Did not get into Georgetown or Notre Dame. Now what?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is non-Catholic business major.
ND and GU were two top choices.

The next options were Vanderbilt, WashU, Emory, USC, CMU, NYU

No offense, but having gone through this last year with a child with similar stats (although higher SAT), I would suggest applying to a few low reach, target, and safety schools that they would be happy to attend. My child came from a Jesuit school and was rejected by ND (although he applied RD) and waitlisted by Georgetown (also in RD). Rejected by Vanderbilt and USC. Got accepted to Boston College in RD and is very happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your child should have applied to at least one safety school that they love. You need to fire whoever has been advising you/her.

How do you know that the student has not applied to other schools ? This was just the EA round.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is crushed. Trying to regroup. Ideas. Thoughts.

There is still a chance. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter where you go as long as it's one of T20 schools.

Correction: It doesn’t matter where you go.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is crushed. Trying to regroup. Ideas. Thoughts.

There is still a chance. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter where you go as long as it's one of T20 schools.

ROFL!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Your child should have applied to at least one safety school that they love. You need to fire whoever has been advising you/her.

How do you know that the student has not applied to other schools ? This was just the EA round.

OP said this:

“My kid is non-Catholic business major.
ND and GU were two top choices.

The next options were Vanderbilt, WashU, Emory, USC, CMU, NYU”

[Anonymous]

We toured Georgetown last Spring. Did the big group conference in the hall and then broke into groups for the campus tour.

My DS was literally 1 of 6 cis white males out of the entire group of about 100 prospects. The vast majority of the others were Asian and Indian males. Girls were barely represented.

He didn't even apply. He is high stats, his mom is an undegrad and grad school alum, and his grandfather taught there for two decades.

It isn't what it used to be.

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Anonymous wrote:The obvious: BC, Villanova, Santa Clara, safety Holy Cross. But you must have considered all these?

Holy Cross a safety? Hardly.

+1 Villanova is the safety on that list.

My 4.4/1520/500+ hours of community service kid (plus a million other ECs and such) got rejected from Villanova today. I wouldn't call it a safety.

Sorry to hear this, pp and op.

My college senior, after being rejected at Georgetown (my alma mater), went to St. Joe’s. There is a lot to be said for being a big fish in a little sea, rather than swimming with sharks.

There are many, many families with kids at both Villanova and SJU. Talk with them. My son has HS friends at Villanova and he’s even ridden the train home to DC with them on breaks.

The world is simply different today. I do wish they would limit the number of schools kids apply to, but I guess the schools might miss the cash and “selectivity” that comes with rejecting HS seniors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St. John's University in Queens. Basically the same thing.

Anyone have real experience with this school? I just know one local senior who attends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We toured Georgetown last Spring. Did the big group conference in the hall and then broke into groups for the campus tour.

My DS was literally 1 of 6 cis white males out of the entire group of about 100 prospects. The vast majority of the others were Asian and Indian males. Girls were barely represented.

He didn't even apply. He is high stats, his mom is an undegrad and grad school alum, and his grandfather taught there for two decades.

It isn't what it used to be.

Why are you posting? GU is known as a selective school. You didn't know that?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is crushed. Trying to regroup. Ideas. Thoughts.

Villanova
Bc
Loyola Marymount
U San Diego
Santa Clara university

Done - they’ll get into one of them if they were median students for nd and gtown

WRONG. None of these are true safeties anymore. Safeties accept 70 or 80% of students and you are sure to visit them, apply for Honors College, etc., especially if you are “hook-less.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is non-Catholic business major.
ND and GU were two top choices.

The next options were Vanderbilt, WashU, Emory, USC, CMU, NYU

No offense, but having gone through this last year with a child with similar stats (although higher SAT), I would suggest applying to a few low reach, target, and safety schools that they would be happy to attend. My child came from a Jesuit school and was rejected by ND (although he applied RD) and waitlisted by Georgetown (also in RD). Rejected by Vanderbilt and USC. Got accepted to Boston College in RD and is very happy.

+1

Parents in general need to familiarize themselves better with which schools are a reach. Great job!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your child should have applied to at least one safety school that they love. You need to fire whoever has been advising you/her.

How do you know that the student has not applied to other schools ? This was just the EA round.

OP said this:

“My kid is non-Catholic business major.
ND and GU were two top choices.

The next options were Vanderbilt, WashU, Emory, USC, CMU, NYU”

Applied to a few regualr EA schools like Northeastern, UVA, USC, etc.
ND and GU were just top choices.
If it didn't work out, planned to ED2 to schools like Emory, CMU, Vanderbilt, BC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We toured Georgetown last Spring. Did the big group conference in the hall and then broke into groups for the campus tour.

My DS was literally 1 of 6 cis white males out of the entire group of about 100 prospects. The vast majority of the others were Asian and Indian males. Girls were barely represented.

He didn't even apply. He is high stats, his mom is an undegrad and grad school alum, and his grandfather taught there for two decades.

It isn't what it used to be.

Where did he end up? Is he happy there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try St. Michael’s College—the Catholic component of the U of Toronto.

Which majors are open to students admitted to St. Michael's College of UT ?

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Anonymous wrote:The obvious: BC, Villanova, Santa Clara, safety Holy Cross. But you must have considered all these?

Holy Cross a safety? Hardly.

+1 Villanova is the safety on that list.

My 4.4/1520/500+ hours of community service kid (plus a million other ECs and such) got rejected from Villanova today. I wouldn't call it a safety.

That is brutal. I'm so sorry! According to prepscholar (I don't know how accurate that is), the average SAT for Villanova is 1395. I'd have thought they'd have grabbed your DC. Maybe they were yield-protecting. Your DC is going to get into somewhere great, though!