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Anonymous wrote:2023: 20 (including 12 reaches, after ED1 deferral). At ivy.

2025: 22 (including 14 reaches, after ED1 deferral). Enrolled at T10.

Why so many reaches?

Prestige whore

It works.

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Anonymous wrote:18: 9 acceptances, 6 waitlists, 3 rejections, attending an Ivy

Why do posters always have to say “attending an Ivy?” Why can’t you just name the school? You’re so weird. You really think that you’re outing someone by saying saying Cornell or whatever?

It's a small world, and I don't want people thinking about my kid AT ALL in connection with my posting on DCUM.

Now I will think of YOUR KID every time someone mentions Cornell or Dartmouth.

7-9. Started a few more apps, but never finished

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Anonymous wrote:11

2 safeties- in at both RD
5 targets- in at 4 RD, waitlisted at 1
2 reaches- deferred EA and waitlisted at 1, waitlisted at 1 RD
2 super-reaches- rejected by 1, waitlisted by the other RD

Do you wonder if your kid should have applied to more reaches in RD? Do you think outcomes might be different given the WL?

Kid might have had better odds doing ED to a reach or shotgunning more reaches.

This is the sad truth. The original list was too narrow.

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Anonymous wrote:2023: 20 (including 12 reaches, after ED1 deferral). At ivy.

2025: 22 (including 14 reaches, after ED1 deferral). Enrolled at T10.

Why so many reaches?

Prestige whore

For some of these folks it worked out.
Feel bad for the kids who didn’t apply to enough reaches and end up getting rejected or waitlisted from all of their 3-4 reaches, but may have had a shot if they applied to more.

Kudos to the schools who cap the number of applications at 10. (Although I do think kids who need to compare financial aid packages should be allowed more leeway). That’s one small steps towards addressing the madness that college admissions has become.

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Anonymous wrote:DC ED Chicago and got accepted. I’d rather him applying to 20+ schools and had the better options.

Same. If I could do over, I would say no to Chicago ED. I hadn't discovered DCUM yet so I didn't know it was a scam.

A scam? If your kid is going to Chicago, how is that a scam?

Chicago is a bit of a scam in terms of its so-called selectivity. It really should be outlawed the way they bully kids and parents into early commitments. Whether it not it's a good school, it's just not cool.

I had a lot more respect for U Chicago back when they were a niche school with a self-selecting student body and took something like 60%

I think this feeling is ubiquitous. We will see how this pans out for them going forward. I wouldn't be surprised if people start recognizing this and taking a pass.

Chicago is the more selective version of Tufts/Northeastern/Tulane.

Yes, except Chicago parents think they're signing up for an Ivy, when they're actually signing up for...Tufts.

More Ivies are special nonsense. Glad you’ve bought into the advertising.

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Anonymous wrote:2023: 20 (including 12 reaches, after ED1 deferral). At ivy.

2025: 22 (including 14 reaches, after ED1 deferral). Enrolled at T10.

Why so many reaches?

Prestige whore

Anonymous wrote:2025

10 total
3 reached -1 accepted, 1 WL 1 rejected
4 targets - 4 accepted
3 safety - 3 accepted with 1 full ride

We’re going with the exact same approach so hopefully it works for us like it did for you. In which tier did they accept? And can you share as much as your comfortable with about the full ride? Thanks.

2025

10 total
3 reached -1 accepted, 1 WL 1 rejected
4 targets - 4 accepted
3 safety - 3 accepted with 1 full ride

10

1 reach
5 target/match
4 safety

Kids applied to 11 and 10 respectively. Would say 9-12 is a good range with appropriate mix of safety, target and reach.

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Anonymous wrote:18: 9 acceptances, 6 waitlists, 3 rejections, attending an Ivy

Why do posters always have to say “attending an Ivy?” Why can’t you just name the school? You’re so weird. You really think that you’re outing someone by saying saying Cornell or whatever?

I always assume Cornell or Dartmouth when someone says “an Ivy”.

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Anonymous wrote:18: 9 acceptances, 6 waitlists, 3 rejections, attending an Ivy

Why do posters always have to say “attending an Ivy?” Why can’t you just name the school? You’re so weird. You really think that you’re outing someone by saying saying Cornell or whatever?

It's a small world, and I don't want people thinking about my kid AT ALL in connection with my posting on DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:18: 9 acceptances, 6 waitlists, 3 rejections, attending an Ivy

Why do posters always have to say “attending an Ivy?” Why can’t you just name the school? You’re so weird. You really think that you’re outing someone by saying saying Cornell or whatever?