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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Turning this into a waitlist game of chicken will at sone point backfire on these schools. [/quote]

This - 100%!

Something has to give.  When you have top students (yes, top grades, SAT, extracurriculars, research, internships, etc.) get shut out of all matches and reaches and sit on 5-7 waitlists, it is going to backfire on these schools.

The reality is that all of us have - to some degree - bought into the racket that is the college process. We've encouraged our kids to work their asses off for years, do all the right things, be leaders, excellent in sports, in the classroom and in their communities (all great things by the way). We've encouraged ourselves to save ridiculous amounts of money to fund their educations. The expectation was clear: do these things and you will have qualified for admission to an elite institution (and you'll have the opportunity to pay 80k/year for the experience). This year, that expectation was blown up.

If the schools want to upend that process and set new expectations, fine, but they should be prepared for it to backfire. Maybe upper middle class families who have saved for decades to pay for the dream of elite schools decide it isn't worth 80k /year to be jerked around like this. Maybe more will decide that the state school is just fine for undergrad.(It's one thing to pay the 80k for a top school, quite another for a safety.)[/quote]

There are only so many spots at the ivies, and that will never change. [/quote]

Expectation?  Where did you get that from?  That mindset is your problem.  There are not enough spots at “elite institutions” and it has been that way for a long time.  If you set the expectation with your child that they would get in, you messed up.  By the way, safeties are supposed to be schools your child could be happy at, not schools to notch your belt with and turn down.  It sounds like your child did not pick true safeties because you had a false expectation.[/quote]

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