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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I cannot imagine any guaranteed admission to next year's freshman class, unless perhaps it's for a sports team, in which case I would balk, because managing a demanding courseload plus athletics is going to be grueling, so it would have to be a very physically healthy, mentally strong kid indeed.

And the 4 universities you cited are very different from each other. If one of them has extended an offer, does your kid love this school, and do they want to go?

I've heard that Harvard does this for large donors -- will let them in but they have to take a gap year.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I cannot imagine any guaranteed admission to next year's freshman class, unless perhaps it's for a sports team, in which case I would balk, because managing a demanding courseload plus athletics is going to be grueling, so it would have to be a very physically healthy, mentally strong kid indeed.

And the 4 universities you cited are very different from each other. If one of them has extended an offer, does your kid love this school, and do they want to go?

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Anonymous wrote:I know a few athletes that did it- per coach.

My son could have but I made him go on-time. There was no $ associated with doing so.

that’s interesting - why type of sporting would this work for? would have to be a winter or spring sport where senior year performance (which warranted ivy recruitment) occurred after the admission deadline..

If it’s sports related, the kid is usually required to attend boarding school for a post grad year. Op is probably talking about something donor related like the z list.

I know a lax player who exploded senior spring and shifted from Patriot League to an ivy but needed to take a gap year. Boarding school for post grad year was not required, kid just fiddled around, played much club lax, and took some CC classes

Club lax ends the summer after junior year.

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Anonymous wrote:I know a few athletes that did it- per coach.

My son could have but I made him go on-time. There was no $ associated with doing so.

that’s interesting - why type of sporting would this work for? would have to be a winter or spring sport where senior year performance (which warranted ivy recruitment) occurred after the admission deadline..

If it’s sports related, the kid is usually required to attend boarding school for a post grad year. Op is probably talking about something donor related like the z list.

I know a lax player who exploded senior spring and shifted from Patriot League to an ivy but needed to take a gap year. Boarding school for post grad year was not required, kid just fiddled around, played much club lax, and took some CC classes

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Anonymous wrote:I know a few athletes that did it- per coach.

My son could have but I made him go on-time. There was no $ associated with doing so.

that’s interesting - why type of sporting would this work for? would have to be a winter or spring sport where senior year performance (which warranted ivy recruitment) occurred after the admission deadline..

If it’s sports related, the kid is usually required to attend boarding school for a post grad year. Op is probably talking about something donor related like the z list.

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Anonymous wrote:I know a few athletes that did it- per coach.

My son could have but I made him go on-time. There was no $ associated with doing so.

that’s interesting - why type of sporting would this work for? would have to be a winter or spring sport where senior year performance (which warranted ivy recruitment) occurred after the admission deadline..

Anonymous wrote:I know a few athletes that did it- per coach.

My son could have but I made him go on-time. There was no $ associated with doing so.

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Anonymous wrote:it meant getting into HYPSM. Assume the non-gap option is a state flagship, and money is not an option. This is not hypothetical, and I can respect and understand if many would require more information in order to answer - but I am not providing any more info as I will doxx my kid.

No, not if the school is Princeton or MIT.

Yes, if the school is Harvard, Yale, or Stanford.

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Anonymous wrote:it meant getting into HYPSM. Assume the non-gap option is a state flagship, and money is not an option. This is not hypothetical, and I can respect and understand if many would require more information in order to answer - but I am not providing any more info as I will doxx my kid.

I will bite, so this is a kid with rich/famous family but perhaps not the best stats who has been offered a spot at a HYPSM if they delay their start until the following fall (for those who don't know that is one of the ways these schools handle celebs/donor kids). I'd say take it, so long as they will be able to do the work. There are great gap year programs, just send to Patagonia to volunteer or the Island School to learn to sail for their gap year. . . .

finally a non-moronic answer - sigh..

You have a nasty attitude OP.

wasn’t me guy - but thx

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Anonymous wrote:it meant getting into HYPSM. Assume the non-gap option is a state flagship, and money is not an option. This is not hypothetical, and I can respect and understand if many would require more information in order to answer - but I am not providing any more info as I will doxx my kid.

I will bite, so this is a kid with rich/famous family but perhaps not the best stats who has been offered a spot at a HYPSM if they delay their start until the following fall (for those who don't know that is one of the ways these schools handle celebs/donor kids). I'd say take it, so long as they will be able to do the work. There are great gap year programs, just send to Patagonia to volunteer or the Island School to learn to sail for their gap year. . . .

finally a non-moronic answer - sigh..

You have a nasty attitude OP.

Anonymous wrote:it meant getting into HYPSM. Assume the non-gap option is a state flagship, and money is not an option. This is not hypothetical, and I can respect and understand if many would require more information in order to answer - but I am not providing any more info as I will doxx my kid.