Girl accepted by 39 schools and counting

[Anonymous]

I think more than 20 is just greedy
Your thoughts?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/student-accepted-to-39-colleges-with-dollar16m-in-scholarships/ar-BBUxVNo?ocid=spartandhp

Nixon applied to about 50 schools all together, and she didn't just choose them on a whim. She specifically researched schools that are diverse and have her desired major: International Business.

[Anonymous]

She received $1.6m in combined scholarship funding. That's nuts.

Good for her, she's a role model.

[Anonymous]

I see nothing wrong with this. I always tell my daughter having options to choose from is much better than having to take what you can get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She received $1.6m in combined scholarship funding. That's nuts.

Good for her, she's a role model.

It is great she did well, but time to turn down some of that money. It isn't fair to the institutions.

[Anonymous]

My son found 7 schools of interest. Perhaps 50 suggests she has a problem making decisions?

[Anonymous]

What a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a waste of money.

How much did it cost you?

Oh wait, you mean someone else's money.

[Anonymous]

She could apply to 20 schools on one application.

[Anonymous]

It's obnoxious. Thousands of kids could do this every year but they don't because they aren't jerks. She forced admissions offices of at least 45 schools to waste their time on her when she had no intention of attending their schools.

[Anonymous]

She used, among other things, the Common Black App, which can go to 53 HB colleges. So it's not like she spent $5K and six months on applications. She just got accepted to a ton of schools, which is great news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She used, among other things, the Common Black App, which can go to 53 HB colleges. So it's not like she spent $5K and six months on applications. She just got accepted to a ton of schools, which is great news.

I didn't know there was such a thing - that's fantastic! What a bargain too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She received $1.6m in combined scholarship funding. That's nuts.

Good for her, she's a role model.

It is great she did well, but time to turn down some of that money. It isn't fair to the institutions.

If she and her parents are smart, they will use those offers to extract more funding from her top-ranked schools. Play the institutions off each other - it's the American way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's obnoxious. Thousands of kids could do this every year but they don't because they aren't jerks. She forced admissions offices of at least 45 schools to waste their time on her when she had no intention of attending their schools.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She used, among other things, the Common Black App, which can go to 53 HB colleges. So it's not like she spent $5K and six months on applications. She just got accepted to a ton of schools, which is great news.

But she wasted the time of the schools she was never going to attend, and if a bunch of kids start doing this to stroke their egos, the yield numbers will be out of whack, and some applicants who really do want to go to a specific school will be rejected because the school is accepting those who applied only to brag about the total value of their scholarship offers.

[Anonymous]

Good for her but I don't think it's something to be celebrated or positively highlighted, as many kids could do this if they bothered applying to so many schools.