Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:27     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Accepted Harvard, Yale. Waitlisted Princeton.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:18     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
In at Cornell!
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:18     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rejected at Princeton and Harvard. Kid is heartbroken. Said want to give up on academics and join the military. Accepted at a few safeties already. Very glad to have the closure. Only Umich postpone is left.


I’m sorry, but serious question - why did he have his heart set on these schools? Did he literally not know their acceptance rates?


Agree with this, a list should have included low reaches and targets, not just high reach lottery schools and safeties
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:17     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Anonymous wrote:Yale’s acceptance rate is 3.7%, the lowest ever, and that’s with two new colleges. I expect the others will not be much better.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/03/28/yale-admits-3-7-percent-of-applicants-lowest-acceptance-rate-ever/


the new colleges have been around for several years now
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:59     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Tough day for a lot of our students.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:58     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Anonymous wrote:Rejected at Brown. Wanted it very badly so it hurt. And as his mom, I know how lucky they would be to have him, so it hurts me, too.


Aww sorry- i still remember that skinny cream colored envelope from Brown in my mailbox in 1989. I wanted to go to there so badly! Hope he lands someplace that he loves and loves him back
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:57     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
DS got into Cornell. This is a happy day in our family!!! First one is off.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:49     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Anonymous wrote:Rejected at Princeton and Harvard. Kid is heartbroken. Said want to give up on academics and join the military. Accepted at a few safeties already. Very glad to have the closure. Only Umich postpone is left.


I’m sorry, but serious question - why did he have his heart set on these schools? Did he literally not know their acceptance rates?
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:47     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Anonymous wrote:Rejected at Princeton and Harvard. Kid is heartbroken. Said want to give up on academics and join the military. Accepted at a few safeties already. Very glad to have the closure. Only Umich postpone is left.


I'm so sorry. He must know how much of a longshot these were. Isn't there anything in between ultra reach and safety. I hope he can get excited about his options.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:44     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Rejected at Princeton and Harvard. Kid is heartbroken. Said want to give up on academics and join the military. Accepted at a few safeties already. Very glad to have the closure. Only Umich postpone is left.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:40     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Anonymous wrote:Rejected at Brown. Wanted it very badly so it hurt. And as his mom, I know how lucky they would be to have him, so it hurts me, too.


I'm so sorry.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:30     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Rejected at Brown. Wanted it very badly so it hurt. And as his mom, I know how lucky they would be to have him, so it hurts me, too.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:22     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
FWIW - my Harvard waitlist is legacy at Penn and Columbia and got rejected from both. These are different times.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:21     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Rejected from UPenn. It was always a reach, not upset.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:16     Subject: Happy IVY (reaping) day!
Harvard rate is 3.59