Anonymous
06/17/2026 11:07
Subject: Game is rigged
I think everyone would be surprised by the number of kids with 1400 SATS admitted to the HYPSs, even kids who are not hooked in any way but just overall extraordinary applicants.
Anonymous
06/17/2026 10:05
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't understand what you mean by rigged. An example from our private school on someone admitted to a non-HYP ivy.
Top 10% of class
One of 5 students offered 2 APs as a Freshman, based on entrance exam (Bio & Geo)
11 Total APs 4s and 5s on all of them (Calc/Stats/Bio/Chem/Phys)
1450 SAT (recruited athlete, so stopped taking the test)
3.8UW (school is known as a harsh grading school)
Top 10 nationally in their event at Track and Field.
State Champion F&F. County Record Holder T&F
School Rock Band
Chess Club
Beloved by Faculty, fellow students and the administration/College Guidance office.
Also, 3rd Generation Legacy
Is it rigged because this kid got in? Eventhough their SAT is below your kid's.
A lot of legacy kids are like this. Another kid from school at HYP...similar stats. Double Legacy. Lacrosse all-state. Top Math student in HS. 1430 SAT; 4.0UW.
Where does your kid compete with these kids?
A 1430 SAT student does not belong at HYP. Textbook example of a rigged system.
They offer the school more than the OP's kid. This board is like a bunch of adults with arrested development. They don't know how the world works, and have an almost naive view of the world.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 23:19
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:DD is applying to a single digit selective college.
In her school there are two boys who are also applying, both from very wealthy families. One is legacy and heavily donates, another donates seven digit donations.
My kid has no chance.
Yup. That’s life. My Harvard Legacy kid didn’t get in because we hadn’t given seven digits. It is what it is. But she’s now at its law school, all on her own merit.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 23:10
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m not rich so no donations.Anonymous wrote:Its not rigging if OP does it.
You’re not rich, but your child goes to private school?
What’s the threshold to qualify as rich in your mind?
Middle class kids go to private schools, they also have scholarships for low income students.
Middle class families who can only pay tuition, have no advantage. Wealthy can donate while poor can bring federal aid and make college endowment look charitable waiving tuition. Applicants only able to pay their own bill are plenty and useless.
Get over it. You have tons more advantages in the last 18 years as a MC/UMC family than the poor kid has had. And there will always be someone who has more than you---unless your names is Bezos, musk, gates, etc. Life isn't fair. Fact is acceptance rates are single digits and most who apply are getting rejected.
There are countless studies showing the preference for top 1% families and legacies - kids with lower stats who gain access due to their family name or tax bracket. Until legacy and donor admits stop, expect the chorus of middle class families to get even more vocal. Simply because there are less privileged kids out there doesn’t mean Middle class and UMC families aren’t getting screwed in this rigged process.
No one cares how vocal you get.
Actually a lot of folks do. And this is why legacy admissions will be the enter to fall. Enjoy your unearned privilege while you can Buffy.
Good luck with that. Won’t happen.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 21:24
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m not rich so no donations.Anonymous wrote:Its not rigging if OP does it.
You’re not rich, but your child goes to private school?
What’s the threshold to qualify as rich in your mind?
Middle class kids go to private schools, they also have scholarships for low income students.
Middle class families who can only pay tuition, have no advantage. Wealthy can donate while poor can bring federal aid and make college endowment look charitable waiving tuition. Applicants only able to pay their own bill are plenty and useless.
Get over it. You have tons more advantages in the last 18 years as a MC/UMC family than the poor kid has had. And there will always be someone who has more than you---unless your names is Bezos, musk, gates, etc. Life isn't fair. Fact is acceptance rates are single digits and most who apply are getting rejected.
There are countless studies showing the preference for top 1% families and legacies - kids with lower stats who gain access due to their family name or tax bracket. Until legacy and donor admits stop, expect the chorus of middle class families to get even more vocal. Simply because there are less privileged kids out there doesn’t mean Middle class and UMC families aren’t getting screwed in this rigged process.
No one cares how vocal you get.
Actually a lot of folks do. And this is why legacy admissions will be the enter to fall. Enjoy your unearned privilege while you can Buffy.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 21:22
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand what you mean by rigged. An example from our private school on someone admitted to a non-HYP ivy.
Top 10% of class
One of 5 students offered 2 APs as a Freshman, based on entrance exam (Bio & Geo)
11 Total APs 4s and 5s on all of them (Calc/Stats/Bio/Chem/Phys)
1450 SAT (recruited athlete, so stopped taking the test)
3.8UW (school is known as a harsh grading school)
Top 10 nationally in their event at Track and Field.
State Champion F&F. County Record Holder T&F
School Rock Band
Chess Club
Beloved by Faculty, fellow students and the administration/College Guidance office.
Also, 3rd Generation Legacy
Is it rigged because this kid got in? Eventhough their SAT is below your kid's.
A lot of legacy kids are like this. Another kid from school at HYP...similar stats. Double Legacy. Lacrosse all-state. Top Math student in HS. 1430 SAT; 4.0UW.
Where does your kid compete with these kids?
A 1430 SAT student does not belong at HYP. Textbook example of a rigged system.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 21:19
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m not rich so no donations.Anonymous wrote:Its not rigging if OP does it.
You’re not rich, but your child goes to private school?
What’s the threshold to qualify as rich in your mind?
Middle class kids go to private schools, they also have scholarships for low income students.
Middle class families who can only pay tuition, have no advantage. Wealthy can donate while poor can bring federal aid and make college endowment look charitable waiving tuition. Applicants only able to pay their own bill are plenty and useless.
Get over it. You have tons more advantages in the last 18 years as a MC/UMC family than the poor kid has had. And there will always be someone who has more than you---unless your names is Bezos, musk, gates, etc. Life isn't fair. Fact is acceptance rates are single digits and most who apply are getting rejected.
There are countless studies showing the preference for top 1% families and legacies - kids with lower stats who gain access due to their family name or tax bracket. Until legacy and donor admits stop, expect the chorus of middle class families to get even more vocal. Simply because there are less privileged kids out there doesn’t mean Middle class and UMC families aren’t getting screwed in this rigged process.
No one cares how vocal you get.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 21:13
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m not rich so no donations.Anonymous wrote:Its not rigging if OP does it.
You’re not rich, but your child goes to private school?
What’s the threshold to qualify as rich in your mind?
Middle class kids go to private schools, they also have scholarships for low income students.
Middle class families who can only pay tuition, have no advantage. Wealthy can donate while poor can bring federal aid and make college endowment look charitable waiving tuition. Applicants only able to pay their own bill are plenty and useless.
Get over it. You have tons more advantages in the last 18 years as a MC/UMC family than the poor kid has had. And there will always be someone who has more than you---unless your names is Bezos, musk, gates, etc. Life isn't fair. Fact is acceptance rates are single digits and most who apply are getting rejected.
There are countless studies showing the preference for top 1% families and legacies - kids with lower stats who gain access due to their family name or tax bracket. Until legacy and donor admits stop, expect the chorus of middle class families to get even more vocal. Simply because there are less privileged kids out there doesn’t mean Middle class and UMC families aren’t getting screwed in this rigged process.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 21:07
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand what you mean by rigged. An example from our private school on someone admitted to a non-HYP ivy.
Top 10% of class
One of 5 students offered 2 APs as a Freshman, based on entrance exam (Bio & Geo)
11 Total APs 4s and 5s on all of them (Calc/Stats/Bio/Chem/Phys)
1450 SAT (recruited athlete, so stopped taking the test)
3.8UW (school is known as a harsh grading school)
Top 10 nationally in their event at Track and Field.
State Champion F&F. County Record Holder T&F
School Rock Band
Chess Club
Beloved by Faculty, fellow students and the administration/College Guidance office.
Also, 3rd Generation Legacy
Is it rigged because this kid got in? Eventhough their SAT is below your kid's.
A lot of legacy kids are like this. Another kid from school at HYP...similar stats. Double Legacy. Lacrosse all-state. Top Math student in HS. 1430 SAT; 4.0UW.
Where does your kid compete with these kids?[/quote
Seriously? An unhooked kid with those SAT’s would never be accepted to an Ivy. And 1430 at HYP?? You are proving OP’s point.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 20:44
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DD is applying to a single digit selective college.
In her school there are two boys who are also applying, both from very wealthy families. One is legacy and heavily donates, another donates seven digit donations.
My kid has no chance.
Single digit selective. Reality. She had no chance, or extremely little chance, to begin with.
It is not that dire. My DD got into many single digit selective schools in the T15, unhooked. Picked an ivy. For the top top kids, even females, it can work out. Only OP knows if her D is indeed a top student at the school, or better yet THE top student(rigor and gpa, and top letters).
Many?….first clue that this is fiction.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 19:54
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DD is applying to a single digit selective college.
In her school there are two boys who are also applying, both from very wealthy families. One is legacy and heavily donates, another donates seven digit donations.
My kid has no chance.
Single digit selective. Reality. She had no chance, or extremely little chance, to begin with.
It is not that dire. My DD got into many single digit selective schools in the T15, unhooked. Picked an ivy. For the top top kids, even females, it can work out. Only OP knows if her D is indeed a top student at the school, or better yet THE top student(rigor and gpa, and top letters).
Anonymous
06/16/2026 18:03
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m not rich so no donations.Anonymous wrote:Its not rigging if OP does it.
You’re not rich, but your child goes to private school?
What’s the threshold to qualify as rich in your mind?
Middle class kids go to private schools, they also have scholarships for low income students.
Middle class families who can only pay tuition, have no advantage. Wealthy can donate while poor can bring federal aid and make college endowment look charitable waiving tuition. Applicants only able to pay their own bill are plenty and useless.
Get over it. You have tons more advantages in the last 18 years as a MC/UMC family than the poor kid has had. And there will always be someone who has more than you---unless your names is Bezos, musk, gates, etc. Life isn't fair. Fact is acceptance rates are single digits and most who apply are getting rejected.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 17:54
Subject: Game is rigged
Anonymous wrote:DD is applying to a single digit selective college.
In her school there are two boys who are also applying, both from very wealthy families. One is legacy and heavily donates, another donates seven digit donations.
My kid has no chance.
Single digit selective. Reality. She had no chance, or extremely little chance, to begin with.
Anonymous
06/16/2026 17:52
Subject: Game is rigged
I don't understand what you mean by rigged. An example from our private school on someone admitted to a non-HYP ivy.
Top 10% of class
One of 5 students offered 2 APs as a Freshman, based on entrance exam (Bio & Geo)
11 Total APs 4s and 5s on all of them (Calc/Stats/Bio/Chem/Phys)
1450 SAT (recruited athlete, so stopped taking the test)
3.8UW (school is known as a harsh grading school)
Top 10 nationally in their event at Track and Field.
State Champion F&F. County Record Holder T&F
School Rock Band
Chess Club
Beloved by Faculty, fellow students and the administration/College Guidance office.
Also, 3rd Generation Legacy
Is it rigged because this kid got in? Eventhough their SAT is below your kid's.
A lot of legacy kids are like this. Another kid from school at HYP...similar stats. Double Legacy. Lacrosse all-state. Top Math student in HS. 1430 SAT; 4.0UW.
Where does your kid compete with these kids?
Top 10% of class
One of 5 students offered 2 APs as a Freshman, based on entrance exam (Bio & Geo)
11 Total APs 4s and 5s on all of them (Calc/Stats/Bio/Chem/Phys)
1450 SAT (recruited athlete, so stopped taking the test)
3.8UW (school is known as a harsh grading school)
Top 10 nationally in their event at Track and Field.
State Champion F&F. County Record Holder T&F
School Rock Band
Chess Club
Beloved by Faculty, fellow students and the administration/College Guidance office.
Also, 3rd Generation Legacy
Is it rigged because this kid got in? Eventhough their SAT is below your kid's.
A lot of legacy kids are like this. Another kid from school at HYP...similar stats. Double Legacy. Lacrosse all-state. Top Math student in HS. 1430 SAT; 4.0UW.
Where does your kid compete with these kids?
Anonymous
06/16/2026 17:38
Subject: Game is rigged
You are lucky to have this info now instead of after the fact. Plan accordingly!