Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is she talking about this with her friends?

They're all very close. Grew up together. Reviewed each others' essays and have been supporting each other through the entire college application process.

Welp tell her to get ready to lose a few long-term friends then. This won't end well since this season is so competitive and emotionally fraught for our teens. Drama and friend break-ups incoming.

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Sadly, if she does this, she will be blamed for their rejections that would have probably happened anyway.

Yes, true on both points but frankly I'm okay with that- learn the hard way, have fun at Prom, senior night etc with the friends you helped screw over.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is she talking about this with her friends?

They're all very close. Grew up together. Reviewed each others' essays and have been supporting each other through the entire college application process.

Welp tell her to get ready to lose a few long-term friends then. This won't end well since this season is so competitive and emotionally fraught for our teens. Drama and friend break-ups incoming.

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Sadly, if she does this, she will be blamed for their rejections that would have probably happened anyway.

Gluttonous narcissist.

Students are absolutely competing against their classmates when it comes to admissions to top 20 schools.

With an SCEA admit to HYPS, I can absolutely see why your daughter is getting the hate from her classmates for her trophy hunting.

Anonymous wrote:The only thing that ticks me off is when top kids try to “run the table” - they get in REA to their first choice Ivy or Stanford and still apply to Cornell/Dartmouth/Michigan etc. knowing there’s zero chance they’ll go there.

We’re not in the DC area, and there’s a kid like this at our high school. In at Stanford but says he wants to get into all the Ivys to build his brand. 🙄 Same kid who took the SAT three times trying to get a 1600 for “more clicks,” but topped out at 1580. He’s a real peach ….

That peach is an example of why strivers have such a bad reputation. Try not to marry someone like that.

OP just wants to tell all the aunties that her remarkable child got into all the top 10.

There are a lot of things that aren’t forbidden or illegal but we think twice before doing them because we live in communities and with community, comes a set of unspoken expectations/code of conduct. Nothing is stopping OP’s kid from applying to other schools. But they need to have an honest conversation with themselves about why they’re doing it. I knew one kid back in the day (1990’s) who got in REA at an HYPSM, but got into another HYPSM RD and ended up going to the RD school. This was at a small private school, but back then, it seemed like there was enough to go around….Another kid in the same situation withdrew their other apps.

If she would genuinely consider going to a school over her REA school, yes, of course, she should go ahead and apply there. Especially if she’s a candidate for need-based aid and wants to compare packages. (Merit added is limited to nonexistent at these schools.)

The only thing that ticks me off is when top kids try to “run the table” - they get in REA to their first choice Ivy or Stanford and still apply to Cornell/Dartmouth/Michigan etc. knowing there’s zero chance they’ll go there.

We’re not in the DC area, and there’s a kid like this at our high school. In at Stanford but says he wants to get into all the Ivys to build his brand. 🙄 Same kid who took the SAT three times trying to get a 1600 for “more clicks,” but topped out at 1580. He’s a real peach ….

There are probably one or two you'd go to over the place you got in REA. FA not going to vary much among those schools. Beyond that, you're trophy hunting and expect to except consequences.

1) OP and her daughter are humble braggers

2) OP and her daughter are within their rights but don’t care if they screw over their friends or their high school/CC for future seniors

3) if MIT and Caltech were really schools your DD would have been excited to attend, why didn’t she apply EA to both since they both allow simultaneous EA, inflate for just applying to one SCEA HYP? That tells me MIT and Caltech are not your top choice (plus they’re so different from HYP) and you’re just applying to brag and hoard extra spots that others can’t have. Good things you guys aren’t billionaires, you’d be very unethical ones.

OP: Your daughter can apply to as many schools as she likes, but there are effects on her classmates who apply to the same ultra-selective schools in that it may lower their odds of securing an offer of admission.

Regardless, your daughter has earned the right to apply as she desires. Maybe she'll receive a full tuition merit scholarship or even a full-ride award which causes her to decline the admission to H,Y,or P.

Slight concern regarding psychological impact if she receives a couple of rejections after the high of an acceptance in the REA round to one of HYP.

This is a troll post. Some weirdo's Christmas Eve gift to DCUM.

OP is not waiting on an aid offer. It's been 2 weeks since SCEA results were released. There are no aid offers pending.

Unless you're shopping for better financial aid, why didn't you just ED/EA to your top choice in the first place?

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you’re looking for some type of financial aid/full ride scholarship from another school because of not being able to afford your HYP education, then it’s pretty selfish to apply to more, it’s hurting other kids chances.

No it isn't. Students from the same school do not compete against each other for X number of spots. That's why admit numbers vary from year to year.

False. Talk to your high school counselor.

Yeah this is fake. “Applied late so still waiting to hear about aid.” Nope.