Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 11:55     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.


+1 Not whims though. FGLI or connected kids. In the DMV, mostly the latter. Just look at magnet school admits vs. private. The latter has tiny numbers of National Merit Finalists and US Presidential Scholar Candidates, yet far more of those kids get into Ivies.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 11:52     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:They're probably very impressive, but they don't share all their accomplishments out of politeness. Many, many of the most impressive students in the DMV understate themselves, because they are taught that overt bragging is rude.


Lol, as if.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 11:29     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
They're probably very impressive, but they don't share all their accomplishments out of politeness. Many, many of the most impressive students in the DMV understate themselves, because they are taught that overt bragging is rude.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 10:53     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry...too much uncertainty about whether these students will get jobs or whether employers will be afraid to hire them.


Not for my DC. Knows he wants to be in the business world as an operator and wants his first job after undergrad to be at MBB. Best vector to that runs through Harvard Yard. Been that way forever


I really hate that the gift of a Harvard education is wasted on a kid like this.



+1 Kids like this are why Harvard had to implement a new policy penalizing students who miss more than two weeks of class.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 10:51     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Avg MIT / Caltech student caliber > Avg Harvard student


Harvard has the whole package, while MIT is only tech.

Stanford is the whole package — not Harvard.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 10:30     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry...too much uncertainty about whether these students will get jobs or whether employers will be afraid to hire them.


Not for my DC. Knows he wants to be in the business world as an operator and wants his first job after undergrad to be at MBB. Best vector to that runs through Harvard Yard. Been that way forever


I really hate that the gift of a Harvard education is wasted on a kid like this.


Totally agree, we need more Harvard trained Celtic language specialists.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 10:18     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 09:49     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Funniest thread ever.

You people are delusional.

Ironic part is, you care WAY more about Harvard's prestige than most.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 09:46     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:Child admitted to Harvard Law and UVA Law and went with UVA. UVA Law beat Harvard Law in both rank and offered an impressive scholarship.


Someone has drunk the US NEWs zkoolaod but even worse, because everyone knows that Yale and Harvard are being penalized for no longer submitted info to US News for the law school rankings. Your kid should have gone to Harvard.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2025 00:12     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:Sorry...too much uncertainty about whether these students will get jobs or whether employers will be afraid to hire them.

Yeah...as a hiring manager I totally make sure to put the Harvard resumes at the bottom of the pile
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 23:32     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have to say, I'm shocked by the number of unimpressive kids that got into Harvard this year... Just your run of the mill, fill your resume to the brim with every activity and take every AP course offered kind of boring kids


I don’t believe for a second you have more than the most superficial knowledge of the kids you claim are unimpressive. Do you know their transcripts, scores? Did you read their essays? Do you know what they did outside school settings?

I do, however, know that you sound petty AF.



Agree, sour grapes.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 20:13     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry...too much uncertainty about whether these students will get jobs or whether employers will be afraid to hire them.


Not for my DC. Knows he wants to be in the business world as an operator and wants his first job after undergrad to be at MBB. Best vector to that runs through Harvard Yard. Been that way forever


I really hate that the gift of a Harvard education is wasted on a kid like this.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 20:00     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Child admitted to Harvard Law and UVA Law and went with UVA. UVA Law beat Harvard Law in both rank and offered an impressive scholarship.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 19:28     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:Sorry...too much uncertainty about whether these students will get jobs or whether employers will be afraid to hire them.


Not for my DC. Knows he wants to be in the business world as an operator and wants his first job after undergrad to be at MBB. Best vector to that runs through Harvard Yard. Been that way forever
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 19:20     Subject: Harvard acceptance this year
Anonymous wrote:A lot of the fancy coaches claim their clients may apply to to ivies like Harvard, but don't plan to accept offers. There is too much uncertainty about whether these students. Harvard, Columbia, UPenn and others are losing their prestige.


Yes, the grapes that are too sour are easy to "turn down." AKA: I'm CYAing to look like my clients get great results even when they are committing to lower tiered schools.