Anonymous wrote:5pm CT today?
Anonymous wrote:Has there been an official statement from Vanderbilt?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.
Happens every year to multiple schools. We have 6-7 ED Northwestern, 4-6 ED Duke, 9-10 ED Vanderbilt. Not hard to believe from a private school where over half the class EDs somewhere. The counselors will tell you how many candidates are in each bucket (no names) and where you fall within that bucket, so you can plan accordingly. For example, my son applied ED to a school with 6-7 other kids planning to ED. He was told he was at the top of that bucket and would compare favorably, so went for it. He knew of stronger kids and legacy kids doing ED to another school, and he took that into consideration when making his ED analysis. This is a class of 150 kids and a very strong college counseling staff that is incredibly hands-on in the process.
DP. I thought The CCO you describe only existed in my dreams. Ours does nothing to help students (at least not my student) and reveals no information about others applying to help them figure out their chances. They really just submit the required documents.
I know private parents who get pissed off by this. When CCOs steer their kids away from certain schools in favor of others because they know the application pool and everyone thinks their kid should land at the same top schools because they go to a BigX and have worked so hard.
I’m not sure which approach is better.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.
Happens every year to multiple schools. We have 6-7 ED Northwestern, 4-6 ED Duke, 9-10 ED Vanderbilt. Not hard to believe from a private school where over half the class EDs somewhere. The counselors will tell you how many candidates are in each bucket (no names) and where you fall within that bucket, so you can plan accordingly. For example, my son applied ED to a school with 6-7 other kids planning to ED. He was told he was at the top of that bucket and would compare favorably, so went for it. He knew of stronger kids and legacy kids doing ED to another school, and he took that into consideration when making his ED analysis. This is a class of 150 kids and a very strong college counseling staff that is incredibly hands-on in the process.
DP. I thought The CCO you describe only existed in my dreams. Ours does nothing to help students (at least not my student) and reveals no information about others applying to help them figure out their chances. They really just submit the required documents.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No way 10 kids from one private applied ED to the same school.
Hahahaha 19 kids from our graduating class of 200 applied early to Brown.
Anonymous wrote:Should be today. Anchor Down!