Princeton REA Thursday?

[Anonymous]

We have one admit from our mediocre public high school. I think this student has legacy. Also, not rural, low income, athlete or URM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

Lots of reasons.
Major? Does he/she look like everyone else? What's different? What stands out? It can't be grades or scores. So, what else?

Not poor or URM. So much for the SC ruling in 2024.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.

+1. Two from DC private (not Sidwell/NCS/STA)

Athletes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.

+1. Two from DC private (not Sidwell/NCS/STA)

Athletes?

No. Maret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.

+1. Two from DC private (not Sidwell/NCS/STA)

Athletes?

No. Maret.

Legacies. Maret is the DC private with the most connected, VIP crowd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.

+1. Two from DC private (not Sidwell/NCS/STA)

Both are legacies.

[Anonymous]

2 from nyc private: math genius and questbridge (who didn't tell people til yesterday, no shame in being QB!)

[Anonymous]

2 so far from Whitman

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

Lots of reasons.
Major? Does he/she look like everyone else? What's different? What stands out? It can't be grades or scores. So, what else?

Not poor or URM. So much for the SC ruling in 2024.

Schools were never going to simply accept that ruling. They've maneuvered around it by casting a larger net for FGLI in order to also capture URMs. That means even fewer spots for kids from affluent public high schools. Elite schools just don't care about these kids anymore, whereas they used to fill out the large middle of admits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

Lots of reasons.
Major? Does he/she look like everyone else? What's different? What stands out? It can't be grades or scores. So, what else?

Not poor or URM. So much for the SC ruling in 2024.

“Poor” or rural is neutrally applied (not race biased). Perfectly legal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 so far from Whitman

Legacies/recruited athlete?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

Lots of reasons.
Major? Does he/she look like everyone else? What's different? What stands out? It can't be grades or scores. So, what else?

Not poor or URM. So much for the SC ruling in 2024.

“Poor” or rural is neutrally applied (not race biased). Perfectly legal

I think that can be argued depending on the majority of the race of the poor. If it is a large swath of lowering performing URMs- it will go to court. If it is more poor whites- likely not.

[Anonymous]

^ and I say this because of maga

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.

Lacrosse admit

No a theatre kid actually. No hooks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

Lots of reasons.
Major? Does he/she look like everyone else? What's different? What stands out? It can't be grades or scores. So, what else?

Not poor or URM. So much for the SC ruling in 2024.

“Poor” or rural is neutrally applied (not race biased). Perfectly legal

I think that can be argued depending on the majority of the race of the poor. If it is a large swath of lowering performing URMs- it will go to court. If it is more poor whites- likely not.

Thank you, Clarence Darrow.