What is udub?

Colleges look for different things. Being accepted by school A doesn't mean you are owed acceptance at school B just because school B high a higher admission rate.

Anonymous wrote:You missing the part about fit and institutional priorities

And straight up randomness.

Once a kid passes all the hurdles at a highly selective school, they join a pool of possible admits that includes 3-5 times the number of kids that school can accept.

At that point, different schools use different criteria to choose kids: some known to us, some unknown; some consistent year-to-year, some not; some grounded in analytics, some seemingly random.

When you’re talking about schools like the ones OP listed, the odds are very low and there’s very little predictability.

To be, it always feels like a happy surprise when kids get in … and sadly, not at all a surprise when they don’t.

Anonymous wrote:U Dub is an excellent school and a really, really hard admit OOS.

From our observations in my son’s decent DMV school, it’s a safety for any student with decently good stats (unless it’s CS).

U Dub is an excellent school and a really, really hard admit OOS.

You missing the part about fit and institutional priorities

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Anonymous wrote:Those results are not surprising. Why do they surprise you?

Because UChicago's RD acceptance rate is maybe 1% (or less) while Vanderbilt's acceptance rate for ED is a lot higher than that. Same with UMich/UW (should have said OOS) - the acceptance rates are wildly different with UMich is a lot harder than UW.

Ha. Says the numbers. If you come from the right private school in a metropolitan area or large suburb, Chicago's acceptance rate is much higher. Like 50%.

I know kids deferred from Vanderbilt, admitted to Northwestern.

Rejected from Emory ED1, admitted to Pomona.

Anonymous wrote:Those results are not surprising. Why do they surprise you?

Because UChicago's RD acceptance rate is maybe 1% (or less) while Vanderbilt's acceptance rate for ED is a lot higher than that. Same with UMich/UW (should have said OOS) - the acceptance rates are wildly different with UMich is a lot harder than UW.

Anonymous wrote:I would be mortified if I were a kid and parents of my classmates were this invested in my college results.

Welcome to this area, it's all they talk about for four years then they spend the next one stalking kids then when the kids start to find themselves and transfer, drop out, or stay away form the area they wonder what happened. This area is toxic.

Those results are not surprising. Why do they surprise you?

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised to see some of the results among my senior kid and their friends and thought I would start a post to see if others have seen the same thing.

A student who was rejected ED Vanderbilt, but was accepted RD UChicago.

A student who was accepted ED UMich (after a 2 week deferral that released them from the ED) was waitlisted at Univ. of Washington.

What’s the student’s major? I read UDub’s oos acceptance rate for CS is <5%!

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised to see some of the results among my senior kid and their friends and thought I would start a post to see if others have seen the same thing.

A student who was rejected ED Vanderbilt, but was accepted RD UChicago.

A student who was accepted ED UMich (after a 2 week deferral that released them from the ED) was waitlisted at Univ. of Washington.

Not surprising, Vandy no longer admits based primarily on stats, that’s why they take a huge percentage of class test without test scores.

I would be mortified if I were a kid and parents of my classmates were this invested in my college results.

I am surprised to see some of the results among my senior kid and their friends and thought I would start a post to see if others have seen the same thing.

A student who was rejected ED Vanderbilt, but was accepted RD UChicago.

A student who was accepted ED UMich (after a 2 week deferral that released them from the ED) was waitlisted at Univ. of Washington.