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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rejected. In total shock. High stats (4.6 W, 11 APs, 34 ACT), great ECs, MCPS. We're hoping it's a yield thing, and this doesn't bode badly for DCs RD applications  :( [/quote]

I empathize. My kid had basically that same stats, except your ACT was better, and was denied. Ticks me off being an alum and now I'm going to have to shell out more money.

Think that I'll mention that fact the next time the University asks me for donations. [/quote]
You are part of why legacy admissions won't die.  If you only donated to give your kid legacy advantage, you are basically trying to buy your kid's way into college.

Didn't you know that UMD doesn't give a fig about legacy status?  Didn't bother checking that out first before you tried to buy your kid's way in?[/quote]

Listen, bub. I'm not a big firm lawyer, bank manager or GS-15. I'm a middle class (poor by DCUM standards) single parent. Every single dollar that I spend matters.

Now that in state tuition is off the table, I'm going to have adjust my retirement and life plans accordingly while trying to get my kid the best education possible.

This is not some bragging rights issue for me. It's a life impact issue.

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I'm on your side PP.  I think public universities should be obligated to take high stats, in-state students.  Who cares about their "story"?  Who cares about whether "they want to be there"?  That is all ego on the part of the college, and if they want to use ego, they need to work at a private.  In-state students who have innate intelligence or who have put in the work to score well should automatically be at the flagship.  No questions asked.  It benefits the taxpayers.  It benefits the college to take the highest performing students.[/quote]

But colleges do want the in-state high-performing kids for stats BUT you assume that the majority of those kids will enroll and not go somewhere else. And by public universities, do you really mean flagships?[/quote]

Yes, the flagship.  But so what if they go somewhere else?  There are plenty of kids who will be happy to take their spot on the waitlist.[/quote]

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