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How to quell the disappointment/jealousy/sadness/curiosity when other kids who may or may not seem to have lower stats etc get in to much better schools than your DC?
I know they might have had something "else" in their application that we don't know about, but still...comparison is hard...

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I'll let you know when I figure it out LOL.
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Love (not) about all the people launching on here about how you are probably wrong that your kid had a stronger creds.  They never rest with it.  A lot of us know how the kids stack up and are seeing this this happen over and over[/b] so I am right there with you.

My only advice at this point is to find the bright point of options - cheaper? (ivy's are expensive, invest the extra money into a spdr fund to launch your kids), closer? has friends there? lower stress ie: big fish in small pond? maybe a good football team/campus life? there is always grad school....[/quote]

Maybe you are right but the point is the colleges didn't accept the kids with the stronger creds (I assume you mean GPA/test scores) and went with someone else that had something else that they thought was more desirable. [/quote]

This poster is right.  By definition, the other kid had “stronger creds” according to the college, so your opinion about the relative strengths and weaknesses is just that, an opinion (and not the one that matters).[/quote]

Reading comprehension is lacking— I didn’t state an opinion about strengths and weaknesses. I said that the college decided to pick someone else that had lower creds because for whatever reason, the college decided that another student had something else that they wanted. That is not an opinion, that is a fact. Arguing on a forum why colleges should accept students with stronger stats is an opinion that doesn’t matter.[/quote]

You missed my point.  You said “lower creds.”  My point was that although their test scores and/or GPA may be lower, the college clearly thought their credentials overall (which are more than just test scores and GPA) were better in the college’s opinion. Although you, personally, may not think recommendations, ECs, etc. are credentials, the colleges do, as evidenced by the decision.  I was taking issue with your definition of credentials.  I just didn’t realize I would have to spell it out so clearly.[/quote]

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