Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 18:05     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Worked on a farm
PT job mowing lawns
Hung around with friends

- Ivy
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 18:04     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Senate Youth, UChicago
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 18:03     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Anonymous wrote:theater stuff
amherst
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 18:00     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Natl championship for sport
Congressional internship

T10
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 18:00     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pomona ‘30 but got into Yale and Brown too if that helps.

Helped organize no kings protests with a national organization and went to Paris to work with some organizers holding activism workshops and demonstrations.

Applied as Economics and Neuroscience at every institution.


Of course Pomona loved that!

Sounds like quite a few schools did, congrats PP
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 18:00     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
WASP Ed. Interned at lab at prestigious med school. She was given little to do and was completely bored. I really don’t think this is what moved the needle.
Spend summer volunteering somewhere in meaningful way and, if necessary, prep for SAT to get 1530+.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:58     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Chicago summer, 9k + travel.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:57     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Anonymous wrote:Pomona ‘30 but got into Yale and Brown too if that helps.

Helped organize no kings protests with a national organization and went to Paris to work with some organizers holding activism workshops and demonstrations.

Applied as Economics and Neuroscience at every institution.


Of course Pomona loved that!
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:57     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
theater stuff
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:57     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Pomona ‘30 but got into Yale and Brown too if that helps.

Helped organize no kings protests with a national organization and went to Paris to work with some organizers holding activism workshops and demonstrations.

Applied as Economics and Neuroscience at every institution.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:54     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Want to know how kids who managed to impress the most selective colleges spent their summer before applying.

Can you say which schools your DC got accepted to and what they did the summer before?

The one kid I know who got into Yale did Yale YGS and ran a non-profit.


You're asking specifically for parents of kids who are WASPS?

WASP is Williams Amherst swat and Pomona
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:54     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Interned at a nonprofit organization focused on healthcare equity and poverty alleviation in DC.

Started drafting personal statement and CommonApp Activity List.

(T10)
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:38     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Anonymous wrote:Want to know how kids who managed to impress the most selective colleges spent their summer before applying.

Can you say which schools your DC got accepted to and what they did the summer before?

The one kid I know who got into Yale did Yale YGS and ran a non-profit.


You're asking specifically for parents of kids who are WASPS?
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:37     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Non-profits need to be legit and long-term to be a plus. AOs have become extremely attuned to the many "non-profits" that have exploded as a means to get into HYP.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:29     Subject: Ivy+/WASP accepts: what did they do summer before senior year?
Want to know how kids who managed to impress the most selective colleges spent their summer before applying.

Can you say which schools your DC got accepted to and what they did the summer before?

The one kid I know who got into Yale did Yale YGS and ran a non-profit.