I have a couple of kids in Ivy so we are experienced in college admissions. However, It is so unpredictable this year unlike previous years. My current senior is ready to go to the state school that He got accepted into. So we are not that stressed and assume that he won’t get into Ivy unless he gets lucky..

Hmmm, I don’t know if I’m optimistic about deferrals turning into acceptances with record numbers of applications, internationals wanting to attend US schools again and all of the deferrals from 2024s already taking up spaces! Some colleges and universities have filled half of their classes already through ED and ED II.

Especially for full pay students.

Anonymous wrote:OP, please tell us who in your circle has been rejected. Decisions for the ivies won’t be released until the end of March. Drama much?

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And all of these deferrals will most likely become acceptances by April.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think I will have some serious health issues due to the college admission process. I am so freaking stressed. Kid is a Junior. High Stat. But who is not high Stat right now?

I understand college admission process would add a lot of stress, but I do not understand why it will create serious health issues for you.

Rest assured, my junior is not incredibly "High Stat" and doesn't appear to want to take any steps to get there. Do you think you may be overestimating due to reading this DCUM forum?

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How ridiculous. Not everyone is “high stats.”

Frankly, I think I will have some serious health issues due to the college admission process. I am so freaking stressed. Kid is a Junior. High Stat. But who is not high Stat right now?

It is possible to go through the college admissions process with your kid without becoming emotionally invested in the process at all. There is certainly no need to make yourself ill with anxiety. Hopefully you haven't been promising your DC an Ivy or top 20 school for all of his/her life or taught them that other schools are beneath them.

Anonymous wrote:Think about where everyone you know applies and do the opposite.

That's how you find opportunity.

I sent a kid to TJ and this is so true. He got into a wide range of schools with good merit from the middle of the class. The two schools he didn’t were ones where he hit the 75%— but 50+ TJ kids apply each year. He had great choices in top 50 National amd LAC for science, often with merit. But no shot at the “TJ typical” schools. It was crazy.

Think about where everyone you know applies and do the opposite.

That's how you find opportunity.

OP, please tell us who in your circle has been rejected. Decisions for the ivies won’t be released until the end of March. Drama much?

Anonymous wrote:There are so many great college options out there. The key is to apply to them. Look at the other schools in state. Look at the big state schools in the midwest. Look at LACs in Ohio. Look at Penn State or University of Delaware.

+1000

Expand your horizons beyond the Northeast. Think of it as arbitrage. There was a TV show called "Hot in Cleveland" about purportedly unattractive women who wind up in Cleveland and suddenly are desirable. Your high stats kid is in a similar situation.

Going into the LACs in Ohio (or beyond) and the flagship schools in the Midwest and South will open up many opportunities (and perhaps merit money)!

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think I will have some serious health issues due to the college admission process. I am so freaking stressed. Kid is a Junior. High Stat. But who is not high Stat right now?

I understand college admission process would add a lot of stress, but I do not understand why it will create serious health issues for you.

Rest assured, my junior is not incredibly "High Stat" and doesn't appear to want to take any steps to get there. Do you think you may be overestimating due to reading this DCUM forum?

Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think I will have some serious health issues due to the college admission process. I am so freaking stressed. Kid is a Junior. High Stat. But who is not high Stat right now?

It all comes down to the making of the list, understanding safeties, matches, and reaches. Ideally, an early or rolling admission to an affordable safety can really take the weight off. Look to your in-state options and to privates at the back end of the top 100, say 80-ish. Even if not a safety outright (>50% acceptance rate), any school can become a safety once that acceptance is in hand, hence the benefit of getting an acceptance early.

Then for the reaches and matches, the list may be longer than in prior years due to greater uncertainty under current test optional policies. Plan for this to take a long time, deferrals and waitlists may be involved. Patience.

Make sure you have a handle on the affordability of each college on the list. That is something you can start doing now.

Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think I will have some serious health issues due to the college admission process. I am so freaking stressed. Kid is a Junior. High Stat. But who is not high Stat right now?

I understand college admission process would add a lot of stress, but I do not understand why it will create serious health issues for you.

There's always the space available survey that comes out in May

And if a student is worried, an application now to a rolling admissions school. Ideal if that had been done back in August, but still a reasonable idea.

Frankly, I think I will have some serious health issues due to the college admission process. I am so freaking stressed. Kid is a Junior. High Stat. But who is not high Stat right now?