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Anonymous wrote:Same for my kid. High stat for everything. Magnet. Asian-American male. Wanted CS. Full Pay.

But, I am thinking that perhaps this may turn out a blessing in disguise because he has also applied to state schools and quite possibly will get into one. A kid with this kind of stat going to even a lower rated school remains the same kid. If he can save 300K in college cost then that is an immense leg up for him. As for the CS bit? He will still do the CS easily but will need to be creative in how he gets his first job and what he learns by himself. That should not be a problem for him because he is really a genius in CS. Yes, it will be a long RD road and the next 15 days are going to be awful because he will be back at the drawing table. But, que sera sera. Till date, every adversity has been a blessing in disguise. We are the luckiest family and so this will be no different from before.

I'm not an expert on this, but it seems like going to these uber elite schools matters very little for most kids in terms of their professional trajectories. To the extent it does, it's for a few niche programs and a handful of specific careers (academia)....but I'm guessing for STEM and CS, going to a school like Yale is really no better than going to a strong state school....

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https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/11/29/yale-ranks-124-for-best-global-universities-in-computer-science-faculty-comment-on-lack-of-institutional-support/

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Anonymous wrote:I love all the people talking about what Yale “wants”. They want people who stand out in some way, and that doesn’t mean grades or a particular subject matter. You look at one or two kids on their individual merits, which are impressive, but in the aggregate these kids are a dime a dozen. When I first started doing interviews many years ago now, I couldn’t understand how the kids weren’t getting in. After a while, I was getting a much better eye on who got in, and these were the same kids who had stood out to me in my hour meeting. And they’re the same kids that the teachers remember and I’m sure submit the most targeted write ups for. There is nothing wrong with 95% of the others - lovely kids, they all could succeed, but when you meet them in bulk, there’s just a sameness about them. Only once in the last five years was I surprised about an acceptance, and never stunned by a denial. Nice kids, all of them.

Yes, but this describes my kid who was rejected. Top stats, top magnet, national awards, unique perspective/interests and ECs. Teachers all remember this kid. Kid spoke at a national event and received handwritten letter gushing about it from a nationally known entity. I think for a public school kid, perhaps they needed the boost of legacy or a flashier award. You can't say all the private admissions have way more interesting students, but they & legacy kids do have a significantly higher admissions rate.

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Anonymous wrote:3 from Sidwell.

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5 2 URM girls, Four of them have legacy/connections.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 from Sidwell.

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5 2 URM girls, Four of them have legacy/connections.

Mistake Three of them

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 from Sidwell.

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5 2 URM girls, Four of them have legacy/connections.

Mistake Three of them

So no one from Sidwell in that not URM or Legacy?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 from Sidwell.

4

5 2 URM girls, Four of them have legacy/connections.

Mistake Three of them

So no one from Sidwell in that not URM or Legacy?

Why do you assume legacies cannot be URM?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 from Sidwell.

4

5 2 URM girls, Four of them have legacy/connections.

Mistake Three of them

So no one from Sidwell in that not URM or Legacy?

Only one because one URM girl also has legacy