Anonymous wrote:SMCM says they are test optional, and that if scores aren’t submitted “there will be no negative impact on your application” then they defer and ask for test scores. Pretty little school, but this leaves a bad impression.

Anonymous wrote:SMCM says they are test optional, and that if scores aren’t submitted “there will be no negative impact on your application” then they defer and ask for test scores. Pretty little school, but this leaves a bad impression.

Anonymous wrote:Accepted at the New School. Deferred at Tulane and St. Mary's College of Maryland. She didn't really want to go to Tulane and knew it was a reach, but St. Mary's was a safety and we were surprised she was deferred.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred at Brown PLME, which is a real bummer because it was a good fit.

Time to choose ED2. It is obnoxious and expensive to apply to all those schools which are all at baseline the same. Gah.

Can you share your stats? How competitive is the PLME?

STEM magnet
3.96 unweighed (had 1 B the entire time)
More than 10 AP's
SAT was a bit low at 1530, one take
Published two papers in peer reviewed journals
Presented at national and international conferences as an invited speaker (one research project ended up finding sonething significant, pure luck)
Won multiple science competitions
Accomplished in an art, won regional competitions, performed with professionals in youth opportunities for years, practiced for 15-20 hours weekly, documented
Strong essays per multiple readers
Not URM or first generation

My guess is that with stats like that, there was another kid from the Midatlantic with a similar profile who was picked instead. We just have to apply widely, stats are in range. It is a bummer because Brown has opportunity for her to continue in her art while pursuing her STEM major where Brown excels. Her art field may not be present in her ED2, and it hurts to give it up.

It happens.

wow, she is so accomplished and talented! You must be so proud. Congrats on raising a great kid. I know she will do well. Brown is missing out!

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Anonymous wrote:My child got into Kenyon ED last night. 1480 SAT and 3.8UW GPA. Scholarship money as well, which was nice.

Do you mind sharing the scholarship amount, if it was pure merit aid? Congrats to your kid!

Yes it was merit not Financial Aid. She got $15,500 first year and it will go up to $17,500 junior/senior year. Very happy with the result and she's really excited to go to Kenyon!

Thank you PP for coming back and providing details. My kid says she will be trying for Kenyon too!

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Anonymous wrote:In EA at Elon. Presidential Scholarship. 4.7 weighted at a MoCo high school.

Congratulations! Elon will be a top 50 school soon. Their stats keep rising. Do you think your child will accept?

Anonymous wrote:In EA at Elon. Presidential Scholarship. 4.7 weighted at a MoCo high school.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford? What kinds of high schools and stats?

I know one from public HS. Perfect stats (literally 4.0 and 36). Impressive ECs but nothing super unique. POC. I’m sure they had outstanding essays cause they’re very smart and creative.

The one I know who got into Stanford is a male who goes to a FCPS high school. He's my DS' classmate and DS has known the young man since elementary schoool. I do know he got in via Questbridge.

The one I know who got into Stanford this year must have been doing something behind the scene because this student was not known for academics, sports, ECs, essays, test scores, or any hook.

As a Stanford alum and former west coast resident, i can tell you applying there is brutal. Half their admits are recruited athletes. Many others come from families of .001% wealth, big time connections or fame. This leads to a strong arrogance and sense of entitlement. Sprinkle in the scholarship students and URMs (several of whom are of dubious claim) to make Stanford feel good about itself, and that leaves very little space for the amazing applicants you read about here. It's great to apply if it's your dream, but just be realistic about the chances. When you hear that someone from this area got in "on their own merits", i will bet that there is a hidden hook almost every single time. And I am extremely supportive of the school having a diverse student body, but what passes for adding diversity has been questionable lately.

The perception of Stanford out here is that it's a funky, liberal school with great academics. I think people conflate the image of Berkeley and Stanford. The latter is much more mainstream and intense. And with the student mix described above, it's not as utopian as people think.

Agree with this analysis. My SIL went to Stanford undergrad and my sister went to Stanford for grad. I would never conflict environment with Cal though. Hope people don’t do that. Stanford is more like Duke on mega steroids.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

The initial announcement was misinterpreted widely. Georgetown is test-flexible. Students can apply and be accepted without test scores if they did not take the test. However, applicants were still required to submit all SAT/ACT sittings and all subject tests ever taken.

Would not surprise me if some significant fraction of the Georgetown app pool doesn't quite realize this, although the portal indicted this in bold and required non-score-submitters to complete a form explaining their inability to test.

Not an applicant, but I don't see anywhere a requirement of explanation as to why tests weren't taken. https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/flexible-testing-requirements/

It was in the portal.

PP's right. And for those deferred (like my son) they are encouraging the submission of scores--meaning, if there's a test anywhere near you in the coming months, you better have a very good reason why you didn't take it. My husband is still holding out hope for RD for our son, and I don't want him to go there at all! He only took SAT once, last Nov, did not break 1400. Had it canceled 4 times since then, plus subject tests also canceled, and we gave up. I am not scrambling now to get tests in. Son just doesn't care enough about Georgetown to make this happen either.

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Anonymous wrote:LMU came out, DD is in. Waiting to hear on merit. Same kid that was accepted to Santa Clara earlier in the thread.

Mine in at LMU also but deferred at Santa Clara and Chapman 🤷‍♀️

Do you mind sharing stats? I have one interested in Chapman.

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Anonymous wrote:LMU came out, DD is in. Waiting to hear on merit. Same kid that was accepted to Santa Clara earlier in the thread.

Mine in at LMU also but deferred at Santa Clara and Chapman 🤷‍♀️

Anonymous wrote:LMU came out, DD is in. Waiting to hear on merit. Same kid that was accepted to Santa Clara earlier in the thread.