Anonymous wrote:It is totally a dick move to to get the early acceptance to Princeton and then go trophy hunting. They really do ruin things for their classmates. Awful families.
Anonymous wrote:It is totally a dick move to to get the early acceptance to Princeton and then go trophy hunting. They really do ruin things for their classmates. Awful families.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's a complete a$$ move.
Why??? It’s SCEA not ED.
It kind of is. Princeton is not taking a plethora of students from any high school. Not taking an early acceptance is very much taking away a shot from a classmate. Getting into Princeton SCEA and then raking up acceptances from other T20 schools is very much a dick move.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:whatever. Good luck to any of you who have kids who don't have perfect grades and resumes but Ivy ambitions. My kid isn't applying to any Ivies so this really doesn't impact me.
The kids who ran the Ivy tables in RD was the valedictorian at a top private school. He/she matriculated to the original SCEA school. He/she had a 4.0. All the 3.95/1580s and below got shut out. I guess they should have worked harder.
That’s not how it works. I don’t think you understand top college admissions. You just feel like you needed to blame someone.
no, i didn't have a kid in the class. It definitely happened and it happens in private schools when you actually have a GPA spread. It's far less likely to happen in public schools where you may have 50 kids tied with the top GPA.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:whatever. Good luck to any of you who have kids who don't have perfect grades and resumes but Ivy ambitions. My kid isn't applying to any Ivies so this really doesn't impact me.
The kids who ran the Ivy tables in RD was the valedictorian at a top private school. He/she matriculated to the original SCEA school. He/she had a 4.0. All the 3.95/1580s and below got shut out. I guess they should have worked harder.
That’s not how it works. I don’t think you understand top college admissions. You just feel like you needed to blame someone.
Anonymous wrote:whatever. Good luck to any of you who have kids who don't have perfect grades and resumes but Ivy ambitions. My kid isn't applying to any Ivies so this really doesn't impact me.
The kids who ran the Ivy tables in RD was the valedictorian at a top private school. He/she matriculated to the original SCEA school. He/she had a 4.0. All the 3.95/1580s and below got shut out. I guess they should have worked harder.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our school also had a kid like this. They got in early and then ran the Ivy tables in RD and no one else got an Ivy spot in RD. (not an exaggeration--others on here will know who I'm talking about).
They got the right to do so and it’s often legitimate to do so. Stop blaming others if you’re not good enough for Ivys.
It is a dick move.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our school also had a kid like this. They got in early and then ran the Ivy tables in RD and no one else got an Ivy spot in RD. (not an exaggeration--others on here will know who I'm talking about).
They got the right to do so and it’s often legitimate to do so. Stop blaming others if you’re not good enough for Ivys.
It is a dick move.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our school also had a kid like this. They got in early and then ran the Ivy tables in RD and no one else got an Ivy spot in RD. (not an exaggeration--others on here will know who I'm talking about).
They got the right to do so and it’s often legitimate to do so. Stop blaming others if you’re not good enough for Ivys.
Anonymous wrote:Our school also had a kid like this. They got in early and then ran the Ivy tables in RD and no one else got an Ivy spot in RD. (not an exaggeration--others on here will know who I'm talking about).