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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Well, it's just sh%^ty to get a Yale acceptance and then continue to apply to Ivies. It's common knowledge that your greatest competition is other kids from your own high school. 
A common max number of Ivy spots given to any one DC school in recent years has often 2 or even 1. Gone are the days (if it's even true) of 11 Yale spots. 
I'm sure the kid with the Yale acceptance had MANY friends/classmates who were sitting on zero decent acceptances prior to regular decision. But screw these kids--- they went ahead and tossed 
in their highly competitive application regardless of what it would mean for to their classmates.

I get that this didn't break any legal rule but you won't convince me (or most other decent humans) that it wasn't crappy and low.[/quote]

I am definitely a decent human and do not believe there is anything "unethical" about a kid being accepted to any Ivy REA and then choosing to submit other applications.  REA is specifically NOT BINDING, and an 18 year old kid is very entitled to be unsure of what they want or change their mind over the course of their senior year.  This idea that there is a max number of spots allocated to any school is false - and even when asked to cite any source for this, you have not.  I am the PP that knows for a fact that 11 kids from the Sidwell class of 2015 went to Yale.  Yes, this was pre-covid and the admissions landscape has certainly changed, but that does not mean there are school quotas that were just reduced to "2 or even 1."  For example, five boys from STA were admitted to Yale in 2022 - is this recent enough for you to acknowledge your quota claims are ridiculous?
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It is possible 10 STA kids applied to Yale were all qualified. But Yale could not accept all 10.  Your example is not convincing.  BTW, you did not cite evidence that you are “definitely a decent human.”  See the flaw in your argument?[/quote]

Correct.  There are more than 5 STA kids who applied and I know the class--several who were rejected were equally qualified. 
Elite colleges clearly have a limit to how many kids they'll take from one high school.  If kid A tosses away a top spot it hurts Kid B.   Those of you saying it doesn't are being purposefully obtuse. [/quote]

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Well, apparently, Yale didn’t agree that they were equally qualified since they were not admitted. If kid A tosses away a top spot, that does not mean that kid B from the same school will get that spot even if you think they should. Kid C from another HS may be less qualified than kid A but better qualified than kid B. You seem to think that Yale holds a certain number of spots for Sidwell or STA or wherever and kid A need only step aside for kid B to get the spot. It’s not kid A’s responsibility.
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