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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]we're a full pay family who is looking for alternatives to my kids dream schools of Harvard, Yale, Georgetown.

boy, high stats, national awards, humanities major.

I guess we'd have a hard time turning down Harvard, etc.  But I'd like to skip over the rest of the T20 schools.  I'm not sure Georgetown is worth it, but I guess for the SFS.  But places like Tufts, BC at 90k makes no sense to me.

Can someone think of some schools with merit aid that might work. In NYS. Binghamton doesn't make his eyes light up, which I get.  Doesn't want a SLAC[/b]

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omg, you are new to the world of college admissions aren't you?  Your white privilege is showing.  Your kid will be LUCKY to get into a T100.  Every single applicant is as, you described "boy, high stats, national awards, humanities major".  well, that was my kid but with a 36 ACT, valedictorian, eagle scout, etc.  SCEA Princeton deferred/waitlisted; all ivies, waitlisted; public EA: purdue, Ga Tech and UVA all for aerospace engineering.

Honey, you got to drop your expectations, omg "I guess we'd have a hard time turning down Harvard".  My DS, legacy, and all that above was waitlisted, i.e., soft rejection, because unlike colleagues I know from Harvard, we could not pay the seven digit fee to get in.

If you are URM or first generation you might have a chance.  Otherwise start reading because you are in for a shock[/quote]

I hate this, “my kid didn’t get in bcs he’s not minority” bullshit.

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The PP didn't say that.

In my view, the PP is saying that there are a huge piles of qualified students and chances of getting into these kinds of schools are tiny. There are some factors that can help a student stand out in that pike of outstanding students.....and URM and first gen are two of them.  There was no winging that their child didn't get in because of URM, first gen.  Their kid didn't get in because the pile is huge and the number of spots is small.[/quote]

IMO, PP is a racist. She even assumes everyone is white.  Which is nuts.  A kid with national awards is LUCKY to get into a top 100?  Cmon. She's the one with the son who SCEA to Princeton as an Eagle Scout valedictorian, not OP.

(Also, PSA: SCEA is a scam. It gives you no leg up at Princeton and knocks out your EA options. All private schools wisely move kids away from that)

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Ok - I hear you. Neither of us knows what they meant...LOL.  But I'm just saying that it is also not fair for others to assume any mention of URM/first gen as being racist or "excuses". Colleges are 100% making an effort to take that huge pile of qualified students and create student body with racial and economic diversity. Sadly, they also use legacy to let students find their way out of that huge pile.... [/quote]

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