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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious OP - why continue on with RDs at other institutions if you got in SCEA Harvard?  It's expensive, time-consuming, nail-biting, an enormous hassle and a stressor on your kid.  I don't get it.[/quote]

I see nothing wrong with a successful senior benchmarking that success by applying to other Top Ivies. [/quote]

That's the kid who will end up without close friends and other families for future recommendations and  network.  What people don't think about is greediness leads them to be viewed as  selfish, inconsiderate and either not very smart about or blundering their social collateral.  With all the early hooks, seldom would most view entry as the sign of a senior being successful purely on academic merit so what is that benchmark worth?  What will be noted and remembered is the lack of character.   Families who do this are forever remarked upon as lacking graciousness and not to be trusted.  And in your case it didn't work so your DC's H success is not going to be attributed to merit at all on her part.  The most successful families we know do not do this.[/quote]
 
My kid got into HYPS this year SCEA.  Never in a million years would DC apply to other schools for a benchmark.  First, it could hurt DC's fellow classmate's chances to get into the other schools.  [b]Second, what more of a benchmark would DC need?[/b] [/quote]

Our DC did too but did not pull other apps to top schools. People can and do whatever they want. Don't care if people are mad. [/quote]

I'm not mad.  [b]I just think you and your DC are assholes[/b] if DC left the other apps for any other reason than because DC needed more money from other schools or DC was serious about attending the other schools or both.[/quote]

First, Viability at multiple schools is a much better sign of applicant strength than getting admitted at one school, even if that school is Harvard, because kids are admitted for all kinds of weird social justice reasons now. [b]In fact if you don't make it to any other school, any sane candidate should question whether "s/he will survive and thrive" at the school that admitted them, since other schools did not think that the candidate's credentials made the cut. [/b]There are many kids (specially URM's, first gens and athletes) that go for the best school that admits them and then land up at the bottom of their cohort and are forced to switch majors when they could have done pretty well in a competitive major at lower tier school.

Finding out where you really stand is not just for bragging rights. There is no clear and easily available information that an applicant can use to really assess his or her strength nationally before making a college choice. The SAT/ACT exams are a joke.

regarding the "I think you are assholes" comment, you are a self-righteous, virtue signaling moron. How are parents who angle for free money more virtuous than parents who want to test the strength of their kids against other kids in the application process. What about parents who shop around for financial aid, thus depriving lower SES students from bigger financial aid packages. I am sure you don't consider them Assholes. And you are an imbecile if you think that one kid pulling his or her app is going to radically change another kid's chances of getting in. You get in, if you make the cut, not because another kid pulled her app.[/quote]

There's really two discussions about self interest types going on  here.  Going back to the OPs post about the rejections, per the reasoning above that kid doesn't belong in Harvard because there is little possibility she will survive and thrive.  I am rather amazed that a person would have such doubts about an offspring's performance that this type of validation is emotionally required.  The argument also does not take into consideration the relative rigor and grading policies between elite schools.   It's not a valid basis for comparison.[/quote]

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