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Anonymous
| I don't even have a college-bound kid and find this thread fascinating. I have to applaud OP for not forcing DD to apply to safety schools -- if OP had come here asking DCUM for advice about how to deal with a DD who was refusing to apply to safeties, everyone would say to let her learn the hard way. Looks like she is. Tough life lesson, but an important one. There are still plenty of good schools, especially the state schools, and other recommendations from the thread. Hard to tell whether a kid who refused safeties for only elites would rather do NVCC-UVA/W&M or Big State U, though. I'll be interested in finding out, please update us OP. |
Anonymous
| As a full pay parent of a top 10 USNWR school, I applaud this parent as well. Your daughter is helping to drive down the acceptance rate at my kid's school. I thank you for your support. |
Anonymous
Aaaand you're a douche. Thanks for contributing nothing but smug douchiness to the thread. |
Anonymous
| Still think this is a troll post. OP's kid will end up at an ivy, and we're suppose to believe in miracles! |
Anonymous
I have no problem contributing douchiness to a fake thread started by a troll. |
Anonymous
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What is not clear is what OP defines as doing great in school or awful tests -> good tests.
What I mean by that is everyone has their own definitions. As an example, my DD is not happy with her SAT's or GPA. Her grades have been all A's, except for some math classes, with a weighed GPA of 4.3 (3.92 u). I think she is doing great. SAT's were 730M, 700V. Here is where she will be applying to next year: SAFETY: JMU Targets: VT, UVA, W & M, Ohio State Reach: Cornell, Northwestern My suspicion is OP's DD did not apply to any target schools and only reach, with the fallacy being if you apply to 20 schools each with a 10% chance, you will be accepted to one. If the acceptances are a 10% chance and are uncorrelated, she would have an 82% chance of getting into a school. In reality, they are correlated. When you are on the wrong side of the admissions curve, the 10% (or 5%) that get in have hooks: they play basketball or some other sport; they have a compelling life story; the family is rich and is donating money to whomever the child goes to. The good news is there are 2nd tier (or lower) schools that will admit with rolling admissions: http://blog.prepscholar.com/colleges-with-rolling-admissions |
Anonymous
I'm so sorry - you all must be very anxious right now. I hope she gets good news tonight. If not, I hope she can see that there are other good options available and that the world is not ending. |
Anonymous
You're implying she took the test again in the fall of senior year? She didn't. Spring of junior year, then travelled all summer, sport in the fall, retook test after early admissions deadlines—and did great. |
Anonymous
Define awful and great. |
Anonymous
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There is a thread on this thread, in Website feedback.
Jeff confirms that the OP is not a troll but she is a jerk. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
That isn't accurate. Some schools require all score reports but not all do. You can pick and choose which scores to send. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| Whether or not op is a troll, there are always kids who end up in this situation each year. Show a little compassion. As adults we know better. Kids who have always been at the top of their class don't. |
Anonymous
| There's always Harvard on the Pike, OP! She can still apply. Too bad, so sad! |