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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to send out a blanket announcement to everyone wringing hands over what school is like Brown or Yale or whatever: You are not getting in, you are wasting your time. Please stop worshiping these schools with tiny classes who court you but have no intention of admitting you UNLESS...

you are legacy and ED
you are recruited athlete
you are URM and an excellent student
you attend an elite private school where your counselor is friends with the AO.
you want to major in something unpopular and are full pay and ALSO have some other hook like female or oboe player that they need really bad.

Beyond that, I cant see how anyone is getting in. My child graduated with a 4.529 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Top 1% of class. 13 years of straight A's and almost 30 college credits. A thriving LLC, president of 2 clubs, athletics and full pay and got in to none of the ivies.   This kid is a marvel. Ivys started sending us brochures in 10th grade when he missed a SINGLE question on the SAT. And want to know where he was admitted? None of them.  It's laughable.

You will only be in on the joke that they are after your kid wastes their senior year weekends writing essays and applying and you will see it was just a ploy to get their denial rate higher. It's an inside game. Rigged.

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My kid doesn't fit any of these and was admitted this year. Also to other Ivy/T10. And, also some rejections.

4 kids from her public magnet were admitted. I don’t think any fit these. 2 were admitted ED. Mine admitted RD.

I am sorry your kid didn't get accepted,  but look to what s/he was communicating in the app.  If the goal was to get into an Ivy, that's not really what they want, and great stats aren't enoughy. Mine chose colleges that really suited her. Not just Ivies (and only a few of those), but also LACs and safeties. She did a great job expressing why these colleges would be a great fit for her.  She worked her tail off as a senior swamped with apps to add awards.

I hope your kid is going to a school s/he is excited about. [/quote]

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