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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here. I am a little bitter, but thrilled with where he’s headed—UDel. He was more than qualified with grades and test scores that are above the 75th percentile, a heartfelt, deeply personal essay and activities that reflect his passions. He was crushed by the waitlist, but eventually got over it. They played the yield-protection game and messed with the heads of kids who decided to commit to honors programs at flagship public universities instead of having their parents pay full-freight to a 75k a year school, after a regular acceptance would have brought sufficient financial aid (according the the NPC) to actually attend.

Why not admit the most qualified kids right away and then pull from the waitlist? I think the pandemic has a lot less to do with the application surge at many of these schools. The common app and influx of full-freight international kids is the better explanation.

The only way colleges can retake control of the process is to quit the common app and make it harder to apply to 20 schools. If a kid has to invest more time in each app, schools will know the kid has put thought into which schools they are applying to and are serious about the possibility of attending.[/quote]

I completely agree with you. If we're ditching test scores, might as well ditch the common app with it.[/quote]

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