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Anonymous wrote:Well said. I am a Princeton alum myself. Unfortunately, my kiddo (who will be a '21 prep school grad) hasn't quite shown what he has the stuff to take advantage of his legacy status. He recently had the bright idea that he would also apply to Denison and Alabama. He might as well pump gas or join the regular Army in my book.

Yeah because Tim Cook, an Auburn grad, did so poorly.

Tim Cook also went to Duke B school. Ha.

True but this is a discussion of undergrad. Ha!

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Anonymous wrote:

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I'm the poster who gave the Michigan-->Duke example.

I would probably stick with Michigan too (my kids are in middle school so we're not there yet). However, Duke is heck of a lot harder to get into than Michigan. I know at least a dozen DC kids from public and private who were accepted to Michigan. They range from
steller (straight As, national merit finalists, etc) to strong (A/B students).

I only know of one accepted to Duke (the Michigan kid I mentioned). He/she's a top student, both parents are active Duke alumni and it took a pandemic to get the kid off the waitlist and into Duke from DC.

Uh, that’s probably because of where we are? More kids in mid Atlantic would typically apply to Duke then a school in the Midwest.

Would you consider Duke to be on par with Ivies? I certainly would not. But then again i don't really consider Penn and Cornell to be Ivies. Indeed.

I agree with you. If your kid didn’t get into Harvard, I don’t want to hear about it. And yes - I am a Harvard grad and met my husband there.

If you aren't stacking paper (scholarly) from Oxford, you need to check your tone when you are around me and my 2nd grader who I'm certain will get a full ride to Stanford on a tennis scholarship, only to reject it so that she can peruse her modeling career full-time. I'm also super rich, great in bed and having a smokin' hot covid bod...

Anonymous wrote:Well said. I am a Princeton alum myself. Unfortunately, my kiddo (who will be a '21 prep school grad) hasn't quite shown what he has the stuff to take advantage of his legacy status. He recently had the bright idea that he would also apply to Denison and Alabama. He might as well pump gas or join the regular Army in my book.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well said. I am a Princeton alum myself. Unfortunately, my kiddo (who will be a '21 prep school grad) hasn't quite shown what he has the stuff to take advantage of his legacy status. He recently had the bright idea that he would also apply to Denison and Alabama. He might as well pump gas or join the regular Army in my book.

Yeah because Tim Cook, an Auburn grad, did so poorly.

Tim Cook also went to Duke B school. Ha.

Anonymous wrote:Well said. I am a Princeton alum myself. Unfortunately, my kiddo (who will be a '21 prep school grad) hasn't quite shown what he has the stuff to take advantage of his legacy status. He recently had the bright idea that he would also apply to Denison and Alabama. He might as well pump gas or join the regular Army in my book.

Anonymous wrote:Well said. I am a Princeton alum myself. Unfortunately, my kiddo (who will be a '21 prep school grad) hasn't quite shown what he has the stuff to take advantage of his legacy status. He recently had the bright idea that he would also apply to Denison and Alabama. He might as well pump gas or join the regular Army in my book.

Yeah because Tim Cook, an Auburn grad, did so poorly.

Well said. I am a Princeton alum myself. Unfortunately, my kiddo (who will be a '21 prep school grad) hasn't quite shown what he has the stuff to take advantage of his legacy status. He recently had the bright idea that he would also apply to Denison and Alabama. He might as well pump gas or join the regular Army in my book.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I'm the poster who gave the Michigan-->Duke example.

I would probably stick with Michigan too (my kids are in middle school so we're not there yet). However, Duke is heck of a lot harder to get into than Michigan. I know at least a dozen DC kids from public and private who were accepted to Michigan. They range from
steller (straight As, national merit finalists, etc) to strong (A/B students).

I only know of one accepted to Duke (the Michigan kid I mentioned). He/she's a top student, both parents are active Duke alumni and it took a pandemic to get the kid off the waitlist and into Duke from DC.

Uh, that’s probably because of where we are? More kids in mid Atlantic would typically apply to Duke then a school in the Midwest.

Would you consider Duke to be on par with Ivies? I certainly would not. But then again i don't really consider Penn and Cornell to be Ivies. Indeed.

I agree with you. If your kid didn’t get into Harvard, I don’t want to hear about it. And yes - I am a Harvard grad and met my husband there.

Anonymous wrote:

I'm the poster who gave the Michigan-->Duke example.

I would probably stick with Michigan too (my kids are in middle school so we're not there yet). However, Duke is heck of a lot harder to get into than Michigan. I know at least a dozen DC kids from public and private who were accepted to Michigan. They range from
steller (straight As, national merit finalists, etc) to strong (A/B students).

I only know of one accepted to Duke (the Michigan kid I mentioned). He/she's a top student, both parents are active Duke alumni and it took a pandemic to get the kid off the waitlist and into Duke from DC.

Uh, that’s probably because of where we are? More kids in mid Atlantic would typically apply to Duke then a school in the Midwest.

Would you consider Duke to be on par with Ivies? I certainly would not. But then again i don't really consider Penn and Cornell to be Ivies. Indeed.

Anonymous wrote:Prep did well this year with Villanova, Elon, and USNA.

USNA is impressive. The others are okay.

It’s easier this year. I know of several students that are taking a gap year, which opens up spots for students that otherwise wouldn’t be admitted.

I'm the poster who gave the Michigan-->Duke example.

I would probably stick with Michigan too (my kids are in middle school so we're not there yet). However, Duke is heck of a lot harder to get into than Michigan. I know at least a dozen DC kids from public and private who were accepted to Michigan. They range from
steller (straight As, national merit finalists, etc) to strong (A/B students).

I only know of one accepted to Duke (the Michigan kid I mentioned). He/she's a top student, both parents are active Duke alumni and it took a pandemic to get the kid off the waitlist and into Duke from DC.

Uh, that’s probably because of where we are? More kids in mid Atlantic would typically apply to Duke then a school in the Midwest.

Prep did well this year with Villanova, Elon, and USNA.

I'm the poster who gave the Michigan-->Duke example.

I would probably stick with Michigan too (my kids are in middle school so we're not there yet). However, Duke is heck of a lot harder to get into than Michigan. I know at least a dozen DC kids from public and private who were accepted to Michigan. They range from
steller (straight As, national merit finalists, etc) to strong (A/B students).

I only know of one accepted to Duke (the Michigan kid I mentioned). He/she's a top student, both parents are active Duke alumni and it took a pandemic to get the kid off the waitlist and into Duke from DC.

Anonymous wrote:Duke instead of Michigan? So sorry for the future Dukie. Maybe he or she got a big scholarship...

LOL. We all have our preferences. FWIW, as a person that got an academic scholarship to go to Michigan (50% tuition) but opted for Duke instead....I can firmly say... Go Duke. But again, we all have our opinions and Michigan is a great school. A great state school, in the frozen tundra that can't ever beat Ohio State....but a great school nonetheless, which is why I applied albeit back in 1993! Yikes.