousands of non-hooked kids look just like this. Your DS is awesome, OP, and hope he didn’t have his heart set on it. He’ll do great wherever he goes.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford? What kinds of high schools and stats?

I know of a local private school kid. Both parents went there and have made multi-millon dollar gifts. Smart kid, don't mean to diminish he accomplishments, but...

Rejected...Our son has a 4.85/4.0 at a VA Governor's STEM School. 1550 SAT/ 35 ACT, 8 varsity letter's, captainship in one. Has dedicated over 700 hours of community service to include youth advisory board of the largest youth volunteer organization in our area. Club sports at the highest level and all of the other obligatory clubs...National, Spanish, Science and Math Honor Society as well as Special Olympics Committee. Reality is these schools are a crapshoot, can't get mad if you don't make it.

Yep. Thousands and thousands of non-hooked kids look just like this. Your DS is awesome, OP, and hope he didn’t have his heart set on it. He’ll do great wherever he goes.

Did PP say her kid was unhooked?