Does the acronym refer to Harvard Yale Princeton, etc?

Does anyone think we are weird to talk this way?

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Anonymous wrote:What would you think when a family has two smart but unhooked kids that got into HYPS (not the same year). Neither are sporty either and they aren’t legacy or donors. Just regular educated professional people
I am both jealous and admiring at the same time. Ugh.

Why are you jealous?

ok I will play along...
Because I want MY two super nice smart kid to get into HYPSM, duh.

Anonymous wrote:What would you think when a family has two smart but unhooked kids that got into HYPS (not the same year). Neither are sporty either and they aren’t legacy or donors. Just regular educated professional people
I am both jealous and admiring at the same time. Ugh.

Why are you jealous?

Anonymous wrote:Whait does hooked mean?

Jeez. You must be early in your college journey.
Hooked: URM, recruited athlete, celebrity, connect to university at highest level, super donor (eg named building level, not a few thousand), etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would you think when a family has two smart but unhooked kids that got into HYPS (not the same year). Neither are sporty either and they aren’t legacy or donors. Just regular educated professional people
I am both jealous and admiring at the same time. Ugh.

Do you have intimate knowledge of their grades, test scores, and ECs? Are you certain a grandparent didn't attend? A relative who is a trustee?

Very likely if they are super smart then they have 1500+ sat and high gpa. But that’s a dime a dozen. Grandparents don’t count as legacy as far as I am aware.
I commonly see one kid get lucky and get into HYPSM and the other(s) then go to Michigan or U chicago or other top school but not tippy top.
The parents must be thrilled.

Anonymous wrote:What would you think when a family has two smart but unhooked kids that got into HYPS (not the same year). Neither are sporty either and they aren’t legacy or donors. Just regular educated professional people
I am both jealous and admiring at the same time. Ugh.

Do you have intimate knowledge of their grades, test scores, and ECs? Are you certain a grandparent didn't attend? A relative who is a trustee?

Whait does hooked mean?

Anonymous wrote:They are hooked, it’s just not obvious.

OP here. No, literally no hooks. Not URM, not first gen, not low socioeconomic stats. But seriously super nice smart kids though, which is why I admire them.

They are hooked, it’s just not obvious.

Anonymous wrote:What would you think when a family has two smart but unhooked kids that got into HYPS (not the same year). Neither are sporty either and they aren’t legacy or donors. Just regular educated professional people
I am both jealous and admiring at the same time. Ugh.

Not uncommon for TJ families

At our public they were brilliant debaters.

What the previous two said

Both are super super smart kids but don’t blab about it.

They are old money and you don’t know it.

Connections

What would you think when a family has two smart but unhooked kids that got into HYPS (not the same year). Neither are sporty either and they aren’t legacy or donors. Just regular educated professional people
I am both jealous and admiring at the same time. Ugh.