Anonymous
05/25/2025 09:19
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:WLs all done. None came through.
DC is heading to a school w/ 80% admit. Stats, awards, research and still waitlisted everywhere. Transfer plans are in the works. Anyone else in the same boat?
name the schools or don’t post - this is a waste of our time without you naming the schools. Cardinal rule of DCUM, name the school or don’t bother
Not accepted:
- Yale
- Brown
- Gtown
- Columbia
- Emory
- NYU
- Northeastern
- BC
- W&M (In-state)
- UVA (In-state)
- Vanderbilt
- Richmond
Admitted:
- VCU
- JMU
- GMU
- Rutgers
- PSU
- Drexel
- Hofstra
- Syracuse
Will not be disclosing which she will attend.
GMU students have really strong job prospects.
Anonymous
05/25/2025 09:17
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:WLs all done. None came through.
DC is heading to a school w/ 80% admit. Stats, awards, research and still waitlisted everywhere. Transfer plans are in the works. Anyone else in the same boat?
My kid was that kid.
They got similar or better job opportunities at graduation than friends at "better" schools.
Anonymous
05/25/2025 09:14
Subject: Re:No WL movement---done
I have yet to meet someone from JMU that didn’t love it
Anonymous
05/25/2025 07:38
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:You're creating a problem for your child. That list of accepted schools is fantastic. Work on celebrating the school they committed to, rather than holding out hope for the waitlists.
I agree. That is a great list of schools to choose from. You are just making yo it child feel bad about themselves. They will show up thinking everyone else is not good thought and have a horrible time making friends.
Anonymous
05/25/2025 07:32
Subject: No WL movement---done
OP should have applied to VT. Could have gotten in-state tuition at a decent school. Some good options to include in-state options on that list.
Many people would be happy with anyone of those eight. If you have other kids that will be going through the process work with someone to develop a list of targets next time. Have a 3 way split, reaches, targets and safeties where you would be happy to attend if reaches and targets don’t pan out.
Many people would be happy with anyone of those eight. If you have other kids that will be going through the process work with someone to develop a list of targets next time. Have a 3 way split, reaches, targets and safeties where you would be happy to attend if reaches and targets don’t pan out.
Anonymous
05/25/2025 03:11
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:WLs all done. None came through.
DC is heading to a school w/ 80% admit. Stats, awards, research and still waitlisted everywhere. Transfer plans are in the works. Anyone else in the same boat?
name the schools or don’t post - this is a waste of our time without you naming the schools. Cardinal rule of DCUM, name the school or don’t bother
Not accepted:
- Yale
- Brown
- Gtown
- Columbia
- Emory
- NYU
- Northeastern
- BC
- W&M (In-state)
- UVA (In-state)
- Vanderbilt
- Richmond
Admitted:
- VCU
- JMU
- GMU
- Rutgers
- PSU
- Drexel
- Hofstra
- Syracuse
Will not be disclosing which she will attend.
Based on the rejections and where your kid was admitted, I hate to say it but she applied ambitiously. I bet if she had GW, American, Tulane, etc. she would have gotten one of those.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 21:44
Subject: No WL movement---done
"research scientist" clearly meant to reply to this thread instead:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1275668.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1275668.page
Anonymous
05/24/2025 21:37
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Research scientist here.
I can tell you that there is absolutely no way a high schooler can conduct quality scientific research, let alone write a paper. Writing research papers in the style of the ones accepted in peer-reviewed journals takes a lot of experience. They're not even written by grad students. They're written by post-doctoral students and heavily edited by chief investigators, until the post-doc has developed those skills.
As for research work? Some undergrads can do lab research responsibly. High schoolers do the most basic of grunt work in a lab. No one is entrusting a high schooler to manipulate any expensive equipment or supplies by themselves.
So I don't know how college admissions look at these things, but I can tell you that a research scientist would not seriously take into consideration any research work or paper credited to a high schooler.
Research scientists, you're posting on the wrong thread!
NP. How is it the wrong thread? Research is mentioned in the OP as something that should have opened doors. So this post is explaining why it may not give a significant boost, or shouldn’t.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 21:36
Subject: No WL movement---done
Well, research does appear as an EC in the original post.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 21:25
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Research scientist here.
I can tell you that there is absolutely no way a high schooler can conduct quality scientific research, let alone write a paper. Writing research papers in the style of the ones accepted in peer-reviewed journals takes a lot of experience. They're not even written by grad students. They're written by post-doctoral students and heavily edited by chief investigators, until the post-doc has developed those skills.
As for research work? Some undergrads can do lab research responsibly. High schoolers do the most basic of grunt work in a lab. No one is entrusting a high schooler to manipulate any expensive equipment or supplies by themselves.
So I don't know how college admissions look at these things, but I can tell you that a research scientist would not seriously take into consideration any research work or paper credited to a high schooler.
Research scientists, you're posting on the wrong thread!
+1
Bizarre post.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 21:23
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:Research scientist here.
I can tell you that there is absolutely no way a high schooler can conduct quality scientific research, let alone write a paper. Writing research papers in the style of the ones accepted in peer-reviewed journals takes a lot of experience. They're not even written by grad students. They're written by post-doctoral students and heavily edited by chief investigators, until the post-doc has developed those skills.
As for research work? Some undergrads can do lab research responsibly. High schoolers do the most basic of grunt work in a lab. No one is entrusting a high schooler to manipulate any expensive equipment or supplies by themselves.
So I don't know how college admissions look at these things, but I can tell you that a research scientist would not seriously take into consideration any research work or paper credited to a high schooler.
Research scientists, you're posting on the wrong thread!
Anonymous
05/24/2025 20:48
Subject: No WL movement---done
Research scientist here.
I can tell you that there is absolutely no way a high schooler can conduct quality scientific research, let alone write a paper. Writing research papers in the style of the ones accepted in peer-reviewed journals takes a lot of experience. They're not even written by grad students. They're written by post-doctoral students and heavily edited by chief investigators, until the post-doc has developed those skills.
As for research work? Some undergrads can do lab research responsibly. High schoolers do the most basic of grunt work in a lab. No one is entrusting a high schooler to manipulate any expensive equipment or supplies by themselves.
So I don't know how college admissions look at these things, but I can tell you that a research scientist would not seriously take into consideration any research work or paper credited to a high schooler.
I can tell you that there is absolutely no way a high schooler can conduct quality scientific research, let alone write a paper. Writing research papers in the style of the ones accepted in peer-reviewed journals takes a lot of experience. They're not even written by grad students. They're written by post-doctoral students and heavily edited by chief investigators, until the post-doc has developed those skills.
As for research work? Some undergrads can do lab research responsibly. High schoolers do the most basic of grunt work in a lab. No one is entrusting a high schooler to manipulate any expensive equipment or supplies by themselves.
So I don't know how college admissions look at these things, but I can tell you that a research scientist would not seriously take into consideration any research work or paper credited to a high schooler.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 20:35
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:WLs all done. None came through.
DC is heading to a school w/ 80% admit. Stats, awards, research and still waitlisted everywhere. Transfer plans are in the works. Anyone else in the same boat?
name the schools or don’t post - this is a waste of our time without you naming the schools. Cardinal rule of DCUM, name the school or don’t bother
Not accepted:
- Yale
- Brown
- Gtown
- Columbia
- Emory
- NYU
- Northeastern
- BC
- W&M (In-state)
- UVA (In-state)
- Vanderbilt
- Richmond
Admitted:
- VCU
- JMU
- GMU
- Rutgers
- PSU
- Drexel
- Hofstra
- Syracuse
Will not be disclosing which she will attend.
Major? Some of these seem strange if high stats.
Agree, high stats should be getting off the waitlist at W&M, NYU and Richmond.
💯
Something off here.
NYU what?
CAS as well as Stern and Tisch has 4-7% acceptance rates.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 20:11
Subject: No WL movement---done
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:WLs all done. None came through.
DC is heading to a school w/ 80% admit. Stats, awards, research and still waitlisted everywhere. Transfer plans are in the works. Anyone else in the same boat?
name the schools or don’t post - this is a waste of our time without you naming the schools. Cardinal rule of DCUM, name the school or don’t bother
Not accepted:
- Yale
- Brown
- Gtown
- Columbia
- Emory
- NYU
- Northeastern
- BC
- W&M (In-state)
- UVA (In-state)
- Vanderbilt
- Richmond
Admitted:
- VCU
- JMU
- GMU
- Rutgers
- PSU
- Drexel
- Hofstra
- Syracuse
Will not be disclosing which she will attend.
Major? Some of these seem strange if high stats.
Agree, high stats should be getting off the waitlist at W&M, NYU and Richmond.
💯
Something off here.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 20:03
Subject: No WL movement---done
Agree Syracuse seems to be having a moment. We know a few kids who were high stats and wound up there because things went off track with their reaches. Everyone we know who started there is staying so there is that.