Anonymous wrote:My cousin got into Duke and Bowdoin and rejected by Elon

Elon is very upfront about their use of demonstrated interest. If you never interacted with them, they are going to assume you're using them as a safety.

In a few weeks, a whole lot of people here will claim that every school that denied their kid was doing it.

Anonymous wrote:Conn College is one out college office warns about. Don’t apply without demonstrating interest.

Weird. My kid demonstrated no interest there and got in. From west coast, though, so maybe they were seeking geographic diversity. They took at least 2 from her class of 60.

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Anonymous wrote:Any school that rejected a kid. Yield protection is a coping mechanism used by many on here when kids get rejected.

My kid got into Pomona, Hopkins, Swarthmore, Dartmouth, Georgetown and Brown.

WL at Villanova and Tufts.

My kid got into Tufts, Georgetown, and Pomono and WL and weightlisted at Dartmouth. Rejected from Brown.

So, it's very hard to know--depends on so many factors.

I agree with this. Yes, there are schools that care about demonstrated interest but that doesn't mean they reject kids with high stats over lower stats all else equal (if the high stats kids demonstrate interest to the same degree).

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Anonymous wrote:Any school that rejected a kid. Yield protection is a coping mechanism used by many on here when kids get rejected.

My kid got into Pomona, Hopkins, Swarthmore, Dartmouth, Georgetown and Brown.

WL at Villanova and Tufts.

My kid got into Tufts, Georgetown, and Pomono and WL and weightlisted at Dartmouth. Rejected from Brown.

So, it's very hard to know--depends on so many factors.

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Anonymous wrote:Any school that rejected a kid. Yield protection is a coping mechanism used by many on here when kids get rejected.

My kid got into Pomona, Hopkins, Swarthmore, Dartmouth, Georgetown and Brown.

WL at Villanova and Tufts.

That doesn’t scream yield protection. Just very different competitive schools

I do not think that you understand the concept of yield protection as the above applicant results are clear evidence of yield protection. (I'll bet that you think that one who speaks Russian, lives in Russia, and was born in Russia is not Russian.0

Chicago for very high stats kids applying EA.

Northeastern!!!

Anonymous wrote:My daughter also got into Case EA (high stats, big merit) with no demonstrated interest. I think it has to do with the high school more than the student. Our Scoir shows no deferrals as far as it goes back (2022).

Same here

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Anonymous wrote:Any school that rejected a kid. Yield protection is a coping mechanism used by many on here when kids get rejected.

My kid got into Pomona, Hopkins, Swarthmore, Dartmouth, Georgetown and Brown.

WL at Villanova and Tufts.

That doesn’t scream yield protection. Just very different competitive schools

not really
pretty strong evidence of YP

No evidence at all. It’s surprising their kid ingot into Hopkins, Pomona,and Georgetown. Sounds like they didn’t know what they wanted and it made for a messy application.

you are jealous and you know it

My daughter also got into Case EA (high stats, big merit) with no demonstrated interest. I think it has to do with the high school more than the student. Our Scoir shows no deferrals as far as it goes back (2022).

There is no convincing proof that any school does yield protection but DCUM parents cling to this “explanation” for their kid getting rejected.

Anonymous wrote:Tufts is the king of yield protection

It’s all so random at a certain level. My kid got in to Tufts RD (spent attend) and rejected from schools folks here would consider “less prestigious”. Good news is it works out for most.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane
Spelman
Wake

Spelman? They try to court Ivy level students with merit scholarships. What are you talking about?

Spelman only takes legacies and ED apps on early round, and students who’ve attended their summer programs, etc. Strong demonstrated interest. Our DC Big 3 only gets deferrals EA. Granted, these students get accepted and don’t attend. Which is why I think they yield project.

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Anonymous wrote:Just check the CDS and see if they value Demonstrated Interest.

From personal experience:
Case Western

My kid didn’t do anything but apply EA and got into Case with strong merit offered ($40.5k)

Well guess they assumed your kid was interested? Mine got similar merit but was told to ED2 and then end up on WL. A friend kid with slightly better stats got WL and then later got into MIT on RD