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Anonymous wrote:Stanford ED....rejected.

Will be a very unMerry Xmas

Are you devastated when you buy a $1 lotto ticket and don’t win $1000? I mean come on, it’s Stanford. Nobody has a real crisp shot unless they’re the incoming quarterback or a top 50 junior tennis player.

Well, the odds for a $1 lotto ticket to win is about 1/100,000 to and the odds for getting in Stanford are about 1/20. Completely different expectations.

Actually, the Stanford odds are not about 1/20. If my kid applied, his odds would be 1/100000000.

Parents please remember to be sensitive to the fact that many more area students will be rejected by their top-choice colleges than admitted, particularly in this early round. It is natural and fine to be proud, but please keep your posts specific to your individual case, as in my child was admitted, deferred, rejected from XYZ. We do not need the additional commentary on how amazing your school's results are, particularly when so many students will feel more pressure in the coming weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford is out already, as are some elite SLAC colleges. So far, so good at our "Big 3" NW DC private. Fingers crossed, and good luck to all.

And so the Sidwell admissions bragging thread has begun. How do I know? The over-emphasizing of Stanford specifically, and under-emphasis on - by not specifically naming them - the more general "elite SLAC colleges." For Sidwell families, if it isn't HPSY, then it is not important enough to detail. Your student was probably admitted to Stanford.

Thank you for the understated posted gloating in its enthusiasm ("So far, so good") that all of your "Big 3 NW DC private" school's EA applicants to "Stanford" and "some elite SLAC colleges" were admitted (again, the "So far, so good"). It is really a bit insensitive coming on the heels of so many other previous posts expressing students' disappointment at not being admitted to those or other schools.

Insufferable really. Which Big 3 school is already bragging?

Agree the post is obnoxious but keep in mind it is not the school or even the overall parent body, just one insufferable parent (or kid), doing the bragging. Doesn't speak for everyone there.

- Not a Sidwell parent, BTW

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford is out already, as are some elite SLAC colleges. So far, so good at our "Big 3" NW DC private. Fingers crossed, and good luck to all.

And so the Sidwell admissions bragging thread has begun. How do I know? The over-emphasizing of Stanford specifically, and under-emphasis on - by not specifically naming them - the more general "elite SLAC colleges." For Sidwell families, if it isn't HPSY, then it is not important enough to detail. Your student was probably admitted to Stanford.

Thank you for the understated posted gloating in its enthusiasm ("So far, so good") that all of your "Big 3 NW DC private" school's EA applicants to "Stanford" and "some elite SLAC colleges" were admitted (again, the "So far, so good"). It is really a bit insensitive coming on the heels of so many other previous posts expressing students' disappointment at not being admitted to those or other schools.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford is out already, as are some elite SLAC colleges. So far, so good at our "Big 3" NW DC private. Fingers crossed, and good luck to all.

And so the Sidwell admissions bragging thread has begun. How do I know? The over-emphasizing of Stanford specifically, and under-emphasis on - by not specifically naming them - the more general "elite SLAC colleges." For Sidwell families, if it isn't HPSY, then it is not important enough to detail. Your student was probably admitted to Stanford.

Thank you for the understated posted gloating in its enthusiasm ("So far, so good") that all of your "Big 3 NW DC private" school's EA applicants to "Stanford" and "some elite SLAC colleges" were admitted (again, the "So far, so good"). It is really a bit insensitive coming on the heels of so many other previous posts expressing students' disappointment at not being admitted to those or other schools.

Insufferable really. Which Big 3 school is already bragging?

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford is out already, as are some elite SLAC colleges. So far, so good at our "Big 3" NW DC private. Fingers crossed, and good luck to all.

And so the Sidwell admissions bragging thread has begun. How do I know? The over-emphasizing of Stanford specifically, and under-emphasis on - by not specifically naming them - the more general "elite SLAC colleges." For Sidwell families, if it isn't HPSY, then it is not important enough to detail. Your student was probably admitted to Stanford.

Thank you for the understated posted gloating in its enthusiasm ("So far, so good") that all of your "Big 3 NW DC private" school's EA applicants to "Stanford" and "some elite SLAC colleges" were admitted (again, the "So far, so good"). It is really a bit insensitive coming on the heels of so many other previous posts expressing students' disappointment at not being admitted to those or other schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm reading this thread and wondering... which is it?

The posters are seniors in high school, or

Y'all are way too involved. I have a senior. He was accepted places you folks might distain. I do not know about any other kid's outcomes.

Not sure what your point is. If your child is not applying to super-competitive schools and is qualified for the schools on his list, of course the process will be much less dramatic. People are less likely to post in cases where the outcomes are assured. If you don't know about other kids' outcomes, presumably that's because you are incurious and/or don't have friends who like to talk about this subject. Not sure why any of that would make you want to judge others.

So your saying that if my son were applying to Harvard I would somehow develop an insane interest in all the other kids at his school who are applying to such places? Not likely.

The few parents who have pushed conversations about where my kid was applying were fishing. It was awkward and distasteful. Do you stay this involved Freshman year, too?

Where did you get the notion that people on this thread are insanely interested in where all the kids at their kid's school are going? This is an anonymous thread, and the posters on here are discussing their own child'ren's results at schools they were hoping to get into. Not sure why you find that to be a sign of over-involvement. I also doubt that all the people asking about your kid's application list were "fishing" for information. They were probably just trying to be friendly and make small talk.

Anonymous wrote:Stanford is out already, as are some elite SLAC colleges. So far, so good at our "Big 3" NW DC private. Fingers crossed, and good luck to all.

And so the Sidwell admissions bragging thread has begun. How do I know? The over-emphasizing of Stanford specifically, and under-emphasis on - by not specifically naming them - the more general "elite SLAC colleges." For Sidwell families, if it isn't HPSY, then it is not important enough to detail. Your student was probably admitted to Stanford.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford ED....rejected.

Will be a very unMerry Xmas

Are you devastated when you buy a $1 lotto ticket and don’t win $1000? I mean come on, it’s Stanford. Nobody has a real crisp shot unless they’re the incoming quarterback or a top 50 junior tennis player.

Well, the odds for a $1 lotto ticket to win is about 1/100,000 to and the odds for getting in Stanford are about 1/20. Completely different expectations.

Try this one. "Why the Episcopal Church is near Collapse?" http://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/home-page-news-and-views/why-is-the-episcopal-church-near-collapse.aspx

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Northeastern practically invented the protect the yeild to move up in the rankings game.

Then it was a bad invention. Yield is only 1.5% of the USN rankings formula.

Alls I know is that the school is rocketing through the ranks.

Doesn't have to stay that way. Google is your friend. Had little to do with yield.

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/2/

That's ^^ one of the most depressing articles I have read in a long time. So Northeastern did everything it could to game the system with US News & World Report (except focus on xlnt teaching) and that's supposed to be a good thing? After reading that, NE is the last school I would have my children attend. That's not what getting a college education is supposed to be about! thank you for posting. Now I know.

Anonymous wrote:God son admitted Tulane ED. Great kid. Not an academic, so this was his stretch. So happy and proud it worked out!

Mazel Tov!

All the best to him!

Stanford is out already, as are some elite SLAC colleges. So far, so good at our "Big 3" NW DC private. Fingers crossed, and good luck to all.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm reading this thread and wondering... which is it?

The posters are seniors in high school, or

Y'all are way too involved. I have a senior. He was accepted places you folks might distain. I do not know about any other kid's outcomes.

Not sure what your point is. If your child is not applying to super-competitive schools and is qualified for the schools on his list, of course the process will be much less dramatic. People are less likely to post in cases where the outcomes are assured. If you don't know about other kids' outcomes, presumably that's because you are incurious and/or don't have friends who like to talk about this subject. Not sure why any of that would make you want to judge others.

So your saying that if my son were applying to Harvard I would somehow develop an insane interest in all the other kids at his school who are applying to such places? Not likely.

The few parents who have pushed conversations about where my kid was applying were fishing. It was awkward and distasteful. Do you stay this involved Freshman year, too?

I wish this was not so complicated. My DS's college advisor suggested RD to allow his first semester senior grades to maybe bring up his gpa. I am now very worried this was a mistake.