Reply to Do great students sometimes get shut out?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Do great students sometimes get shut out?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Second DC applying in this round. The real shut-out risk is that the top student in her class got rejected/deferred for ED. Now the top student (and a couple of others like her close to the very top of the class) will apply RD everywhere. And nobody below them has a chance anywhere T30. You get shut out by your own classmates.[/quote]

This is happening at our private [/quote]

Colleges running admissions by largely comparing students within schools create this problem. One the one hand, a comparison like that is useful/necessary (esp if there is rampant grading inflation in any given school). On the other hand, it really kills students who apply from challenging schools, especially if they belong to a strong cohort. TO and/or general devaluation of test scores also means comparisons will increasingly be made within schools. Clueless DC private school CCOs are unable to manage this well -- unlike NY Privates ( for example). It is a nightmare. My advice to DMV parents: If top 10/20 placement in college is the goal, get your kids out of top privates and into less competitive schools.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics