“However, I believe Michigan has had the highest standardized test scores of these schools in recent years, but they don't factor GPA.”

Michigan doesn’t factor GPA? That’s a load of nonsense! Michigan shows a lower overall GPA simply because the school has its own system that uses a 4.0 grading scale.

Anonymous wrote:In at Swarthmore, rejected by Tulane

The best moment is yet to come

In at UVA, Vanderbilt, Duke and honors at Faber, Coolidge and Harrison. Waitlisted at California University (First Choice), Dartmouth and Emory. Thankfully received a scholarship for winning a caddy golf tournament and with merit aid Coolidge College became the clear choice.

In at Swarthmore, rejected by Tulane

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Anonymous wrote:In at Notre Dame and University of Pennsylvania; rejected at Northwestern and Pomona.

Wow, my dc is interested in Northwestern. We thought it would definitely be easier than UPenn. Any ties to Penn like legacy?

No. No ties to any of the schools.

This just goes to demonstrate that at the "top schools" it really is a crap shoot. With admission rates under 10%, it's a matter of your major, where you are from, and who reads your application and it grabs their attention.

You need a hook and good advising on applying. If you look at the NCAA lacrosse championship this year, it appeared to be dominated by Ivy schools. Lacrosse is a hook for upper middle, wealthy families for admission. Those kids are pretty good athletes, but put them in football or basketball and they are crushed by better athletes.

Umm - ok... dominated is a bit strong....

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Anonymous wrote:In at Notre Dame and University of Pennsylvania; rejected at Northwestern and Pomona.

Wow, my dc is interested in Northwestern. We thought it would definitely be easier than UPenn. Any ties to Penn like legacy?

No. No ties to any of the schools.

This just goes to demonstrate that at the "top schools" it really is a crap shoot. With admission rates under 10%, it's a matter of your major, where you are from, and who reads your application and it grabs their attention.

You need a hook and good advising on applying. If you look at the NCAA lacrosse championship this year, it appeared to be dominated by Ivy schools. Lacrosse is a hook for upper middle, wealthy WHITE families for admission. Those kids are AVERAGE athletes, but put them in football or basketball and they are crushed by better athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:In at Notre Dame and University of Pennsylvania; rejected at Northwestern and Pomona.

Wow, my dc is interested in Northwestern. We thought it would definitely be easier than UPenn. Any ties to Penn like legacy?

No. No ties to any of the schools.

This just goes to demonstrate that at the "top schools" it really is a crap shoot. With admission rates under 10%, it's a matter of your major, where you are from, and who reads your application and it grabs their attention.

You need a hook and good advising on applying. If you look at the NCAA lacrosse championship this year, it appeared to be dominated by Ivy schools. Lacrosse is a hook for upper middle, wealthy families for admission. Those kids are pretty good athletes, but put them in football or basketball and they are crushed by better athletes.

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In at U Michigan and UNC, Rejected at UVA and waitlisted at William & Mary

Ridiculous. Good for you getting into better schools. Virginia schools are so frustrating.

You clearly don't know how well Virginia schools are doing and how difficult it is to get in. UVA is the no 1 public for producer of Rhodes Scholars. No. 8 in the entire nation in fact. You need a 4.45 GPA/35 ACT and a 1510 to be in the 75th percentile of last year's entering students. And only 4,000 are accepted.

All those schools probably have 75th percentile in similar ranges (UNC for OOS). Assuming the post wasn't a joke/troll, the admit to UNC OOS is quite difficult since the OOS percentage is quite limited. It has long been a tough OOS admit. Michigan has about 50% from OOS, so it is probably less of a crap shoot than UNC. Michigan is dependent on OOS students for maintaining their budget. However, I believe Michigan has had the highest standardized test scores of these schools in recent years, but they don't factor GPA. A student from FCS with really high standardized scores, but perhaps not quite good enough grades for UVA (or William & Mary) might actually have a somewhat better chance at Michigan.

You are putting too much emphasis on Rhodes Scholars distinguishing UVA. Yes, it is a point of distinction but a highly historical one rather than a purely current metric, and it is one of many potential points of distinction. The fact that UVA has more than say Berkeley, UCLA, or Michigan isn't going to trump the (numerous) points of distinction they have.

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Wow, my dc is interested in Northwestern. We thought it would definitely be easier than UPenn. Any ties to Penn like legacy?

No. No ties to any of the schools.

This just goes to demonstrate that at the "top schools" it really is a crap shoot. With admission rates under 10%, it's a matter of your major, where you are from, and who reads your application and it grabs their attention.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected- Tulane , Yale, Stanford

Waitlist- NYU , Upenn

Accepted: Georgia Tech, UGA Honors, Umich, USC (half tuition merit), Emory, UCLA

Attending: Emory!

What is with the eye roll emoji? You got into Emory so you think NYU and Tulane are a slam dunk? Emory is not that great…

I can taste the bitterness through the screen. Who wouldn't expect to get into Tulane and NYU after getting into UCLA and Emory? Tulane and NYU will never be elite, they're known for yield protection, especially Tulane. Emory sits pretty in the top 25 with its 11% acceptance rate. Let's see if you or your DC could get in...

NYU is solid for undergrad business. My kid wants to go to Penn (Wharton) or NYU (stern). He is not interested in Georgia.

The competition at Stern is intense despite the good placement. There are a ton of students at Stern and econ students at A&S that are aiming for finance/management consulting. Emory would have a similar placement but less competition.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected- Tulane , Yale, Stanford

Waitlist- NYU , Upenn

Accepted: Georgia Tech, UGA Honors, Umich, USC (half tuition merit), Emory, UCLA

Attending: Emory!

What is with the eye roll emoji? You got into Emory so you think NYU and Tulane are a slam dunk? Emory is not that great…

I can taste the bitterness through the screen. Who wouldn't expect to get into Tulane and NYU after getting into UCLA and Emory? Tulane and NYU will never be elite, they're known for yield protection, especially Tulane. Emory sits pretty in the top 25 with its 11% acceptance rate. Let's see if you or your DC could get in...

NP. You, otoh, are waaay overstating Emory’s “prestige”. We get it you have a kid there or are an alumnus. Not a good look, either way.

There's nothing to overstate when comparing Emory to Tulane or nyu. If Emory is "not that great" I wonder what Tulane is. But nice try.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected- Tulane , Yale, Stanford

Waitlist- NYU , Upenn

Accepted: Georgia Tech, UGA Honors, Umich, USC (half tuition merit), Emory, UCLA

Attending: Emory!

What is with the eye roll emoji? You got into Emory so you think NYU and Tulane are a slam dunk? Emory is not that great…

I can taste the bitterness through the screen. Who wouldn't expect to get into Tulane and NYU after getting into UCLA and Emory? Tulane and NYU will never be elite, they're known for yield protection, especially Tulane. Emory sits pretty in the top 25 with its 11% acceptance rate. Let's see if you or your DC could get in...

NP. You, otoh, are waaay overstating Emory’s “prestige”. We get it you have a kid there or are an alumnus. Not a good look, either way.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected- Tulane , Yale, Stanford

Waitlist- NYU , Upenn

Accepted: Georgia Tech, UGA Honors, Umich, USC (half tuition merit), Emory, UCLA

Attending: Emory!

What is with the eye roll emoji? You got into Emory so you think NYU and Tulane are a slam dunk? Emory is not that great…

I can taste the bitterness through the screen. Who wouldn't expect to get into Tulane and NYU after getting into UCLA and Emory? Tulane and NYU will never be elite, they're known for yield protection, especially Tulane. Emory sits pretty in the top 25 with its 11% acceptance rate. Let's see if you or your DC could get in...

NYU is solid for undergrad business. My kid wants to go to Penn (Wharton) or NYU (stern). He is not interested in Georgia.

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Anonymous wrote:In at Harvard, MIT, Princeton and UPenn. Rejected at VA Tech, JMU and Coastal Carolina.

Liar. Troll

The pp already said they were having fun above

Anonymous wrote:In at Harvard, MIT, Princeton and UPenn. Rejected at VA Tech, JMU and Coastal Carolina.

Liar. Troll