Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 12:15     Subject: Re:How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm always curious when people ask this question- are you at a small private school? How would you even begin to know who's applied where?

My kid's class is 750 kids. She couldn't even begin to guess or know who applied to what school other than perhaps her very close friends.


If you attend a private school of 80 kids, there is a lot of chatter especially among boys. My son went to an all-boys school and I think he knew where everyone was applying before the boys even send on their applications and he wasn't even looking for this info (college apps were not his thing). They all talk when hanging out in the senior lounge. Plus parents are friends so you have this stream of chatter too.


My son attended a very small private boys school with 50 boys per grade. While he vaguely knew where others were applying he said in general most boys did not talk much about it, he felt it was rude to even find out unless someone mentioned it. My daughter at an all girls is very clued in. So I dont think its a school thing, its more a personality thing. I am sure there are girls in my daughters school who are not like her. But even at these small private schools some kids dont tell others where they are actually applying. I have been through this a couple of times and have seen this.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 11:51     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
I've heard BC and Tufts.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 11:01     Subject: Re:How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm always curious when people ask this question- are you at a small private school? How would you even begin to know who's applied where?

My kid's class is 750 kids. She couldn't even begin to guess or know who applied to what school other than perhaps her very close friends.


If you attend a private school of 80 kids, there is a lot of chatter especially among boys. My son went to an all-boys school and I think he knew where everyone was applying before the boys even send on their applications and he wasn't even looking for this info (college apps were not his thing). They all talk when hanging out in the senior lounge. Plus parents are friends so you have this stream of chatter too.


They talk but they don't always tell each other exactly where they are applying or will say they did to a school when they didn't. Competition within the class as everyone knows. Private and public students.




What kind of school does your kid attend? At ours kids were very forthright. Nobody lying.


Ha. How do you know?
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 10:58     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
I only know anecdotally from DS's friends:

One Emory
One BC
One Bowdoin
Two Lehigh
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 10:56     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are majority of kids accepted or denied? What types of kids are getting accepted? or denied? At our school, there are still many remaining in the RD pool.


ED2 is not fully done yet. A few more decisions is still trickling in this week. But for our non-DMV private, roughly one-third of the class appears to have gotten in by REA, ED or ED2. The majority were ED or REA, with only a few ED2. There were a few ED decisions who got out of it only because the students didn't get sufficient financial need support so they are back in the RD pile. I am going by the instagram announcement account plus what my DC tells me he's heard directly from friends since it's a pretty small school and they all generally know what's up. I will say that the REA/ED/ED2 crowd seems to be leaning heavily female.

So I guess nearly 2/3 of the class (or just under that) are waiiting for RD, and it's majority male.


I meant to add the ED-specific denials I've only heard through DC and word of mouth, but it was largely ED denials of male students at Northwestern, Vandy, Tufts and some small LACs like Pomona.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 10:53     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Anonymous wrote:Are majority of kids accepted or denied? What types of kids are getting accepted? or denied? At our school, there are still many remaining in the RD pool.


ED2 is not fully done yet. A few more decisions is still trickling in this week. But for our non-DMV private, roughly one-third of the class appears to have gotten in by REA, ED or ED2. The majority were ED or REA, with only a few ED2. There were a few ED decisions who got out of it only because the students didn't get sufficient financial need support so they are back in the RD pile. I am going by the instagram announcement account plus what my DC tells me he's heard directly from friends since it's a pretty small school and they all generally know what's up. I will say that the REA/ED/ED2 crowd seems to be leaning heavily female.

So I guess nearly 2/3 of the class (or just under that) are waiiting for RD, and it's majority male.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 09:32     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Anonymous wrote:Not good at our school. Two Middlebury denials, three Boston College denials, one Bates denial, and a Colby deferral.

Ouch. Guess they should have been ED1s…
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 09:30     Subject: Re:How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm always curious when people ask this question- are you at a small private school? How would you even begin to know who's applied where?

My kid's class is 750 kids. She couldn't even begin to guess or know who applied to what school other than perhaps her very close friends.


If you attend a private school of 80 kids, there is a lot of chatter especially among boys. My son went to an all-boys school and I think he knew where everyone was applying before the boys even send on their applications and he wasn't even looking for this info (college apps were not his thing). They all talk when hanging out in the senior lounge. Plus parents are friends so you have this stream of chatter too.


They talk but they don't always tell each other exactly where they are applying or will say they did to a school when they didn't. Competition within the class as everyone knows. Private and public students.




What kind of school does your kid attend? At ours kids were very forthright. Nobody lying.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 09:08     Subject: Re:How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm always curious when people ask this question- are you at a small private school? How would you even begin to know who's applied where?

My kid's class is 750 kids. She couldn't even begin to guess or know who applied to what school other than perhaps her very close friends.


If you attend a private school of 80 kids, there is a lot of chatter especially among boys. My son went to an all-boys school and I think he knew where everyone was applying before the boys even send on their applications and he wasn't even looking for this info (college apps were not his thing). They all talk when hanging out in the senior lounge. Plus parents are friends so you have this stream of chatter too.


They talk but they don't always tell each other exactly where they are applying or will say they did to a school when they didn't. Competition within the class as everyone knows. Private and public students.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 09:05     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
ED 2 was VERY popular this year at colleges that offer it so I imagine there was many more denials/deferrels
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 07:58     Subject: Re:How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Anonymous wrote:I'm always curious when people ask this question- are you at a small private school? How would you even begin to know who's applied where?

My kid's class is 750 kids. She couldn't even begin to guess or know who applied to what school other than perhaps her very close friends.


If you attend a private school of 80 kids, there is a lot of chatter especially among boys. My son went to an all-boys school and I think he knew where everyone was applying before the boys even send on their applications and he wasn't even looking for this info (college apps were not his thing). They all talk when hanging out in the senior lounge. Plus parents are friends so you have this stream of chatter too.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 07:52     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
2 BC acceptances
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 07:18     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Not good at our school. Two Middlebury denials, three Boston College denials, one Bates denial, and a Colby deferral.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 07:02     Subject: Re:How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
I'm always curious when people ask this question- are you at a small private school? How would you even begin to know who's applied where?

My kid's class is 750 kids. She couldn't even begin to guess or know who applied to what school other than perhaps her very close friends.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 23:28     Subject: How are ED2 acceptances looking at your school?
Are majority of kids accepted or denied? What types of kids are getting accepted? or denied? At our school, there are still many remaining in the RD pool.