Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 16:13     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
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Anonymous wrote:You will have the best results with slacs, if you are willing to go that route. Anything outside Williams is possible. Otherwise, probably looking at 25-50 in national universities.

There is no difference between Williams and other t10 LACs. Stop trolling.


There is in terms of admission from our private. Anything else is doable for top third of class.

That is only relevant to your private.


Probably not. You are just triggered by Williams for some reason. I, on the other hand, have no connections to the school and am a neutral reporter.


Only 60% submit test scores and for some reason Williams chooses to omit the GPA data from their CDS? I suspect that OPs kid would have no problem getting in.


DP: You do seem to have some problem with Williams. My DC had 4.0 UW top private (non-DC), 1580 SAT, good but not stellar ECs. Was accepted at ED Ivy, other WASP, and other top 20, but rejected at Williams.

WASP schools are very small and most of their slots go to athletes and FGLI. I've never heard of a non-hooked kid from our top private getting accepted to Williams.


This sounds fake. How did you ED an Ivy then get into all these other schools?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 16:09     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
Anonymous wrote:Go all in on the essays. I think the ECs are good enough - now it's about how your present and frame them in the overall application narrative. Older DC headed to a HYP and younger DC is similar to OPs kid and I am not too concerned. You can't fabricate what's not there so work with what you have. Kids with this profile from our PUBLIC school this year got into Vanderbilt, Tufts, Cornell, Penn, and the UCs.


Agree 💯
Most parents don’t realize until too late what good essays actually look like. It’s a ton of work.
Create some sort of theme /narrative that connects everything.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 16:04     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
Anonymous wrote:Those ECs seem very strong to me. My child had about 1/10 of your child's ECs - a couple of casual clubs, a bit of volunteering, but no jobs, no internships, no sports, no music, no leadership (but strong grades/scores/teacher recs) and applied to Williams/Amherst/Swarthmore and got in to one of the three (and several other top 10 LACs that they also would have been very happy at.)

That was from a DC public, so maybe the expectations for kids at private schools are higher. But I think the counselor might just trying to lower your expectations; it's all a crapshoot.



RD?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 16:02     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
Go all in on the essays. I think the ECs are good enough - now it's about how your present and frame them in the overall application narrative. Older DC headed to a HYP and younger DC is similar to OPs kid and I am not too concerned. You can't fabricate what's not there so work with what you have. Kids with this profile from our PUBLIC school this year got into Vanderbilt, Tufts, Cornell, Penn, and the UCs.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 15:58     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
Agree with many posters, T20 definitely possible but not guaranteed. Cornell may be the only ivy that would take this mid EC kid.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 15:52     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
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Anonymous wrote:This profile does well at Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, and UVA, given that you're monied.


For northwestern and Vanderbilt, it needs to be ED. My similar DC was WL at both RD


Well, yes. Northwestern and Vanderbilt have ED1 rates hovering around 20%, so they aren't really hard admits in ED.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 15:50     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
Anonymous wrote:This profile does well at Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, and UVA, given that you're monied.


For northwestern and Vanderbilt, it needs to be ED. My similar DC was WL at both RD
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 15:50     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
Anonymous wrote:This profile does well at Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, and UVA, given that you're monied.


The first two would have to be ED.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 15:47     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
My similar twins went to ucla (expensive oos) and occidental ( got maximum merit)
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 15:46     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
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Anonymous wrote:You will have the best results with slacs, if you are willing to go that route. Anything outside Williams is possible. Otherwise, probably looking at 25-50 in national universities.

There is no difference between Williams and other t10 LACs. Stop trolling.


There is in terms of admission from our private. Anything else is doable for top third of class.

That is only relevant to your private.


Probably not. You are just triggered by Williams for some reason. I, on the other hand, have no connections to the school and am a neutral reporter.


Only 60% submit test scores and for some reason Williams chooses to omit the GPA data from their CDS? I suspect that OPs kid would have no problem getting in.


DP: You do seem to have some problem with Williams. My DC had 4.0 UW top private (non-DC), 1580 SAT, good but not stellar ECs. Was accepted at ED Ivy, other WASP, and other top 20, but rejected at Williams.

WASP schools are very small and most of their slots go to athletes and FGLI. I've never heard of a non-hooked kid from our top private getting accepted to Williams.

Happens all the time at ours. FGLI kids who can get into Williams can get into much better schools and usually go there.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 15:41     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
This profile does well at Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, and UVA, given that you're monied.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 15:39     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
No one commented that OP said kid had max rigor in math. That is not checking the max rigor box.

My kid was pretty similar but with max rigor and a slightly lower SAT, still over 1500. Went to Georgetown, also admitted at UVA.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 14:18     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
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Anonymous wrote:Those ECs seem very strong to me. My child had about 1/10 of your child's ECs - a couple of casual clubs, a bit of volunteering, but no jobs, no internships, no sports, no music, no leadership (but strong grades/scores/teacher recs) and applied to Williams/Amherst/Swarthmore and got in to one of the three (and several other top 10 LACs that they also would have been very happy at.)

That was from a DC public, so maybe the expectations for kids at private schools are higher. But I think the counselor might just trying to lower your expectations; it's all a crapshoot.



Wow! What do you think made your kid standout?
Were they legacy? URM? Major?


Being at a DC public, no doubt. Entirely different ball of wax in terms of competition.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 14:18     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
Anonymous wrote:Assuming OPs kid is rising senior, kid has the whole summer to do something productive, EC


Exactly - OP, if you post more about the major, I'm sure there might be concrete summer suggestions to strengthen app.
Also, suggest you research profiles on r/collegeresults on Reddit to get some ideas.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 14:18     Subject: Where did your high stats/ max rigor but OK ECs student end up?
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Anonymous wrote:You will have the best results with slacs, if you are willing to go that route. Anything outside Williams is possible. Otherwise, probably looking at 25-50 in national universities.

There is no difference between Williams and other t10 LACs. Stop trolling.


There is in terms of admission from our private. Anything else is doable for top third of class.

That is only relevant to your private.


Probably not. You are just triggered by Williams for some reason. I, on the other hand, have no connections to the school and am a neutral reporter.


Only 60% submit test scores and for some reason Williams chooses to omit the GPA data from their CDS? I suspect that OPs kid would have no problem getting in.


DP: You do seem to have some problem with Williams. My DC had 4.0 UW top private (non-DC), 1580 SAT, good but not stellar ECs. Was accepted at ED Ivy, other WASP, and other top 20, but rejected at Williams.

WASP schools are very small and most of their slots go to athletes and FGLI. I've never heard of a non-hooked kid from our top private getting accepted to Williams.