Anonymous wrote:You people crapping on the OP are off base IMO. Let’s be honest; this kid had top 1% GPA, top 1% SAT scores and all the rest of the package. Schools like Perdue and CU aren’t swimming in kids like this. It’s completely reasonable to be upset that someone with a resume like this isn’t being immediately accepted into the schools mentioned.

The top kids at a lot of schools apply to Purdue. Also, coming from a public school where, as OP states, lots of kids are ranked "No. 1" in the class, OP's kid's stats are (sadly) not unusual. So OP's kid might be the cream of the crop, but there is a lot of flotsam and jetsam in that cream these days.

I'd be irked by the exploration studies, but it isn't actually a roadblock for this student at CU Boulder. The student would simply need a high first year GPA to get into the major there.

I get the need to vent but be careful what you project to the child. Find something nice to say and get enthusiastic about the choices they have.

Speculating: the Purdue deferral and CU Boulder exploration studies may be the result of funky yield algorithms. Enrollment management consultants have struggled to deal with the test optional admissions world. The algorithms may assume (sometimes incorrectly) that high stat students will attend elsewhere, in which case they do not get best offers from the school. Other schools may try harder to attract such students with their best offer. Each school has different goals and different tactics for recruiting.

OP, it's a bit late now but what I'd wonder is what the student is seeking in a school and whether there are other schools they'd rather attend that they didn't apply to. There may be schools where it's possible to submit an app even though the deadline may have passed.

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Anonymous wrote:First of all OP, this is extremely rude. There are so many students who have worked so hard and every bit as capable as your child (boy or girl? Who knows?) who do not have these acceptances. Second of all, what kind of high school are we talking about? GPAs vary so much and the top ranked college programs know that a 4.0 at one school—especially one that calls more than the top 1% the top 1%, that makes no sense—is very different than a more rigorous school. Your kid has great choices. Stop making him or her feel bad.

Why are you and some of the rest such as--holes. OP is allowed to be disappointed. OP is allowed to vent. These kids kill themselves for 4 years in the hopes that they'll get into dream schools. Your kids do it too. All kids do it. When that doesn't happen, some roll with it. Some are upset. And there is nothing bad about that. (And yes, parent feelings are valid. We are the ones watching them kill themselves).

If you don't have something constructive to say. If you can't empathize nicely. Then just shut the EF up. I'm sick of the piling on, nasty, judgmental responses to valid feelings on here.

This is the problem. Kids should not be "killing themselves" for something that rarely works out.
Since this "killing" starts at age 13 in quite a few kids it is at least initially parent driven.
Parents should know better.
It's so warped.

Agree! My kids worked hard but they did not “kill themselves.” Sleep and balance were important to us.

Anonymous wrote:Why did you aim so low? It seems that some of those choices (Colorado, even Purdue) know he won't attend.

If you think this is aiming low, you don't know what you are talking about.

Did your kid interact with any recruiters during the application process? Some schools track that.

My kid exchanged several emails with the recruiter at his top choice. He also toured and met with someone from the department. And he attended a local recruiting event (there was a sign in sheet, and he made a point of saying hello to the recruiter before the program began).

I think high stats kids need to make their intentions clear. All applicants should.

Anonymous wrote:You people crapping on the OP are off base IMO. Let’s be honest; this kid had top 1% GPA, top 1% SAT scores and all the rest of the package. Schools like Perdue and CU aren’t swimming in kids like this. It’s completely reasonable to be upset that someone with a resume like this isn’t being immediately accepted into the schools mentioned.

Well, OPs kid is imaginary so I’m not really concerned.

Anonymous wrote:You people crapping on the OP are off base IMO. Let’s be honest; this kid had top 1% GPA, top 1% SAT scores and all the rest of the package. Schools like Perdue and CU aren’t swimming in kids like this. It’s completely reasonable to be upset that someone with a resume like this isn’t being immediately accepted into the schools mentioned.

OP didn't mention any extracurriculars. Maybe her child is a terrible writer and the essays were bad. Maybe her child is not a nice person and the recommendations were terrible. Who knows?

Anonymous wrote:You people crapping on the OP are off base IMO. Let’s be honest; this kid had top 1% GPA, top 1% SAT scores and all the rest of the package. Schools like Perdue and CU aren’t swimming in kids like this. It’s completely reasonable to be upset that someone with a resume like this isn’t being immediately accepted into the schools mentioned.

I'm sure he got yield protected at CU and probably Perdue too. CU for sure knows he will never enroll there.

Who cares? Your child into good schools, so what if they're not prestigious schools that you can brag to your friends about? Do what's right for your kid.

You people crapping on the OP are off base IMO. Let’s be honest; this kid had top 1% GPA, top 1% SAT scores and all the rest of the package. Schools like Perdue and CU aren’t swimming in kids like this. It’s completely reasonable to be upset that someone with a resume like this isn’t being immediately accepted into the schools mentioned.

"I am so glad my high stats kid applied narrowly for the most competitive major in a TO environment" said no one ever.

OP can’t even make up his mind whether he has a boy or a girl, so I’m skeptical.