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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Weighted GPAs are worthless

2. High unweighted GPAs are not going to get you anywhere in the top 25 without a very rigorous course load with 4 years of every academic subject including foreign language.

3. Any college with a 25% or less acceptance rate is a lottery for kids with nearly perfect stats

4. Naviance does not account for recruits, legacies, courseload, first gen status, full pay status, etc.

5. It’s a tool, not a crystal ball. [/quote]

DD  had straight As, even in APs and honors, won the Wellesley Book Award, was a STEM student, could pay full tuition anywhere, cash. Played sports as well. Great SAT scores. White female with no legacy, rejected from everything but her safeties. Applied to no Ivys by choice.

Don’t tell me her race didn’t play a role in this liberal academic environment [/quote]

I worked in admissions and am currently an alum interviewer for my college.  Your daughter sounds like an excellent student, so I can understand your disappointment, but there's a lot more to admissions than GPA and SAT scores.  Before you play the race card, consider:

What were her recommendations like?  
How did she do in interviews?  
Did her essay add dimension to her profile as a strong student?   
Did she hold any leadership positions -- you mention that she played sports, but was she a team captain?  
Did she excel in any national STEM competitions?  
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First, there IS no disappointment on my or my husband's part. She got into a nice college and has continued to do great.. I didn't WANT a top school, don't care. But boy was she pressured by her peer group in this area! What shocked me was the absolute ridiculousness of the process.

Her teachers, frankly, were stunned. Look at the list you just put up above. Does that also apply towards minorities, or is it ok if they don't meet your (frankly) abusive criteria above.

What you are saying as a college recruiter/interviewer is that kids need to get almost perfect SAT scores, over-perform in academics, be team captains, win national competitions, and hold leadership positions?  These kids are TEENAGERS for Christ sakes!

Do you NOT see how absolutely absurd this is? My GOD if this is your criteria, you just proved my point as to how abusive and unrealistic college admissions has become. You are a major part of the problem.[/quote]

Are you sure you're not disappointed?  I'm asking because you sound like a bitter, racist shrew when you talk about it.

I could randomly pick ten kids out of any good school in this area and half of them would look like your daughter.  She's nothing special.  If you think the colleges should lower their standard to allow your precious kid in, go ahead and continue with your unhinged ranting, but there's nothing abusive about the process.

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DP. My white DD with no legacy, development, athletic, or other hooks got into a top ivy with, yes, a national award, near-perfect stats, and a great rec from a top mentor in the field. PP is right, that these are the hurdles facing everyone.

It may sound abusive to you, or like reverse racism to you, or whatever other excuse you want to use. But some kids, like DD, love their passion so much that doing it isn’t abuse, and these are the kids top colleges want. Not uninteresting grinds. Other parents (not us) hire private college counselors years in advance to try to package their kids to look like this—you apparently didn’t get that memo. DC has diverse friends with credentials that sound, frankly, like your DD’s credentials, and who ended up in second-tier schools. [/quote]

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