Agree to weird year. Waitlist middlebury and Boston college. Accepted Vermont, uga honors, Richmond, wake, Colgate, tufts, Emory, uva out of state, Georgetown, Vanderbilt. Make Boston college make sense 😂

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Anonymous wrote:^^^Don’t give them a dime ever again! These stories are terrible. Think schools will regret this behavior in the future once the coffers run dry!!

They won't get a penny ever again. The grandparent that taught there is literally writing them out of their will today. It was a six figure donation. It's the internet so no one will believe me. Reaction from my undergrad friends is bad, bad, bad. I had kids first in the group and we all assumed she was a shoe in.

Same with Hopkins in our family, but their endowment is so big they won’t care. They soft rejected with a WL, but my kid got into higher ranked school and it’s not in sh@tastic Baltimore.

Really sorry to hear-I’m sure it feels like a betrayal. Hoping she goes somewhere else better and is Uber successful!!!

Anonymous wrote:^^^Don’t give them a dime ever again! These stories are terrible. Think schools will regret this behavior in the future once the coffers run dry!!

They won't get a penny ever again. The grandparent that taught there is literally writing them out of their will today. It was a six figure donation. It's the internet so no one will believe me. Reaction from my undergrad friends is bad, bad, bad. I had kids first in the group and we all assumed she was a shoe in.

Anonymous wrote:^^^Don’t give them a dime ever again! These stories are terrible. Think schools will regret this behavior in the future once the coffers run dry!!

That might be the problem. Alumni weren’t giving a dime so they have one of the lowest endowments.

^^^Don’t give them a dime ever again! These stories are terrible. Think schools will regret this behavior in the future once the coffers run dry!!

Well, the days of legacy admission are fully over.

My DD was denied yesterday, despite both parents and one grandparent graduating undergrad.

One parent also got an MBA there, one grandparent got their JD there and one grandparent taught there for 15 years.

What's that, 6 hooks?

Stats weren't perfect (obviously), but were on par for a gimme admission.

She wasn't going to go even if she got in but I have to admit to being shocked.

Anonymous wrote:In the past do kids get off WL ?
What percentage?

At GU? Yes. Hard to say, but rarely SFS or Business because they're smaller programs.

In the past do kids get off WL ?
What percentage?

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Anonymous wrote:Amherst a top SLAC-Davidson in different tier.

Rice is impossible to get and Columbia an Ivy.

Georgetown the lowest ranked out of this group.

Nothing impossible about Rice. DD in at Rice, rejected Vandy and Emory.

Different poster here. It depends on your school. At my kid's private Rice is a much harder admit than Columbia.
There has been one admit in 5 years and it was a kid with a 4.0 which does't even happen every year (most years there are no 4.0 grads).
Meanwhile Columbia (and other Ivies) have taken multiple unhooked kids with a 3.8.
Rice is viewed as impossible.

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Anonymous wrote:Denied. 1540 SAT / 4.32 w gpa / 9 APs.
It was a stretch school. All is okay here.

Wow how does this happen?

i am not sure why you are so surprised - it's a competitive school.

Extremely.

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. Such a weird year. Waitlisted at georgetown, vanderbilt and davidson. Accepted to amherst, columbia and rice.

What stats and major? These schools are on our list for next year as well.

Anonymous wrote:Amherst a top SLAC-Davidson in different tier.

Rice is impossible to get and Columbia an Ivy.

Georgetown the lowest ranked out of this group.

Nothing impossible about Rice. DD in at Rice, rejected Vandy and Emory.

Amherst a top SLAC-Davidson in different tier.

Rice is impossible to get and Columbia an Ivy.

Georgetown the lowest ranked out of this group.

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. Such a weird year. Waitlisted at georgetown, vanderbilt and davidson. Accepted to amherst, columbia and rice.

Seriously asking - how is this weird?