Lots of kids applied to ivies at my kids’ school. Frankly doubtful that the ones who are going to northwestern or rice chose them over ivies.

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Anonymous wrote:I think applicants are becoming more strategic and are generally less interested in entering the Ivy fray.

Agree. I posted above. More high stats kids opting for ED at Northwestern, Chicago, Duke, WASP and not risking the Ivy dice roll.

My perfect stats magnet kid wanted WASP. Part fit, part strategy.

They are all great schools, but how is a college podcast so clueless? The ivies that went back to rest required are down and the others got more applications. Cornell has always had a ton of applications, its largest and most accessible.

Cornell was the most popular Ivy application at our school this year because people thought they could get in.

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is hot this year.

it does not matter. It is the No.8 in ivies anyway.

Anonymous wrote:Our Catholic HS had a good deal of Ivies, SLACs, U Chicago, Notre Dame, BC & Georgetown of course.

Zero Rice. Zero Vanderbilt. They aren’t popular at our school.

Same at our independent.

Cornell is hot this year.

Half of the ivies had increased applications, other privates in the top15 had increases too. There is no evidence of waning interest in elites.

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was still an extremely hard admit at my kids school. Several rejections and only one tippy top student got in. Cornell does seem popular but some kids are deterred by the weather

yes, no one got in from our private school and many of the top kids applied. I'm fascinated to see how much the waitlist will move. My kid is on it but I think would decline because she's really bonded with her current school.

Columbia was still an extremely hard admit at my kids school. Several rejections and only one tippy top student got in. Cornell does seem popular but some kids are deterred by the weather

God, the Bucknell crap gets old.

Please consider more enlightening sources other than this tired website, such as prestigious (non-DC) private schools, which publish their results and heavily favor Harvard, Yale, Northeastern, Bucknell, and other schools. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:I know at least 3 kids at our DC private who got into Rice and turned it down. It has a very quirky vibe. These kids hadn't visited until after being accepted and then found out it wasn't a fit.

DC's math genius friend who is headed to U Chicago didn't like the vibe at Rice, which surprised me.

Rice doesn't get attacked for being an odd campus, but Emory sure does when in actuality its fairly preppy.

Anonymous wrote:I think applicants are becoming more strategic and are generally less interested in entering the Ivy fray.

Agree. I posted above. More high stats kids opting for ED at Northwestern, Chicago, Duke, WASP and not risking the Ivy dice roll.

Because they don’t have the test scores. Lol

As the elites turn test required more kids can’t apply with their low @ss scores- that’s why TO schools got more applicants and test required less. It’s not rocket science for crying out loud.