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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]They are looking for certain demographics. [/quote] Nah, top school are already getting a decent cross section of students. PP's noting low admit rate are correct. That and high % of full pay students are goals. [/quote]

They want more full pay but are offering fee waivers?  You clearly have no clue what you are talking about, or what institutional priorities truly are.  The tip top schools are desperate to maintain diversity.[/quote]

Agree that they are not looking for "more full pay". AT ALL. 
The ED/SCEA deferrals and denials are actually up this year from several local, top privates. Lots of kids denied outright with high 1550+, 3.9+, full pay (plus likely will donate further) who were denied left and right this year.  And they're coming from high schools that in recent years have actually produced valedictorians at these colleges. So kids from their high schools are routinely killing it once at the colleges, paying full freight and the colleges are saying "no thanks, let's shake the tree for more applicants."

It is crazy practice. 
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Agree with this completely.  My valedictorian DC with highest rigor, 1570, NMSQT, and international awards was rejected by Yale SCEA and we are full pay.  I see that Yale is extending the deadline for everyone and I have no idea why my kid wasn't deferred.[/quote]

Your kid sounds extremely talented, and I'm sorry they didn't get in, but Yale only accepts less than 5% of applicants, so I think it's ridiculous to say that your kid didn't get in because they're full-pay.  Approx 55% of Yale students receive no financial aid (on tuition of 90K) so they're hardly a minority at the school.

I did hear anecdotally that some elite universities are rejecting students outright for EA/ED rather than deferring them because they know the students are unlikely to get in RD and it's better not to keep them dangling til March.  But it does feel like more of a rejection than getting deferred, I'm sure.[/quote]

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