<p>paying3 (oh and by the way I'll be paying 6 tuitions eventually - this one is just number 2!!)</p>
<p>Its definitely down to Queen's and Bowdoin. The financial difference is staggering, something like $70k vs. $200k. But the opportunity to play her sport is higher at Bowdoin. She likes smaller LAC feel and would probably rather stay in the States. If she were to pick right now with no money attached to the decision it would be Bowdoin. The money however has her flip-flopping daily.</p>
<p>This has not been fun. Highly stressful, even for someone who has nothing but fantastic choices. Its tough to choose that perfect Champagne!</p>
<p>Hi All ... New to the site although I have been reading for a while and enjoying the process. I have an 11th grader and we are just starting out on this journey. Going to look at Geneseo, Syracuse, RIT & Oswego this Mon _ Tues. If anyone has any adivce, ideas, info they care to share I would appreciate all. Also if you could direct me to the a place on this website that I could ask a few questions it would be welcomed. Best of luck to all your children. This is such an exciting time in their lives (but strressful for us ).</p>
<p>Hello loveableme32: I have just finished an exhausting year long process with my daughter. Just put her deposit to Johns Hopkins in the mail today. I have found this website to be invaluable (also addictive). Just cruise through all the threads for specific schools, and for each forum (parents, financial aid, admissions, etc). You will find specific people who you might want to message privately about certain questions you have. I have made several new friends in cyberspace this way from all over the country. My best advice is be organized, and don't be afraid to be the driving force behind your child in terms of meeting deadlines, getting applications done, visiting schools. I had to push my daughter (who is an Honors student) every step of the way, due to her feeling overwhelmed with it all. My thought is she will have the rest of her life to sink or swim on her own, but she really needed alot of help to get to where we are now. Unless your child is totally responsible and very into the whole process, be his/her advocate right up until the end, and then some. It is an experience not to be missed. Good luck!</p>
<p>It is indeed a wonderful and exhausting experience. I also did a lot of the secretarial part for my son and think it worked well. I would just add: remember to surrender the steering wheel when decision time comes. I found this harder than I expected, but necessary, of course. Good luck loveableme. Stick around here for good advice.</p>
<p>Add me to the secretarial pool. I was also a research assistant, printing out things and sending my son links for important info or schools he might be interested in. Knowing when to step in (reminding about deadlines, etc.) is an art, and so is, as bethievt advises, knowing when to step back.</p>
<p>bethie, congrats to your son on Grinnell. We have friends whose son went there and absolutely loved it.</p>
<p>I've been wondering why Stanford always has slightly lower published test scores than HYP even its admit rate and yield are about the same as HYP's. It looks like Stanford's admission does look kinda quirky: </p>
<p>^Average SAT scores of the two Stanford kids accepted in the last 6 years from our school. 1380/1600. Average SAT scores for Harvard (many more acceptances) 1528/1600. Last year my son didn't get into Stanford, his SAT scores were too high. ;)</p>
<p>My son just heard from Vassar - in Early Decision!! Yay!! Now we are waiting on the financial aid before we determine whether he can really attend!! :)</p>
<p>Stanford is not in the Ivy League and therefore can admit athletes who fall outside the Ivy range for SATs etc. As a tradeoff, they go to bowl games and the NCAAs sometimes.</p>
<p>I would like to see evidence of Stanford admitting low stat athletes in greater numbers than the Ivy league schools. I think Stanford has kept their standards very high.</p>
<p>Wow--it was fun to walk down memory lane with this old thread. I went all the way back to Feb 26, son's acceptance day at Grinnell, and I just now realized that it was my husband's and my 20th anniversary. I can't even remember if we celebrated it!</p>
<p>Well, it's not like they post the SATs and GPAs of their athletes:). And I know there are athletes at Stanford who are wildly academically qualified. However, they do not have to abide by the Ivy League constraints and I believe the quality of their sports teams over the years shows the impact. Oh, and BTW, I don't mind.</p>
<p>Yep. But I still don't think the athletes alone account for all the difference. When compared with Yale EA thread, Stanford's admission just seems a bit more "random". I didn't see any accepted students with "low" scores (<2100) on Yale thread. But I've seen a few at Stanford while the reject/deferred pool look just about the same as those at Yale. One of the Stanfrod admits even got in with 1700s though his ECs are very good (though I really doubt Yale would be as forgiving on that). The EA admit rates are 16% at Stanford and 18% at Yale.</p>
<p>Why is this surprising? They have said all along that they reject a substantial proportion of those with perfect scores. And they do. Not what they're looking for.</p>
<p>I am not surprised at that. I am just hypothesizing why Stanford constantly has lower test scores than HYP. Their admit rate and yield are about the same as HYP and they even split 50/50 in cross-admit battle with Yale. Yet, their test score range is "only" the same as Duke's.</p>