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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM advice: Because my DD didn't get into Williams / Amherst, the only way to get in from a DC private is to be actually canonized as a Saint by graduation, in addition to 1600 SAT, 19 APs, and being a recruited varsity athlete.

I don’t know what you want from me. Look if you’ve got a kid with a 33 and strong grades but nothing else crazy going on, feel free to apply ED1 to Williams and ED2 to Amherst. Maybe it will work. Or maybe you will find yourself at Gettysburg family day some time in the future and you will be thinking about me.

This is actually funny. And spot on.

And it’s ok! My kid could buy the lottery ticket but may just skip that and ED to one of the schools mentioned on this thread as a backup if you don’t get into the others. While not as highly ranked, we visited and DS really likes it and it has some characteristics that some of the higher reaches on this list don’t share, as well as being closer to home without as much snow as a lot of the top options.

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Anonymous wrote:Also consider what your child is interested in majoring in, because some schools will have stronger departments than others.

And if your child is interested in a less popular major, that can also help them get admitted if they need to fill that niche. For example, my DC with great stats but no hook got into some elite SLACs as a geology major a couple years ago.

You don’t declare major or area of interest at SLACS. That’s the beauty of a SLAC.

You're really saying SLACs don't have majors? Are you serious?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM advice: Because my DD didn't get into Williams / Amherst, the only way to get in from a DC private is to be actually canonized as a Saint by graduation, in addition to 1600 SAT, 19 APs, and being a recruited varsity athlete.

I don’t know what you want from me. Look if you’ve got a kid with a 33 and strong grades but nothing else crazy going on, feel free to apply ED1 to Williams and ED2 to Amherst. Maybe it will work. Or maybe you will find yourself at Gettysburg family day some time in the future and you will be thinking about me.

This is actually funny. And spot on.

Funny and sad because it’s so true

Anonymous wrote:Also consider what your child is interested in majoring in, because some schools will have stronger departments than others.

And if your child is interested in a less popular major, that can also help them get admitted if they need to fill that niche. For example, my DC with great stats but no hook got into some elite SLACs as a geology major a couple years ago.

You don’t declare major or area of interest at SLACS. That’s the beauty of a SLAC.

Anonymous wrote:Make a separate LAC section for those (majority) not interested in LACs.

This is a LAC thread. The word LAC is in the subject heading. You didn’t have to click on it.

Make a separate LAC section for those (majority) not interested in LACs.

Anonymous wrote:Are you full pay?
Is the applicant male?

If so you’ll have a good chance at the higher ranked need aware LACs if you apply ED.

Please work that into a plan that includes matches and real safeties.

I think any of the need aware top LACs (and probably many of the need-blind LACS below the top 10ish range) would be hard pressed to reject ED a full pay male with 33 and a strong transcript, assuming everything else is fine. They would need a reason to reject him.

Are you full pay?
Is the applicant male?

If so you’ll have a good chance at the higher ranked need aware LACs if you apply ED.

Please work that into a plan that includes matches and real safeties.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM advice: Because my DD didn't get into Williams / Amherst, the only way to get in from a DC private is to be actually canonized as a Saint by graduation, in addition to 1600 SAT, 19 APs, and being a recruited varsity athlete.

I don’t know what you want from me. Look if you’ve got a kid with a 33 and strong grades but nothing else crazy going on, feel free to apply ED1 to Williams and ED2 to Amherst. Maybe it will work. Or maybe you will find yourself at Gettysburg family day some time in the future and you will be thinking about me.

This is actually funny. And spot on.

I think what his happening here is you get newbie parents of kids close to graduation who always imagined their bright young kid would end up at an Ivy, maybe worst case scenario Amherst or Williams, and now they are in denial that a school they possibly never really heard of until five years ago is their realistic best case scenario.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM advice: Because my DD didn't get into Williams / Amherst, the only way to get in from a DC private is to be actually canonized as a Saint by graduation, in addition to 1600 SAT, 19 APs, and being a recruited varsity athlete.

I am one of those posters and my child did not apply to any of these schools. Who are these people unfamiliar with the acceptance rates of Amherst, Williams and Pomona who think it shocking to describe them as lottery ticket schools? Moreover, the fact that recruited athletes make up a large percentage of the class at the first two was explained at length in Selingo’s book.

I even wonder what it takes to get in as your average recruited athlete to Williams and Amherst. 33 with a strong transcript may be close to the bare minimum. I know of a male athlete at a "Colby peer" who was actually recruited with a 33 and strong grades and it somehow fell apart by the time ED went out.

Anonymous wrote:DCUM advice: Because my DD didn't get into Williams / Amherst, the only way to get in from a DC private is to be actually canonized as a Saint by graduation, in addition to 1600 SAT, 19 APs, and being a recruited varsity athlete.

I am one of those posters and my child did not apply to any of these schools. Who are these people unfamiliar with the acceptance rates of Amherst, Williams and Pomona who think it shocking to describe them as lottery ticket schools? Moreover, the fact that recruited athletes make up a large percentage of the class at the first two was explained at length in Selingo’s book.

Anonymous wrote:DCUM advice: Because my DD didn't get into Williams / Amherst, the only way to get in from a DC private is to be actually canonized as a Saint by graduation, in addition to 1600 SAT, 19 APs, and being a recruited varsity athlete.

Just for perspective, over 70% of Williams students submit scores and the 25-75th ranges are 33-35 and 1470-1550. These scores include a lot of recruited athletes, legacies and the otherwise hooked. So unhooked 33- not super promising.

Anonymous wrote:DCUM advice: Because my DD didn't get into Williams / Amherst, the only way to get in from a DC private is to be actually canonized as a Saint by graduation, in addition to 1600 SAT, 19 APs, and being a recruited varsity athlete.

I don’t know what you want from me. Look if you’ve got a kid with a 33 and strong grades but nothing else crazy going on, feel free to apply ED1 to Williams and ED2 to Amherst. Maybe it will work. Or maybe you will find yourself at Gettysburg family day some time in the future and you will be thinking about me.

DCUM advice: Because my DD didn't get into Williams / Amherst, the only way to get in from a DC private is to be actually canonized as a Saint by graduation, in addition to 1600 SAT, 19 APs, and being a recruited varsity athlete.