Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:54     Subject: Re:Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP but your kid sounds like a cookie-cutter NoVa striver to me. T20s are looking for more distinctive applicants.

I bet you didn't work half as hard as my DD when you were in school. Someone sounds strangely jealous.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:53     Subject: Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, you and your DD have a right to be disappointed. My high stats DC is too when we see low SAT students getting in to the top 5 schools (1390 SAT). This is happening and should be investigated.


Yes, DD said that one of her classmates that got into Brown (RD) had around a 1370 SAT and much lower GPA. ECs + essays must have been phenomenal...


It's not all about test scores.

You should know this by now.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:52     Subject: Re:Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP but your kid sounds like a cookie-cutter NoVa striver to me. T20s are looking for more distinctive applicants.


Not OP but
Really? Why such a jerk?


Not trying to be a "jerk", just calling it like I see it. I've read through some of OP's comments and they're acting like it was insanity that their precious DD didn't get into any T20s when they have the same ECs and "non-profit" (a.k.a. parent-created and accomplishing nothing) that every high-achieving student within a one-mile radius of Alexandria.

*has.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:51     Subject: Re:Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP but your kid sounds like a cookie-cutter NoVa striver to me. T20s are looking for more distinctive applicants.


Not OP but
Really? Why such a jerk?


Not trying to be a "jerk", just calling it like I see it. I've read through some of OP's comments and they're acting like it was insanity that their precious DD didn't get into any T20s when they have the same ECs and "non-profit" (a.k.a. parent-created and accomplishing nothing) that every high-achieving student within a one-mile radius of Alexandria.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:49     Subject: Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, you and your DD have a right to be disappointed. My high stats DC is too when we see low SAT students getting in to the top 5 schools (1390 SAT). This is happening and should be investigated.


Yes, DD said that one of her classmates that got into Brown (RD) had around a 1370 SAT and much lower GPA. ECs + essays must have been phenomenal...


It’s so hard. Maybe that student was TO? Legacy? Athlete. And you’re right, the essays do matter. It’s hard to accept. But often, when we dig deeply and honestly, we know that there are reasons. Somehow, even on paper, depth, dedication, creativity etc do shine theough
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:48     Subject: Re:Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP but your kid sounds like a cookie-cutter NoVa striver to me. T20s are looking for more distinctive applicants.


Not OP but
Really? Why such a jerk?


+1 Since when did being an accomplished kid with great academic accomplishments result in adults labeling you a "striver."
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:46     Subject: Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You said “it was more of a safety.”

Yes, I said it was more of a safety than a reach, which would make it a target. Sorry if that wasn't clear.


Did you find the entire college admissions process overwhelming? A lot of uncertainty in these posts. A college counselor probably would have helped.


We mainly relied on DD's own research and school counselor.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:45     Subject: Re:Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP but your kid sounds like a cookie-cutter NoVa striver to me. T20s are looking for more distinctive applicants.


Not OP but
Really? Why such a jerk?
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:44     Subject: Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You said “it was more of a safety.”

Yes, I said it was more of a safety than a reach, which would make it a target. Sorry if that wasn't clear.


Did you find the entire college admissions process overwhelming? A lot of uncertainty in these posts. A college counselor probably would have helped.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:44     Subject: Re:Disappointment
Sorry OP but your kid sounds like a cookie-cutter NoVa striver to me. T20s are looking for more distinctive applicants.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:40     Subject: Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:Don’t take this the wrong way, but your list does not completely make sense to me. Some schools, yep. Others, no.

My kid applied a few cycles ago to 10 schools. 8 acceptances, 1 w/l and 1 rejection. Just my opinion, but it seems like your kid did a lot of pre med stuff (like us), but several schools she chose are not good fits for the biotech stuff. Case Western and Rochester were ones that ring a bell based on our experience. So sorry about JHU.

You have a couple of good w/l and a couple of good acceptances that seem like good fits for this career path. G/L!


Thank you! JHU definitely hit the hardest.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:39     Subject: Disappointment
Don’t take this the wrong way, but your list does not completely make sense to me. Some schools, yep. Others, no.

My kid applied a few cycles ago to 10 schools. 8 acceptances, 1 w/l and 1 rejection. Just my opinion, but it seems like your kid did a lot of pre med stuff (like us), but several schools she chose are not good fits for the biotech stuff. Case Western and Rochester were ones that ring a bell based on our experience. So sorry about JHU.

You have a couple of good w/l and a couple of good acceptances that seem like good fits for this career path. G/L!
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:39     Subject: Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:OP, you and your DD have a right to be disappointed. My high stats DC is too when we see low SAT students getting in to the top 5 schools (1390 SAT). This is happening and should be investigated.


Yes, DD said that one of her classmates that got into Brown (RD) had around a 1370 SAT and much lower GPA. ECs + essays must have been phenomenal...
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:34     Subject: Disappointment
OP, you and your DD have a right to be disappointed. My high stats DC is too when we see low SAT students getting in to the top 5 schools (1390 SAT). This is happening and should be investigated.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2025 22:34     Subject: Re:Disappointment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP’s DD has to be a TJHSST student. This happens to TJ students every year. Especially with so many schools still being test optional.


TJ students with a more robust profile lose out to base school kids. Why don't colleges realize that the quality of the education is not the same?


You seriously think the admissions reps assigned to NoVa don’t know exactly what they are doing?