Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 22:15     Subject: Re:Insane acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These really make me support a cap of say 7-8 applications. Then kids/parents set realistic goals, admissions offices are not buried in applications and the “T25” can’t brag about rejecting 96 percent.

I read an article about a kid admitted to college in all 50 states. What a complete waste of time for so many …
Why should the cap be on the kids? How about having some kid of ranked match like medical residency, so kids only get into their highest preferred T20?

to elaborate, the kid can apply to all T20, but at best only their highest ranked school can accept them



Love this
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 22:12     Subject: Insane acceptances
Pretty much all the top kids at my DCs stem magnet apply to 15-20+ schools. Some don’t get into any but state flagship, others get into a few T20, and some lucky ones get into several ivies and ivy plus. The rare will get into HYPSM+
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 22:06     Subject: Re:Insane acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These really make me support a cap of say 7-8 applications. Then kids/parents set realistic goals, admissions offices are not buried in applications and the “T25” can’t brag about rejecting 96 percent.

I read an article about a kid admitted to college in all 50 states. What a complete waste of time for so many …
Why should the cap be on the kids? How about having some kid of ranked match like medical residency, so kids only get into their highest preferred T20?

to elaborate, the kid can apply to all T20, but at best only their highest ranked school can accept them


Woud'nt it cause the Yield protection colleges to drop the kids if their school is ranked lower?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:58     Subject: Re:Insane acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These really make me support a cap of say 7-8 applications. Then kids/parents set realistic goals, admissions offices are not buried in applications and the “T25” can’t brag about rejecting 96 percent.

I read an article about a kid admitted to college in all 50 states. What a complete waste of time for so many …
Why should the cap be on the kids? How about having some kid of ranked match like medical residency, so kids only get into their highest preferred T20?

to elaborate, the kid can apply to all T20, but at best only their highest ranked school can accept them
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:56     Subject: Insane acceptances
Anonymous wrote:At my kid’s school: senior this cycle accepted in regular decision to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, CMU, Duke, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Rice, WashU, UMichigan, UVA, Notre Dame, Williams, Amherst, Pomona and one more that I cant’t remember. Thought it was fake, but my kid said they’ve heard around school that it’s real.


Do students have to pay application fees per school anymore or just use common app and one fee? Or do many schools waive fees? If $100/school * 21=$2100?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:56     Subject: Re:Insane acceptances
Anonymous wrote:These really make me support a cap of say 7-8 applications. Then kids/parents set realistic goals, admissions offices are not buried in applications and the “T25” can’t brag about rejecting 96 percent.

I read an article about a kid admitted to college in all 50 states. What a complete waste of time for so many …
Why should the cap be on the kids? How about having some kid of ranked match like medical residency, so kids only get into their highest preferred T20?

Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:56     Subject: Insane acceptances
This is why private schools limit applications. So selfish to the other kids in the top 10%.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:54     Subject: Insane acceptances
Anonymous wrote:At my kid’s school: senior this cycle accepted in regular decision to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, CMU, Duke, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Rice, WashU, UMichigan, UVA, Notre Dame, Williams, Amherst, Pomona and one more that I cant’t remember. Thought it was fake, but my kid said they’ve heard around school that it’s real.


why would a kid who is clearly an incredibly strong applicant apply to that many schools in RD? None of this makes sense.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:52     Subject: Insane acceptances
At my kid’s school: senior this cycle accepted in regular decision to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, CMU, Duke, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Rice, WashU, UMichigan, UVA, Notre Dame, Williams, Amherst, Pomona and one more that I cant’t remember. Thought it was fake, but my kid said they’ve heard around school that it’s real.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:45     Subject: Insane acceptances
We have one in our school: Harvard, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Tufts, Georgetown, Michigan, UVA, ...
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:34     Subject: Re:Insane acceptances
These really make me support a cap of say 7-8 applications. Then kids/parents set realistic goals, admissions offices are not buried in applications and the “T25” can’t brag about rejecting 96 percent.

I read an article about a kid admitted to college in all 50 states. What a complete waste of time for so many …
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:29     Subject: Insane acceptances
Sports?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:28     Subject: Insane acceptances
Are these kids hooked?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:16     Subject: Insane acceptances
That is amazing and fascinating1
What kind of school?
What kind of kids?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2025 21:01     Subject: Insane acceptances
s/o of the H vs S vs M post below, just for fun - none of these are my child! Kids in DC's grade.

Accepted to: Harvard, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Penn
Accepted to: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Duke, Georgetown, USC, Michigan (and more).
Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Duke, Williams, Amherst (and more).

People really do have this problem!