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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Check back on this board come March/April, when regular admits are announced. I think you'll find that students at schools such as NCS did absolutely fine. What you're witnessing here is a bunch of posts from a few handwringing parents who are upset that Larlo didn't get admitted to MIT EA/ED.[/quote]

I agree that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out but if you were paying attention you would know that we're not talking about MIT or the Ivies.
Less than 10% of the NCS ED apps were successful and many rejections were from schools ranked 50-150. THAT is why parents are concerned. [/quote]

Curious as to where you got this 10% figure.  My kid at a different private and college office would never release.  Sure I could speculate (and do some napkin math) but I have no way of knowing who was accepted where, let alone who was rejected.  I know kids talk so everyone hears some but it can’t be the full picture.  [/quote]

It's just napkin math but the kids talk and there are only 70 of them.  Sure, there are a few who fly under the social radar but not many.  These schools are all about the community.  Also, the kids know who the top students are.  I know some parent will come on here and say that their kid never talked to anyone during their 4 years of high school and matriculated to Princeton completely under the radar but this wound be highly unusual in 2022.  [/quote]

Clearly you don’t know what your u are talking about. There are not 70 kids in the grade. You have no one to blame but the colleges making these decisions. Btw I know of several girls this year that did get into their ED and all are top 15. Clearly they are not sharing that with you. [/quote]

isn't this class in the low 70s?  Are you really quibbling over 74 vs 70 kids? [/quote]

+2 Glad to hear there are some girls getting into their top 15 ED choice that aren’t recruited athletes. The ONLY admits my daughter has heard of are athletes. Actually, she mentioned 3 or 4 U Chicago admits. Is that what you are talking about? [/quote]

Nope. You are so nosy. If girls want to tell they will. Some prefer to keep it to their friend group. [/quote]

I disagree. No one who gets into top schools wants to keep it to themselves.
When they are disappointed, yes, the inclination is to keep it to themselves.[/quote]

Some kids choose not to shout it from the rooftops that they’re going to their dream school the day after their friends got the opposite news. [/quote]

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