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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, DC admitted regular decision.[/quote]

First, congrats! Second, do you mind sharing stats as well as if your DC did ED1/2? [/quote]

DC didn't do ED1/2.  3.4 UW/3.9W, 34 ACT, pointy/niche ECs.  Full pay.[/quote]

THIS is why people get upset. These stats are low - that GPA shouldn’t get a kid into a top SLAC. [/quote]

Oh hush. DP here. Why are you reducing PP’s child to numbers? You know nothing about them or the rigor of their classes. [/quote]

We can tell about the class rigor - pp have weighted and unweighted gpa listed so we know exactly the rigor and it’s not worthy. Sorry if you don’t like the honesty but if you are going to post your kids stats and brag, you should be able to handle a little backlash if those stats make your kid seems less than worthy of an admitted school. Dont post particulars if you don’t want feedback. [/quote]

You don’t know the rigor unless you sat in your class.

Sorry you are hurting today. But taking your hurt and anger out on an anonymous child won’t help. Maybe call a friend to let your steam off. [/quote]

I am a DP and agree that was said bluntly and not sure I agree with it anyway but[b] it wasn’t an insult to the child, it was a comment on the stats and the admissions criteria[/b] for a college like Hamilton. [b]Objectively I bet that GPA is low for Hamilton[/b], even if acvieved via rigorous courses. But obviously the student had other interesting things going in that Hamilton likes, which is great and imo a cornerstone of the smaller more personal experience one gets at any small LAC. [/quote]

+100. 
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It's my DC who got in.  Didn't post the WGPA because it would disclose the school and my kid.  Suffice to say my kid took 10% APs, is super-smart, and applied to a humanities major.  Made him different. And he had done all the extracurriculars to back that up as a sincere interest.  You people think that all this is a numbers game, but it's not.  The numbers are the minimum to get you considered, but they don't get you admitted.  My kid is incredibly smart, does well in classes he cares about (but not the others), applied to a real humanities program (English lit.), and has a totally authentic story to tell about why he would want to study at Hamilton (including continued study with an unusual language that they probably want to get students studying).  All you parents seem to care about is selectivity, not fit.  I don't mean this critically, as opposed to sympathetically, but you really don't understand how students get accepted to schools and why.[/quote]

Your DC sounds a lot like mine (right down to the major and the language), only mine didn't get in. I know your DC will be amazing and love it there.  Congratulations![/quote]

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