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[quote=Anonymous]Definitely, rescinding of acceptances is nearly always related to some kind of offense or disciplinary action.

It’s just kind of scary a little bit how many kids get that acceptance and think they’re home free. They want to celebrate. Go to parties. They have that last terrifying bit of invincibility before they become a small fish in a big pond again.

I’m the poster who told all those stories and they were definitely in the zone where they were very new at getting access to social media and not understanding the permanence of the internet or how their words could come back at them.

At colleges of a certain level, they’re already turning away perfect students who look exactly like you on paper. You give them a reason to look at you in a new light and they will gladly throw you over the rail. Every single year they’re already facing angry alums whose kids didn’t get in.

My kid was the athlete who went to Williams with 1300 and 3.5 and almost nothing else. No ECs. He had two disciplinary issues related to teenage parties that he was up front about with the recruiters. They. Did. Not. Care. They wanted the guy who could help the team win.

It’s just to convey that when you’re A+ at what you do and it’s something the college needs, they give you a lot of room in other directions.

On his weekend visit when he said he had 1300 SATs they basically said he was the valedictorian of the team. Be mostly well rounded, but more importantly, be a star in your lane. And my son wasn’t a star for his sport for Ivies or any huge schools that produce professional athletes.

He was just A+ for the school who wanted him. [/quote]

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