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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My high stats DC was WL to several Top 15-30 schools that in the recent past (2021, 2022) they were strongly located in the 100% zone on SCOIR for Sidwell.

Not that we ever expected 100%, but striking out on so many of those was a clear change from the past - they were not alone in this sort of outcome.

In this same T15-30 in 100% SCOIR zone:
- one regular acceptance 
- one acceptance via an alternative entry pathway (for example - late start/early start/abroad/satellite ).

Rejected in all Top 10 and Top SLAC applications.

Accepted to some safeties T40-T60 and a low SLAC.

DC was grateful to have some options. This year was a shift for sure. [/quote]

When you say Top SLAC can you be more specific ?[/quote]

Think along the lines of ....Williams, Amherst, Pomona, Swarthmore[/quote]

Pomona too? It isn't as sought after locally, so I'd expect better luck. Outside of USNWR, it is rarely mentioned with the other 3 outside the west. What about Wellesley and Smith for the girls. Any luck there?[/quote]

Pomona is absurdly hard to get in [/quote]

Far fewer applicants from the DMV though. It and CMC should get more interest here. USNWR throwing them an occasional #3 might help though. However, it has also been #7 3 times in the 2000s and does still have a more regional name. [/quote]

As PP said - Pomona is insanely hard and they have plenty of strong DMV applicants to choose from. The entire school is only 1800 kids.[/quote]

Even smaller than that, 1700. Their first year class alone has 43 states and 51 nationalities represented among just 413 students. Their focus on diversity means there isn't room to enroll more than a handful of DMV kids. https://www.pomona.edu/news/2022/09/26-class-2026-new-sagehens-number[/quote]

This is a helpful exercise for those with kids applying in the future (or wondering why their kids didn't get in.) Pomona offered spots to 15 (or fewer) students from Maryland this year. 23% are first gen, so on average that leaves 12 spots for students who aren't first gen. 62.5% are students of color, leaving 6 spots for white students, or 3 white men and 3 white women who aren't first gen. (https://www.pomona.edu/news/2023/03/17-introducing-pomona-college-class-2027)[/quote]

Folks who are current freshman or sophomores should do this for every "top" school. I remember an article that broke down the Princeton slots like this from  like 2018 or so, and it came down to like 30 unhooked males and females in each applicant pool. When presented like that, an applicant has to ask "what makes me stand out to be one of those applicants" - people really need to be realistic about their chances at these schools and find targets and safeties they would be thrilled to attend.[/quote]

I completely disagree with you.  Having safeties is imperative.  But micro analyzing the stats on every school would send my kid straight to the looney bin from stress.  As long as we have safeties, we do not need to know how impossibly hard the reaches are. [/quote]

Fair. I think my point was, the kids should understand and not "fall in love" with a "dream" school and try to keep an even keel.[/quote]

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