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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gosh these northwestern kids are so painfully awkward on these Wildcat days panels.

Having gone to multiple admitted students days this month, including Vanderbilt, it’s a very different student they are appealing to.

The same kid will likely not like both. This is a question of gut.[/quote]

The Northwestern kids were so nerdy, my kid was ready to leave before the tour even started. Same at Cornell. These kids look like they don’t wash their hair or care about what they wear at all. I recognize this is harsh, but it was a bit shocking. Where do all the smart, super social kids go to school? Are Top 10s weeding the normal kids out? My DC is very smart, but not nerdy. He is into sports (playing and watching), socializing a lot, golfs, hangs out constantly with friends. He would like to join a fraternity. We thought Northwestern (wrong), Duke or Cornell. I am thinking maybe a big state school? UVA, UCLA, UNC, Michigan? Any Ivies fit the bill? [/quote]

They sound like a good fit for UVA. I wouldn’t bother with other top schools, unlikely they’d be admitted anyway.[/quote]

Well, it is unlikely anyone will be admitted given acceptance rates, but someone has to get in. This is what I am asking. How are there so many socially awkward and nerdy kids at these top schools now? DS has stats, rigor, and ECs that put him in the running for top 10-20 schools. At a top private and they have confirmed this. Touring these schools has been eye opening. [/quote]

You’re never going to see these people on a tour during a cold blustery day in March or April in Ithaca or Evanston. You need to go out on a Thursday night in Collegetown and go to level b’s. Or somewhere on Eddy Street to one of the bars or annex parties. If your kid is looking for normal, they need to know that they’re not going to find it walking around or in the library. That’s not where the “normal “kids are - same for Evanston. Most of the kids in Greek life aren’t studying in the main library; they’re in their sorority houses in the rooms around the fireplace or in their dorms on a cold day. I’m sure you could find one out of every 10 in the library during midterms week.

But if you know where to go on a Thursday night or go to a darty on a Saturday on North campus in Evanston, you will find them.

That’s why it’s really important for the social kids to connect with other social kids from there high school or their town And go out with them on campus. That’s when they will get a better sense of fit.

You won’t find social fit on most of these official tours, though you will find evidence for academic fit.[/quote]

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