Anonymous
03/08/2026 21:28
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:I think better off indication is from EA out of state public’s. GT, UT Austin, uiuc, Michigan, etc which all have sub 10% acceptance.
I think her question was: Does getting merit from top 40-50 predict acceptance to the bunch of schools you just just listed?
Anonymous
03/08/2026 20:31
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
I think better off indication is from EA out of state public’s. GT, UT Austin, uiuc, Michigan, etc which all have sub 10% acceptance.
Anonymous
03/08/2026 20:05
Subject: Re:Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
For those who ended up getting into at least one top 20 (non-binding), what merit did you get out of top 30?
Anonymous
03/08/2026 18:36
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:Merit (generous): Case; Elon; Pitt; Boulder; Vermont
Admitted in EA/RD: UVA (OOS); Michigan (OOS); Vanderbilt; Cornell; Northwestern; Rice (and a few others lower ranked)
Rejected: Stanford; Dartmouth; Yale; Duke
Applied to 20 schools
Where did your kid end up attending?
Anonymous
03/08/2026 18:33
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:T40-T50 are safeties. Generally not predictive for highly selective schools (sub 15%).
Merit at these schools is means to attract students they think who are likely to attend, not a great correlation with acceptance to reach schools. The underlying logic for reach is different from that of merit at safeties.
Reasonable to assume at least one target (15-20%).
Such as…?
Anonymous
03/08/2026 18:26
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
T40-T50 are safeties. Generally not predictive for highly selective schools (sub 15%).
Merit at these schools is means to attract students they think who are likely to attend, not a great correlation with acceptance to reach schools. The underlying logic for reach is different from that of merit at safeties.
Reasonable to assume at least one target (15-20%).
Merit at these schools is means to attract students they think who are likely to attend, not a great correlation with acceptance to reach schools. The underlying logic for reach is different from that of merit at safeties.
Reasonable to assume at least one target (15-20%).
Anonymous
03/08/2026 17:33
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Merit (generous): Case; Elon; Pitt; Boulder; Vermont
Admitted in EA/RD: UVA (OOS); Michigan (OOS); Vanderbilt; Cornell; Northwestern; Rice (and a few others lower ranked)
Rejected: Stanford; Dartmouth; Yale; Duke
Applied to 20 schools
Admitted in EA/RD: UVA (OOS); Michigan (OOS); Vanderbilt; Cornell; Northwestern; Rice (and a few others lower ranked)
Rejected: Stanford; Dartmouth; Yale; Duke
Applied to 20 schools
Anonymous
03/08/2026 17:03
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Couple years ago:
Rejections: Harvard, Penn
WL: UVA, NE
Accepted w/merit: UMD ($10K/yr), Ohio St. ($16.5k), Boston U ($25k), UMN ($25K), Lehigh (~$30k/50% tuition), CWRU ($35K)
Accepted no merit: WM (Monroe Scholar), Pitt
Didn’t apply to any T10-T25?
PP, other than rolling the dice on Ivies, chasing merit. Cant afford $90k/yr.
Anonymous
03/08/2026 16:29
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:Couple years ago:
Rejections: Harvard, Penn
WL: UVA, NE
Accepted w/merit: UMD ($10K/yr), Ohio St. ($16.5k), Boston U ($25k), UMN ($25K), Lehigh (~$30k/50% tuition), CWRU ($35K)
Accepted no merit: WM (Monroe Scholar), Pitt
Didn’t apply to any T10-T25?
Anonymous
03/08/2026 16:27
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Couple years ago:
Rejections: Harvard, Penn
WL: UVA, NE
Accepted w/merit: UMD ($10K/yr), Ohio St. ($16.5k), Boston U ($25k), UMN ($25K), Lehigh (~$30k/50% tuition), CWRU ($35K)
Accepted no merit: WM (Monroe Scholar), Pitt
Rejections: Harvard, Penn
WL: UVA, NE
Accepted w/merit: UMD ($10K/yr), Ohio St. ($16.5k), Boston U ($25k), UMN ($25K), Lehigh (~$30k/50% tuition), CWRU ($35K)
Accepted no merit: WM (Monroe Scholar), Pitt
Anonymous
03/08/2026 16:16
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
T25 possible esp oos publics.
Anonymous
03/08/2026 16:15
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Many publics and privates offer 25k for desired students. Does not gurantee t10 at all. Same schools offer higher merit for t10 caliber.
Anonymous
03/08/2026 16:01
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
List the school with merit & major.
Both matter for purposes of predicting.
Both matter for purposes of predicting.
Anonymous
03/08/2026 15:26
Subject: Re:Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Hope so. My son got merit from couple of top 30-40. Hope that translates into top 10-20 without merit! 😉
Anonymous
03/08/2026 15:23
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Got merit at a couple of T40-T50 schools, DC is trying to figure out how much that usually carries over to more selective schools. For people who’ve been through this, does getting merit in that range usually mean you’ve got a real shot higher up (T15-T30?) too, or is it not that predictive? Just curious what others have seen from actual results. Didn't apply to USC EA.