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Anonymous wrote:Stats: 4.5 wgpa; 1530 SAT

Accepted: W&M, UVA, Ohio State, Lehigh, Clemson, Villanova, Florida State, University of Florida, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Tulane, UGA

Waitlists: None

Rejected: University of Pennsylvania

Choosing: University of Florida

Go Gators!

Curious why DC chose UF - that is an amazing list of schools to pick from!

NP (not the pp whose kid chose UF) but if I had that same list I’d either choose UF or Tulane. Love the vibes at both schools and both are excellent schools! UVA and W&M are great too but I’d want to get farther away from home.

Really? I would never chose the school of 35,000 kids over a smaller school.

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Anonymous wrote:Stats: 4.5 wgpa; 1530 SAT

Accepted: W&M, UVA, Ohio State, Lehigh, Clemson, Villanova, Florida State, University of Florida, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Tulane, UGA

Waitlists: None

Rejected: University of Pennsylvania

Choosing: University of Florida

Go Gators!

Curious why DC chose UF - that is an amazing list of schools to pick from!

NP (not the pp whose kid chose UF) but if I had that same list I’d either choose UF or Tulane. Love the vibes at both schools and both are excellent schools! UVA and W&M are great too but I’d want to get farther away from home.

My kid is trying to make a decision among same schools (UF, UVA and W&M), but leaning towards UF for similar reasons. Nothing against Virginia schools, but just wants a change from living in Virginia. Also, kid received a scholarship, which makes the cost of UF less than UVA or W&M.

University of Michigan EA. Visited and loved it. On a scale of 1-10, definitely a 10 in terms of happiness.

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Anonymous wrote:Stats: 4.5 wgpa; 1530 SAT

Accepted: W&M, UVA, Ohio State, Lehigh, Clemson, Villanova, Florida State, University of Florida, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Tulane, UGA

Waitlists: None

Rejected: University of Pennsylvania

Choosing: University of Florida

Go Gators!

Curious why DC chose UF - that is an amazing list of schools to pick from!

NP (not the pp whose kid chose UF) but if I had that same list I’d either choose UF or Tulane. Love the vibes at both schools and both are excellent schools! UVA and W&M are great too but I’d want to get farther away from home.

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Anonymous wrote:Stats: 4.5 wgpa; 1530 SAT

Accepted: W&M, UVA, Ohio State, Lehigh, Clemson, Villanova, Florida State, University of Florida, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Tulane, UGA

Waitlists: None

Rejected: University of Pennsylvania

Choosing: University of Florida

Go Gators!

Curious why DC chose UF - that is an amazing list of schools to pick from!

Tons of combined degree programs (so can get a masters and bachelors in 4 years); wanted a top 30 school, but wanted out of state; excellent experience during a private tour (for UF, a lot of students will reach out to offer tours); loved the vibe when we visited (incredibly friendly - seriously, every single person we met was awesome); reasonable cost (comparable to in-state W&M and UVA); does not require meal plan (wants to cook own food - child does bodybuilding); excellent career services and outcomes; close to wonderful beaches and attractions; loved the incredible school spirit (did not even think this would be a factor until we visited).

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Anonymous wrote:Yale - rejected from Stanford and Princeton

accepted: Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Amherst, WashU, USC, UVA - OOS, Georgetown, Boston U

7/10

Sure you did.

Was your child a STEM major?

My child, humanities, got the exact opposite - into Princeton (REA) and Stanford, rejected Yale.

Leaning Princeton.

Anonymous wrote:Accepted:
App State, Elon, UNCG, UNC Charlotte, CNU, JMU, GMU, Pitt, VCU, UMW, Roanoke

Enrolling at CNU

FCPS HS, male, majoring in Information Science

This is almost the exact list for my junior. Do you mind sharing stats and if he/she got any merit aid?

Anonymous wrote:Stats: 4.5 wgpa; 1530 SAT

Accepted: W&M, UVA, Ohio State, Lehigh, Clemson, Villanova, Florida State, University of Florida, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Tulane, UGA

Waitlists: None

Rejected: University of Pennsylvania

Choosing: University of Florida

Go Gators!

Curious why DC chose UF - that is an amazing list of schools to pick from!

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a bit more average than most, but we are really excited for University of Arizona (amazing merit!)

Admitted to:
Ohio State
Indiana
Wisconsin
Clemson
Penn State
Miami (Ohio)
Towson

It made the most financial sense and she is 10/10 excited!!

Congrats. An "average" kid is not getting into Wisconsin or Clemson. Ask me how I know.... At our highly rate FCPS HS, it takes over a 4.1W to get into those schools. A more average kid with a 3.5-3.7W GPA is getting into Towson, JMU, UMW, Hood type places. Anyway, congrats on great results. We visited UofA, nice place!

"At our highly rate FCPS HS" So rude with the hood cmt. The OP TOLD YOU, their kids acceptance's. There are so many students in FCPS.... Her child could be at a much smaller school with strong/established connections with those schools. Where will you child be attending in the fall? Alabama?!

Hood is a college. Capital H. Breathe.

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Anonymous wrote:University of St Andrews. Wanted to go to a Stoxbridge university but didn’t get into Oxford.

RD, no ED. Yes visited, 9/10.

As a Brit (living in the DC area) I’m fascinated by stoxbridge - in the UK it’s Oxbridge. Is he st for st Andrews? There are other universities in this second tier like Durham Bristol Edinburgh Exeter LSE … Do you know why they’re not appealing to Americans?

Durham: sounds like it’s in North Carolina

Bristol: sounds boring; a city few Americans know of

Edinburgh: you guys pronounce it wrong

Exeter: sounds like a prominent American prep school

LSE: Sounds like it teaches only one subject

University of the Arts, London

Accepted:
Parsons, Pratt, RISD, Syracuse, Tisch

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a bit more average than most, but we are really excited for University of Arizona (amazing merit!)

Admitted to:
Ohio State
Indiana
Wisconsin
Clemson
Penn State
Miami (Ohio)
Towson

It made the most financial sense and she is 10/10 excited!!

Congrats. An "average" kid is not getting into Wisconsin or Clemson. Ask me how I know.... At our highly rate FCPS HS, it takes over a 4.1W to get into those schools. A more average kid with a 3.5-3.7W GPA is getting into Towson, JMU, UMW, Hood type places. Anyway, congrats on great results. We visited UofA, nice place!

"At our highly rate FCPS HS" So rude with the hood cmt. The OP TOLD YOU, their kids acceptance's. There are so many students in FCPS.... Her child could be at a much smaller school with strong/established connections with those schools. Where will you child be attending in the fall? Alabama?!

NP. I noticed you only bolded Hood… you know that’s a college’s name, right? On par with UMW and Towson… hence Hood, not ‘hood?

Ha, ha. Oh my, now I see why that poster was making the "rude" comment. She must not know about Hood.

That’s too funny. I,too, had not heard of Hood the college and thought the reference was to “hood.”

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Anonymous wrote:Pomona
RD

Also accepted by UChicago, W&M, Wesleyan and other target schools

10/10 for kid, 20/10 for parents for amazing FA

That part is really heart-warming!

Happy for you. My kid isn’t going there (first choice) because didn’t get any aid.

Accepted:
App State, Elon, UNCG, UNC Charlotte, CNU, JMU, GMU, Pitt, VCU, UMW, Roanoke

Enrolling at CNU

FCPS HS, male, majoring in Information Science

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a bit more average than most, but we are really excited for University of Arizona (amazing merit!)

Admitted to:
Ohio State
Indiana
Wisconsin
Clemson
Penn State
Miami (Ohio)
Towson

It made the most financial sense and she is 10/10 excited!!

Congrats. An "average" kid is not getting into Wisconsin or Clemson. Ask me how I know.... At our highly rate FCPS HS, it takes over a 4.1W to get into those schools. A more average kid with a 3.5-3.7W GPA is getting into Towson, JMU, UMW, Hood type places. Anyway, congrats on great results. We visited UofA, nice place!

"At our highly rate FCPS HS" So rude with the hood cmt. The OP TOLD YOU, their kids acceptance's. There are so many students in FCPS.... Her child could be at a much smaller school with strong/established connections with those schools. Where will you child be attending in the fall? Alabama?!

NP. I noticed you only bolded Hood… you know that’s a college’s name, right? On par with UMW and Towson… hence Hood, not ‘hood?

Ha, ha. Oh my, now I see why that poster was making the "rude" comment. She must not know about Hood.

Right? Now I just feel badly for poor, underappreciated Hood. Go Blazers!