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Anonymous

12/09/2017 14:05 Subject: Re:College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any one hear from Midd today?

My niece, in another state did. The big R. Boo.

Two friends of mine had kids accepted from MA. Both athletes, football and track. With no hooks it’s hard!

Anonymous

12/09/2017 13:48 Subject: Re:College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Anonymous wrote:Swarthmore.

Kid rejected Ed. Rejected not even deferred.

what were your kid's stats if I may ask? I know a kid who got accepted. Not to get yelled at here, but of a certain URM ethnicity.

Anonymous

12/09/2017 13:39 Subject: Re:College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Swarthmore.

Kid rejected Ed. Rejected not even deferred.

Anonymous

12/09/2017 13:17 Subject: Re:College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Anonymous wrote:Any one hear from Midd today?

My niece, in another state did. The big R. Boo.

Anonymous

12/09/2017 12:31 Subject: Re:College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stanford ED....rejected.

Will be a very unMerry Xmas

Sorry--we were in the same place last year, and DD was crushed, especially given that a few kids from her school did get in to tremendous fanfare. After a day or two, she was open to discussions about how these decisions are not a referendum on your academic abilities or merit as a human being. In the end it was a great wake-up call on how dismal the picture is for unhooked kids at the top schools, and it really helped her focus on schools that were likely to find her application appealing. Hope your kid and others in the same boat get to a place of acceptance soon.

This system really sucks. I miss the days when everyone heard everything at the same time. Much healthier, both for each kid and for the cohort. Hope your family gets some pleasure out of the holidays and college apps don’t overwhelm everything else.

Anonymous

12/09/2017 12:16 Subject: Re:College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Anonymous wrote:Stanford ED....rejected.

Will be a very unMerry Xmas

Sorry--we were in the same place last year, and DD was crushed, especially given that a few kids from her school did get in to tremendous fanfare. After a day or two, she was open to discussions about how these decisions are not a referendum on your academic abilities or merit as a human being. In the end it was a great wake-up call on how dismal the picture is for unhooked kids at the top schools, and it really helped her focus on schools that were likely to find her application appealing. Hope your kid and others in the same boat get to a place of acceptance soon.

Anonymous

12/09/2017 11:34 Subject: Re:College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Stanford ED....rejected.

Will be a very unMerry Xmas

Anonymous

12/09/2017 10:43 Subject: College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today is Questbridge notification day.

I looked into this and it seemed like a colossal waste of time. Was I missing the supposed benefit?

*Many schools consider it a hook- Yale tripled the number of QB students it admitted last year
*Full scholarship if you're matched
*You can apply to up to 12 schools early, and none of them will reject you outright. If you don't get 'matched', your remaining options are numerous: you can apply ED to most places or you can move onto RD
*Free applications to the nation's best universities and LACs
*Application that is specifically designed to highlight the experience and background of a low income student. Testing is not as emphasized and most of the schools are willing to bypass lower scores for highly qualified QB students
*You get an alumni network and community at the school to which you matriculate
*Many graduate schools give automatic fee waivers to students who are QuestBridge finalists, including MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia
*Emails throughout the admission cycle for timelines and advice in putting forward the best application
*Partner schools send out invitations and vouches for students to visit their campus
*There's a program for juniors which gives out all-expense paid summer programs, telephone individual mentoring, essay coaching, testing preparation, and invitation to a conference where all of the 39 colleges come to speak to students and to teach them about the admissions process

Not a colossal waste of time at all- one of the biggest sources of inspiration towards
helping low-income students go to college.

Bravo

Anonymous

12/09/2017 09:40 Subject: Re:College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

UGA? Ranked #1 for casual hook-ups.

https://www.redandblack.com/variety/dawgy-style-uga-ranked-no-kinkiest-school-in-the-country/article_b57e0d60-5c02-11e5-a194-6f196c47689d.html

Anonymous

12/09/2017 09:35 Subject: College Admissions Results for Class of 2018 - Nightmare or Pleasant Suprise?

Anonymous wrote:

I know it's one of the highest ranked "party schools" in the U.S.

I’m not sure what you know except for how to promote outdated stereotypes. UGA didn’t even make the Top 20 Party Schools last year.

As for the atmosphere in Athens I would say it is a really awesome College Town. I got my MBA from there in a distance learning program so I got to spend 12 weeks on Campus during my time. The school is like 88% from Georgia but sine like half of Atlanta are Northerners it is not really that Southern feeling. It’s a really stong mix of good kids, academics, sports and community.

I would be perfectly happy with my Northern VA daughter going to Athens.

Call the Dawgs!!

Actually it was ranked #2 on Niche. For some inexplainable reason it has indeed dropped of Princeton Review's list.