Anonymous
04/09/2014 23:28
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
Random all the way. Not just the admissions but also the financial aid. We got 35k at one school and nothing at others. All use the CSS profile and fafsa. Go figure.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 22:58
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
It is random since schools want a "well rounded" class. Even the smartest most "cultured" volunteering cookie only has a slight edge today, unless they also have connections.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 20:57
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
Anonymous wrote:DD wasn't so lucky. Waitlisted at both low reaches, which I would have put as high matches based on grades and SATs alone. According to Naviance, the scores it takes to get into these schools from DD's school are significantly higher than what the common data set would indicate.
Students really are competing against kids from their own schools. But inexplicably, some kids from the same high school with lower grades, scores, and ECs got in. The whole process has been frustrating and mystifying. At least she is warming up to one of her match schools.
My DD was also wait listed at 2 and rejected at 1 school I'd call "strong match" due to stats and Naviance. She opted to accept a spring admission to a school that was more of a reach and is happy with that. But the entire process was such a mystery (and this is our 3rd time through it).
Anonymous
04/09/2014 19:53
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
DD wasn't so lucky. Waitlisted at both low reaches, which I would have put as high matches based on grades and SATs alone. According to Naviance, the scores it takes to get into these schools from DD's school are significantly higher than what the common data set would indicate.
Students really are competing against kids from their own schools. But inexplicably, some kids from the same high school with lower grades, scores, and ECs got in. The whole process has been frustrating and mystifying. At least she is warming up to one of her match schools.
Students really are competing against kids from their own schools. But inexplicably, some kids from the same high school with lower grades, scores, and ECs got in. The whole process has been frustrating and mystifying. At least she is warming up to one of her match schools.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 18:47
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
10:44 That's neat. It is so great to have it done.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 18:24
Subject: Re:This is why it's a crapshoot
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We're going through this process now. Some of the examples of where certain kids were accepted and rejected are beyond explanation. My DD got lots of wait lists (including one that we considered a safety) and then was accepted at her really really reach school. I've come out of the process much more confused than when we started the process.
Schools like to accept students who will actually attend. The safety school probably knew it was a safety school.
Ah, the so-called Tufts effect. I think that is more myth than reality.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 16:40
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
I discouraged DC from applying to that top Ivy, because I thought DC's chances were zero. DC got in. Who the heck knows why.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 10:44
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
Anonymous wrote:7:59 Congrats! I'm miffed that my child refused to apply to a certain reach school. (Not Ivy.)
Thanks. I'm so glad I kept quiet when she gave me her list of places to apply. Funny that she was wait listed to places I "knew" she'd be accepted and she was accepted where I "knew" she had zero chance.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 10:21
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
7:59 Congrats! I'm miffed that my child refused to apply to a certain reach school. (Not Ivy.)
Anonymous
04/09/2014 08:37
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
Anonymous wrote:I know one kid rejected at BC and accepted at BU and another kid accepted at BU and rejected by BC. The funny thing is both kids had the school they were rejected from as their top choice. The process is mysterious. Maybe they could just swap offers.
My son has 2 friends who got similar results -- one in at Duke and waitlisted at Williams, the other v.v. Both are opting for other schools and hoping that the waitlist spot will open up.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 08:24
Subject: Re:This is why it's a crapshoot
Anonymous wrote:We're going through this process now. Some of the examples of where certain kids were accepted and rejected are beyond explanation. My DD got lots of wait lists (including one that we considered a safety) and then was accepted at her really really reach school. I've come out of the process much more confused than when we started the process.
Schools like to accept students who will actually attend. The safety school probably knew it was a safety school.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 07:59
Subject: Re:This is why it's a crapshoot
We're going through this process now. Some of the examples of where certain kids were accepted and rejected are beyond explanation. My DD got lots of wait lists (including one that we considered a safety) and then was accepted at her really really reach school. I've come out of the process much more confused than when we started the process.
Anonymous
04/09/2014 07:53
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
I know one kid rejected at BC and accepted at BU and another kid accepted at BU and rejected by BC. The funny thing is both kids had the school they were rejected from as their top choice. The process is mysterious. Maybe they could just swap offers.
Anonymous
04/08/2014 18:15
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot
Today more students apply to these schools today than have ever applied to these schools before, that is why the admissions rate is so low.
Anonymous
04/08/2014 17:53
Subject: This is why it's a crapshoot