Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of St Andrews. Wanted to go to a Stoxbridge university but didn’t get into Oxford.

RD, no ED. Yes visited, 9/10.

As a Brit (living in the DC area) I’m fascinated by stoxbridge - in the UK it’s Oxbridge. Is he st for st Andrews? There are other universities in this second tier like Durham Bristol Edinburgh Exeter LSE … Do you know why they’re not appealing to Americans?

DP. Yeah, PP should have just said a British Uni. Lived in UK for years, and there is no triad there. Sounds like trying to make "fetch" happen to me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of St Andrews. Wanted to go to a Stoxbridge university but didn’t get into Oxford.

RD, no ED. Yes visited, 9/10.

As a Brit (living in the DC area) I’m fascinated by stoxbridge - in the UK it’s Oxbridge. Is he st for st Andrews? There are other universities in this second tier like Durham Bristol Edinburgh Exeter LSE … Do you know why they’re not appealing to Americans?

Lol. Most Americans wouldn't have heard of Durham, Bristol, or Exeter in a UK context.

LSE is known to those pursuing economics and business if they are also Oxbridge aware. I worked in fed govt for 2 LSE masters' grads who were American. One was undergrad at Cornell ILR.

St. Andrews has tremendous mindshare with current moms because of Will and Kate.

If Princess Charlotte goes to Durham and Prince Louis to Exeter, Americans might take notice.

Brown fares well with European royalty.

DC deciding between Stanford and Harvard (leaning Stanford). Waiting for visit weekends before committing.

Northeastern for CS and Data Science. With merit aid and financial aid cheaper than VT so no brainer. Was almost going to pull the trigger for Lehigh, but Boston won out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of St Andrews. Wanted to go to a Stoxbridge university but didn’t get into Oxford.

RD, no ED. Yes visited, 9/10.

As a Brit (living in the DC area) I’m fascinated by stoxbridge - in the UK it’s Oxbridge. Is he st for st Andrews? There are other universities in this second tier like Durham Bristol Edinburgh Exeter LSE … Do you know why they’re not appealing to Americans?

Really? The same way Harvard, Stanford and Yale are known to Brits but Pomona, Swarthmore, Rice, Northwestern are not.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pomona
RD

Also accepted by UChicago, W&M, Wesleyan and other target schools

10/10 for kid, 20/10 for parents for amazing FA

That part is really heart-warming!

I recently learned that Pomona has among the highest ratios of low income students (higher than any Ivy, for instance) so yes, they must give amazing aid and have a large endowment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of St Andrews. Wanted to go to a Stoxbridge university but didn’t get into Oxford.

RD, no ED. Yes visited, 9/10.

As a Brit (living in the DC area) I’m fascinated by stoxbridge - in the UK it’s Oxbridge. Is he st for st Andrews? There are other universities in this second tier like Durham Bristol Edinburgh Exeter LSE … Do you know why they’re not appealing to Americans?

I am a NP with a DC going to Cambridge. My DC applied and got into Durham and Edinburgh (also got into St Andrews and UCL). Lots of kids know about Edi and it is fairly popular in the sense that if you know about St A you also tend to know about Edi. LSE is also very well known but I think most in the US view it as a graduate school option. Durham, Bristol etc. are much less well known and I think that is because they just don't spend a lot of time courting US students.

Anonymous wrote:Pomona
RD

Also accepted by UChicago, W&M, Wesleyan and other target schools

10/10 for kid, 20/10 for parents for amazing FA

That part is really heart-warming!

Anonymous wrote:W&M - RD, 4.96UW/1510

DD was unsure at the beginning of this journey so cast a wide net in-state, accepted at (no hook):

UVA
W&L
JMU
VCU
VT

Congrats!!

Anonymous wrote:University of St Andrews. Wanted to go to a Stoxbridge university but didn’t get into Oxford.

RD, no ED. Yes visited, 9/10.

As a Brit (living in the DC area) I’m fascinated by stoxbridge - in the UK it’s Oxbridge. Is he st for st Andrews? There are other universities in this second tier like Durham Bristol Edinburgh Exeter LSE … Do you know why they’re not appealing to Americans?

Stats: 4.5 wgpa; 1530 SAT

Accepted: W&M, UVA, Ohio State, Lehigh, Clemson, Villanova, Florida State, University of Florida, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Tulane, UGA

Waitlists: None

Rejected: University of Pennsylvania

Choosing: University of Florida

Go Gators!

Anonymous wrote:Deciding between Columbia Penn and Duke but all signs are pointing to Duke right now!

Wow smart kid, congrats!

PP - meant to reply to the person asking about merit aid for high stats

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to all the grads and their parents! As a mom to 2 underclassmen, thanks to those who helpfully shared stats and info on merit aid... We don't get need-based because our assets are a hair too high, so we're going to be trying to get a list of merit aid schools together soon. Our high schoolers so far have 4.0s but no huge national awards.

Agree and also thank you to everyone for bringing some sense of what to expect.

And for keeping it positive!!

Our kid hasn’t decided yet (can’t attend all admitted student stuff until end of month) but received merit at Case, Lehigh (trustee’s scholarship for half tuition), Fordham and Pitt.

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a bit more average than most, but we are really excited for University of Arizona (amazing merit!)

Admitted to:
Ohio State
Indiana
Wisconsin
Clemson
Penn State
Miami (Ohio)
Towson

It made the most financial sense and she is 10/10 excited!!

Congratulations on so many options. She must be an appealing candidate , and it sounds like you made a great list.