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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big 3 senior parent. Hearing many RD bloodbath stories. Like zeroed out on targets and certainly reaches. I’m counting WL as a zero.

Have heard 5 or 6 of these just since last night.

RD was a waste this year. ED I and ED II are the only way now for a high/high middle stats kid who is unhooked or only hook is legacy. Legacy alone days are done. Legacy kids need a double hook and ED.

RD is not just a lottery but powerball lottery odds

I’m sure many here will troll this post.

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What kind of schools are you talking about? Where will these kids end up attending?

All these dramatic posts are useless without actual college examples.  We don't know if you're talking about top 20% kids getting shut out of Ivies or getting shut out of every top 50 school they applied to. Or worse-getting shut out period.  These posts could literally mean any of the above.  I'm a Big3 parent of a 10tb grader and I'd love to know what is actually meant (with examples) [/quote]

OK, I'll bite.  Here are some of the schools that said "Nope!" to my niece who attends either Sidwell or NCS:  UCSB.  UCSD.  Wash U. Barnard. BU. Davidson. UVA.

This is a young woman in the top 20% or so, highest math/science track, 1500 SAT and killer ECs.  White.  Not VIP.

They have 2 options in the USNWR ~200 range, and one of those scammy options where you get the name of the school on your diploma but never attend class at the main campus, because you're in Amsterdam or something for $100k a year[/quote]

She's going to a school ranked at 200?  like the University of Detroit?

She took BC calc, physics C in 11th grade?

-and she's going to someplace like University of Detroit or Robert Morris University?

I'm sorry.  
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Oh FFS, there are plenty of good schools in the top 400!! There are 4,000 colleges and universities in the US! [/quote]

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