Anonymous wrote:Every kid is high stats now thanks to the gat dang coronavirus. Teachers have dialed back expectations, handing out A's like they're frigg'n candy to any kid who can figure out how to get his gat dang zoom connection to work. And with every frigg'n college going test optional (or worse, test blind, meaning they won't even consider SAT/ACT scores if you submit them) it's tougher for the legit superstars to set themselves apart. This whole situation sux knutts for the kids who can crush standardized tests and make straight A's not just because their teachers feel guilty saddling them with a B during a pandemic.

Anonymous wrote:Every kid is high stats now thanks to the gat dang coronavirus. Teachers have dialed back expectations, handing out A's like they're frigg'n candy to any kid who can figure out how to get his gat dang zoom connection to work. And with every frigg'n college going test optional (or worse, test blind, meaning they won't even consider SAT/ACT scores if you submit them) it's tougher for the legit superstars to set themselves apart. This whole situation sux knutts for the kids who can crush standardized tests and make straight A's not just because their teachers feel guilty saddling them with a B during a pandemic.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a perfect school for everyone. People need to let go with the numbers. Our older high achiever son got rejected from all of the top 20 schools he applied to. Wound up at a top 40 school, had a wonderful, successful experience that exceeded his expectations, and attended the top grad school in his field for free. There are wonderful schools and programs within schools that are ranked lower than 20 nationally.

Yet another case of, "Where you go is not who you'll be" (Frank Bruni).

Ivy humpers take note.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a perfect school for everyone. People need to let go with the numbers. Our older high achiever son got rejected from all of the top 20 schools he applied to. Wound up at a top 40 school, had a wonderful, successful experience that exceeded his expectations, and attended the top grad school in his field for free. There are wonderful schools and programs within schools that are ranked lower than 20 nationally.

The US higher education system is a wonder of the world. It's truly amazing that there are so many amazing opportunities. And it's just the beginning of your kid's career. Where you start is not where you end up.

Anonymous wrote:There is a perfect school for everyone. People need to let go with the numbers. Our older high achiever son got rejected from all of the top 20 schools he applied to. Wound up at a top 40 school, had a wonderful, successful experience that exceeded his expectations, and attended the top grad school in his field for free. There are wonderful schools and programs within schools that are ranked lower than 20 nationally.

Anonymous wrote:There is a perfect school for everyone. People need to let go with the numbers. Our older high achiever son got rejected from all of the top 20 schools he applied to. Wound up at a top 40 school, had a wonderful, successful experience that exceeded his expectations, and attended the top grad school in his field for free. There are wonderful schools and programs within schools that are ranked lower than 20 nationally.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think I will have some serious health issues due to the college admission process. I am so freaking stressed. Kid is a Junior. High Stat. But who is not high Stat right now?

I understand college admission process would add a lot of stress, but I do not understand why it will create serious health issues for you.

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Anonymous wrote:Just for some perspective, for posters who think that everyone on DCUM has a high stats student. A score of 1550 plus is earned by just 6000 students (out of 2.3 million). The number of students with such a high SAT score and a perfect GPA is likely even smaller. If there are say 4000 or so truly high stats students, it is odd that admissions to a top 20 school is a crapshoot.
It makes you wonder whether academic merit is valued by the top colleges

Perspective? Oh honey YOU are actually not informed.

https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/scores/1550-SAT-score-is-this-good

I like how the link says that if you raise your score by 50 points (to a perfect 1600) it doesn’t change your admission chances at all. And this link is from a company selling test prep.

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't new. The top 100-150 schools are great and there are high stat kids at all of them.

+1

Our high-stats kid is at what DCUM would term a second-tier school, simply because of money. We can't pay for a top tier school, so DC didn't apply to any.

It's not a problem.

Same with ours. Happy with our choices.

Really, from what I've seen the only thing that takes even the most super-qualified, top stats, national awards etc. out of "crap shoot" territory for the top ranked schools is a strong legacy connection, major donors, recruited athletes and preferably more than one of these. If you see "lots" of kids around you getting into those schools I'm guessing you know a lot of legacy kids. Still need that high-level profile but there are really very few spots for the unhooked.

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Anonymous wrote:Just for some perspective, for posters who think that everyone on DCUM has a high stats student. A score of 1550 plus is earned by just 6000 students (out of 2.3 million). The number of students with such a high SAT score and a perfect GPA is likely even smaller. If there are say 4000 or so truly high stats students, it is odd that admissions to a top 20 school is a crapshoot.
It makes you wonder whether academic merit is valued by the top colleges

Perspective? Oh honey YOU are actually not informed.

https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/scores/1550-SAT-score-is-this-good

I like how the link says that if you raise your score by 50 points (to a perfect 1600) it doesn’t change your admission chances at all. And this link is from a company selling test prep.

Out of 2.13 million test takers
20,000 score above 1500
6,000 score above 1550
750 score 1600

Anonymous wrote:I have a couple of kids in Ivy so we are experienced in college admissions. However, It is so unpredictable this year unlike previous years. My current senior is ready to go to the state school that He got accepted into. So we are not that stressed and assume that he won’t get into Ivy unless he gets lucky..

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Anonymous wrote:Just for some perspective, for posters who think that everyone on DCUM has a high stats student. A score of 1550 plus is earned by just 6000 students (out of 2.3 million). The number of students with such a high SAT score and a perfect GPA is likely even smaller. If there are say 4000 or so truly high stats students, it is odd that admissions to a top 20 school is a crapshoot.
It makes you wonder whether academic merit is valued by the top colleges

Perspective? Oh honey YOU are actually not informed.

https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/scores/1550-SAT-score-is-this-good

I like how the link says that if you raise your score by 50 points (to a perfect 1600) it doesn’t change your admission chances at all. And this link is from a company selling test prep.

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Anonymous wrote:Just for some perspective, for posters who think that everyone on DCUM has a high stats student. A score of 1550 plus is earned by just 6000 students (out of 2.3 million). The number of students with such a high SAT score and a perfect GPA is likely even smaller. If there are say 4000 or so truly high stats students, it is odd that admissions to a top 20 school is a crapshoot.
It makes you wonder whether academic merit is valued by the top colleges

Perspective? Oh honey YOU are actually not informed.

https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/scores/1550-SAT-score-is-this-good

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Anonymous wrote:Just for some perspective, for posters who think that everyone on DCUM has a high stats student. A score of 1550 plus is earned by just 6000 students (out of 2.3 million). The number of students with such a high SAT score and a perfect GPA is likely even smaller. If there are say 4000 or so truly high stats students, it is odd that admissions to a top 20 school is a crapshoot.
It makes you wonder whether academic merit is valued by the top colleges

Perspective? Oh honey YOU are actually not informed.