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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deferred DS for CS

4.0 GPA /4.9 wGPA. 1600 SAT. Excellent ECs but not recruited athlete. No other hooks.

Does GT make him feel like the prettiest girl at the party  who does not get asked to dance?   :lol:

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Yield protection[/quote]

:lol: Yes. Thank you. We  understand it well and we are not bitter or anxious. Truly.  My kid has done ok with acceptances till now. We are set.  It is just that we were mildly surprised with GT  but understood immediately that it was yield protection.

Here is the thing.  This child of mine has done every single thing right.  There was nothing else that could have been improved in his candidacy. I know often time parents agonize about that one C in 9th grade that they think impacted their child's admission, or the low ACT/SAT or that one deadline they missed or that one essay that could have been stronger or that one AP score that was not a 5 or the one recommendation that was not strong enough. But, I know 100% that it is not about my child or his candidacy because it is damn near perfect - yes, even the essays and recommendations. It is entirely the calculus that the college are following.  And I hope other parents who are agonizing about could-haves, should-haves take heart from looking at my kid's excellent stats and realize that these decisions have nothing to do with the student but it has to do with what the college wants and what the ad comm was feeling collectively. It truly is a scratch off lottery ticket.  In the end, there are many colleges and if your kid wants to go to  college and you as parents are willing to support them then they will get to a college that will be happy to have them.

Lets break it down - my kid is not hooked in terms of legacy, but that is something that is not in his control as he can't change his and his parents history. He is not an URM or female, but he can't change his race or his gender. He is not a recruited athlete but he has made it up in stellar ECs, leadership, community service, academic accolades, scholastic wins, state and national recognitions.  He is not first gen or a poor student, but, I do not see this as a drawback in life to be full pay, do you?  Would my DS want a do-over of his 17 years as a first gen or poor kid? For a seat at GA or any other school?   I think not. And should that amazing privilege/good fortune just disappear for the purpose of college application? That would truly be ass-backwards.

I was also told by some well-meaning people in the know that my kid was "too perfect" and it would have been better if he did not have straight As or perfect SATs because the admission committee is not made up of people who ever had straight As and perfect SATs and they think that all of this "came too easy" to the candidate and they will thus not think of my kid as a sympathetic or likeable candidate. OMFG. I cannot keep up with the recommendations that tell you to figure out the mind-set of ad comm folks. Are they having their PMS? Did they breakup with their SO? Did they eat protein for their breakfast the day they were reading my child's application? Should I be sending them edible arrangements or just edibles? Is bad skin a problem for them? Do they like what they do? Is their work environment toxic?

So to circle back - maybe the colleges think that my kid will do pretty well in whatever "better or less better than GT" college he goes to?  Or they want to really know for sure that when they make him the offer, he will accept and not go with other better ranked schools? OK, I get their thought process.  And it reminds me of several things 
- Education is a business of buyers and sellers - like Jeff Selingo wrote in his book "Who gets in and why". We all are sitting at the poker table and bluffing
- If the colleges can see the privileges that my DS has, then I need to also recognize it and acknowledge it. Privilege can be leveraged for the good of many, so there is no downside to it if your eyes remain open.  
- There is very little difference in the education that most top US universities provide and the universities know it too, else they would not care to do yield protection. The student can go to any university they want to. They are just being the DeBeers for a gem that is commonly available on the Earth's crust. 
- 17 years of being invested in my child's education, his physical, mental, social and emotional well being, creating a home environment that allowed him to succeed, the enrichment that we provided, the community we created - have implications for the rest of his life and that is a tremendous asset to him.  The end goal of all of this could not have been as mundane as college admission.

And also while I am not bitter and all - FU Georgia Tech!!! :lol:  :lol:   [/quote]

So confused by this post.  Are you saying that DC would go to Ga Tech if accepted or is the preferred choice a different school?
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