Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Non-DMV selective private:
--Top 10% or high stats + hook: HYP+ Columbia + Penn (Wharton), Duke
--High stats, missing national level ECs or hook: Northwestern, Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, Williams
—national ECs (stats irrelevant): Stanford; (and sometimes) Duke
--High stats + normal ECs OR some flaw on their record (like a bad grade or two) and hook - Cornell, Chicago, Rice, Vanderbilt, Amherst, Georgetown
--Mid stats + no hook - Michigan; UCLA; Cal; WashU; Emory
Impressive for mid stats IMO!
I wouldn’t buy what OP is selling. At our magnet, top 10% are going to multiple "tiers" on this list. Kids, top 10% with national awards in at Brown, Northwestern and Dartmouth. These are not 2nd or 3rd "tier. " Such a weird waste of time.
Of course there are nuances. A couple years ago there was a kid at our school so desirable they could have gone anywhere (I can't give specifics, it would totally out them). Kid chose Brown for ED. We joked that the AO who saw the application probably cried with joy.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Non-DMV selective private:
--Top 10% or high stats + hook: HYP+ Columbia + Penn (Wharton), Duke
--High stats, missing national level ECs or hook: Northwestern, Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, Williams
—national ECs (stats irrelevant): Stanford; (and sometimes) Duke
--High stats + normal ECs OR some flaw on their record (like a bad grade or two) and hook - Cornell, Chicago, Rice, Vanderbilt, Amherst, Georgetown
--Mid stats + no hook - Michigan; UCLA; Cal; WashU; Emory
Impressive for mid stats IMO!
I wouldn’t buy what OP is selling. At our magnet, top 10% are going to multiple "tiers" on this list. Kids, top 10% with national awards in at Brown, Northwestern and Dartmouth. These are not 2nd or 3rd "tier. " Such a weird waste of time.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Non-DMV selective private:
--Top 10% or high stats + hook: HYP+ Columbia + Penn (Wharton), Duke
--High stats, missing national level ECs or hook: Northwestern, Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, Williams
—national ECs (stats irrelevant): Stanford; (and sometimes) Duke
--High stats + normal ECs OR some flaw on their record (like a bad grade or two) and hook - Cornell, Chicago, Rice, Vanderbilt, Amherst, Georgetown
--Mid stats + no hook - Michigan; UCLA; Cal; WashU; Emory
Impressive for mid stats IMO!
Anonymous wrote:I think list from specific high schools are meaningful but a weak app will sink you and a strong app can move you up a “level”
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Duke RD yield less than 50% for a reason
Every school not named Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT gave RD yield less than 50%
complete bullshit. chicago, notre dame, and every ivy has rd above 50%
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Duke RD yield less than 50% for a reason
Every school not named Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT gave RD yield less than 50%
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:IMO this is a very interesting post.
Shows that your high school's relationship with certain colleges is likely a very underrated part of the process.
And also, which goes hand in hand, that the kid's peers' perception of certain colleges matters as well.
So agree, the high school relationship is key, so it’s kind of annoying when people treat their own high school’s record as gospel for the whole.
Anonymous wrote:IMO this is a very interesting post.
Shows that your high school's relationship with certain colleges is likely a very underrated part of the process.
And also, which goes hand in hand, that the kid's peers' perception of certain colleges matters as well.
Anonymous wrote:Boring, more handwringing over schools your kids won’t even get into….!
Anonymous wrote:Duke RD yield less than 50% for a reason
Anonymous wrote:IMO this is a very interesting post.
Shows that your high school's relationship with certain colleges is likely a very underrated part of the process.
And also, which goes hand in hand, that the kid's peers' perception of certain colleges matters as well.