Anonymous wrote:My kid is paranoid letters were bad,,,, a bunch of club’s captain ,,,,research 1550 plus all 5 rejected only hole is no awards and we don’t know if letters sucked all a IB

I suspect the no awards is an issue. Who gets into to Princeton without any awards?

Anonymous wrote:My kid is paranoid letters were bad,,,, a bunch of club’s captain ,,,,research 1550 plus all 5 rejected only hole is no awards and we don’t know if letters sucked all a IB

Letters are probably ok. It was brutally hard and they deferred fewer. Know of stories from last year where kids like this went in to do well in RD. It sucks but don’t take it to heart.

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Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

Lots of reasons.
Major? Does he/she look like everyone else? What's different? What stands out? It can't be grades or scores. So, what else?

Those kinds of kids are fairly common, especially in top publics in this area, and simply do not represent an instititional priority. Major is important, though lots of kids game that now so not as helpful as it used to be. But admissions are really skewed toward FGLI and private feeders now.

My 36 ACT 4.97w all 5s etc. decided Ivy admission was too much of a crap shoot, went WASP ED instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.

Lacrosse admit

Two from SJC but both athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted! CA public school.

Counselor received a Q1 request last week.

Congratulation! Do you mind sharing the stats?

3.98 UW/35 ACT

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.

+1. Two from DC private (not Sidwell/NCS/STA)

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.

Anonymous wrote:My kid is paranoid letters were bad,,,, a bunch of club’s captain ,,,,research 1550 plus all 5 rejected only hole is no awards and we don’t know if letters sucked all a IB

Major? Start a new post with details and people will give suggestions on schools. I'd suggest professional review/help. Likely need to reframe all ECs.

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Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

So many kids have these same stats. Not unreal at all.

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Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

Lots of reasons.
Major? Does he/she look like everyone else? What's different? What stands out? It can't be grades or scores. So, what else?

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

Princeton has been this way the past 4-5 years—-sticking to the DEI and first gen hard while they still have test optional.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

Those are the institutional priorities though. If you’ve done your research you would’ve known it’s always better to apply regular decision.

i didn't have an applicant. It does feel like the overwhelming priorities are 1)poor 2) rural

Those are the #1 and #2 IPs of EVERY TOP SCHOOL. That's what the early pool is for.
There was a great blog post on this.

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Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected

How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.

Please folks, spread the word next year: unhooked top stats suburban kids are wasting an application applying SCEA. Forget about HYPSM and use your ED1 card; it’s the only one you’ll get.

this has always been true, though. Early is for institutional priorities. Ivy roadmap and Admitium and Tineo talk about this.
Your kid will do better in RD.

Mine did.
Deferred T10, in at Ivy in RD.
Deferred T20, in at T10 in RD.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.

no dog in this fight but it's striking.

Those are the institutional priorities though. If you’ve done your research you would’ve known it’s always better to apply regular decision.

i didn't have an applicant. It does feel like the overwhelming priorities are 1)poor 2) rural