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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was the Bs in English - it's one thing to get a B or 2, but to consistently get them in English looks problematic for schools like Princeton, Yale and Brown. The *only* kids from our NYC private who will get into those schools with a lower GPA or with soft grades in one subject are donor legacies, or just very major donors.

There is a misconception that being URM/FGLI/QB makes it easier to get into those schools. From our private, the only URM/FGLI/QB kids who get into those schools are extraordinary in every way - top grades, highest rigor, top scores AND they have spectacular ECs. (And just anecdotally, from what I have seen, they really like the "Renaissance" kid, one who has passions across disciplines - the math prodigy who is an elite dancer.) Brown will sometimes take slightly lower GPA/rigor if they really want the kid. MIT has no legacy but they also have their pick of the absolute cream of the crop - our school sends maybe 1 kid to MIT each year and last year that kid (full FA) deferred admission for a year because they had been offered an extremely lucrative job.

I understand your kid is disappointed, but they have great options. As someone whose kid chose Williams over one of the above Ivies, we REALLY love Williams, but I do not know enough about the math program to recommend it over Rice and CMU. Plus Williams is a very specific school - it's not for everyone, you have to want the size and the rural setting. I am not white and, to be perfectly honest, it is harder to convince top kids to choose Williams over peer schools because of that setting, which means that URM/FGLI/QB is a slight advantage there.

Just my take, of course, from the experience of two kids going through the process. We are full pay, which is an enormous advantage in admissions, though people don't like to admit that. Congrats to your kid - those are some really impressive accomplishments and great choices. They will do great at any one of those schools.

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How many Bs in English are we talking about? All 4 years through high school or just 1 or 2?[/quote]

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