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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the problem...people are claiming that my 1600 SAT kid that never visited College X, didn't show any particular knowledge or interest in College X in their application, etc. was rejected due to "Yield Protection".

That is not yield protection...that is a smart college knowing you have no interest.

Yield protection would be the 1600 SAT kid visiting the college, talking to the regional AO, showing lots of interest...but then say LSU just can't fathom you attending and [b]rejects you because they feel like if Top 10 comes calling, that is where you will go[/b].[/quote]

What if the school doesn't care about Demonstrated Interest? And do you honestly think a kid that's already applied for 10+ schools and gotten into several (but may not have visited all of them) suddenly didn't write a good essay for this particular school?

BTW, the bolded part of your sentence is EXACTLY what Yield Protection is!  :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

Yes that is the exact definition.  However, it is up to your student to convince each and every school that they are #1 for your kid.  Thru essays, visits, online visits, inquiries, interviews, etc.

For my kid at a school that yield protects (right outside T25 and known for being the fallback for T25 wanna-be's), that school values the interview.  So we visited during summer and immediately scheduled an interview the same day as our tour, for the next week.  Because that is how you demonstrate interest---my kid could talk about the school while it was all fresh for them and try to show why it was their #1 choice.  They school values the interview process precisely so they can find out who actually would attend.
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