Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 19:10     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:Rejected at UF, in at UGA.


By this logic, rejected at Stanford, in anywhere ...
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 18:50     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Rejected at UF, in at UGA.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 18:27     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:Rejected from Franklin & Marshall.

Accepted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn and a few top SLACs.


Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 18:14     Subject: Re:what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rejected Georgetown. In at Hopkins.


Somewhat comparable schoos.


😳
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 18:08     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD rejected from U of Miami, Emory, Brandeis, Boston College and NYU.


Accepted to Columbia (first choice), Yale, Georgetown, Vanderbilt and Brown.


What?



This was 2021. We couldn’t believe it. But it didn’t matter, Columbia was the goal. That’s why kids shouldn’t worry themselves over these random decisions. It’s truly a crapshoot. They will land somewhere that’s just for them.


I don't think it is a crap shoot insofar as it is not something random or closely resembling a lottery. It looks as though the lesser schools thought the student would not come and were protecting their yields.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 18:05     Subject: Re:what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:Rejected Georgetown. In at Hopkins.


Somewhat comparable schoos.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 18:04     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Rejected at Clemson, in at Northeastern
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 17:59     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD rejected from U of Miami, Emory, Brandeis, Boston College and NYU.


Accepted to Columbia (first choice), Yale, Georgetown, Vanderbilt and Brown.


What?



This was 2021. We couldn’t believe it. But it didn’t matter, Columbia was the goal. That’s why kids shouldn’t worry themselves over these random decisions. It’s truly a crapshoot. They will land somewhere that’s just for them.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 17:54     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:Yield protection DOES happen--on a regular basis.


Of course it happens — but some commenters here (wrongly) think that all colleges that consider yield are automatically second-rate. Realistically, all schools have to calibrate their admissions decisions to make sure they get a first-year cohort that's not too big, and not too small. They have dorm space and classroom size to consider — and the AOs' bosses also want to see a decent yield. Of course there are miscalculations, and some kids get rejected despite great stats and a genuine desire to attend, even as some lower-stats kids get in. I wouldn't use that as a way to disparage the school, though – that's not an easy job at all.

Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 17:49     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Rejected from Franklin & Marshall.

Accepted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn and a few top SLACs.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 17:49     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:Rejected at UMiami, in at UVA


Was this all today? Or a prior year's cycle?
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 17:45     Subject: Re:what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Rejected Georgetown. In at Hopkins.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 17:43     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Rejected at UMiami, in at UVA
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 17:12     Subject: what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Anonymous wrote:DD rejected from U of Miami, Emory, Brandeis, Boston College and NYU.


Accepted to Columbia (first choice), Yale, Georgetown, Vanderbilt and Brown.


What?
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2024 17:11     Subject: Re:what is the lowest ranked school you personally know a kid was rejected to but was also accepted to a top 30?
Rejected UVA. OOS.

Accepted Georgetown