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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rejected from Tulane with a 1580?! What in the world.

It’s only out of 1600 right? (The did away with the writing section that they were doing for a while?)

How can a kid with 1580/1600 be rejected from Tulane?![/quote]

Yield Protection![/quote]

Interesting that people keep posting that. My DC is looking at Tulane for next year, and just got an email rebutting the argument that high stats kids don’t get in because of yield protection. It basically said they have more high stats kids than they can take, and they lean heavily on demonstrated interest. They’re very explicit about that. [/quote]

Yes. This is it. I just posted about this in the TJ/High Stat thread. I think what’s happening is that high stat kids are piling into the same majors at a few colleges. The college only has so many seats. Once they’re filled, everyone else gets rejected. It’s not that the students aren’t qualified, it’s that there are no seats. In time, some colleges may expand their capacity in certain majors, like CS and engineering, but in the short-term, students need to expand their school targets. [/quote]

This is a good point . If the counsellor is telling all kids at your school who are like your child to apply to similar lists of schools, they won’t all get in (because they do not want a bonus of kids from the same place).

This argues for fit, more than ranking. And you and your child know best what good fit is for him. For others at fancy schools:don’t rely too heavily on the counsellors. You and your child should do your own homework, like the rest of us slobs have to do![/quote]

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