I have a rather strange question. There is a person at my school who claims to have been admitted early to MIT, Yale, Brown, Columbia, and Stanford so far. She hasn’t shown any proof of her admission, and there is a great deal of skepticism around her claims. Yale and Stanford are both restrictive early action, and Brown and Columbia are both early decision. MIT is normal early action. Is it at all possible to apply and be admitted to all of these schools? Are there any crazy loopholes that I might have missed, or is she outright lying? I didn’t think you could apply to more than one ED school or to any other REA schools.
She’s either lying or she’s somehow violated all of these schools (I guess besides MIT’s) policies. If I were you I’d just mind your own business; it’ll come to bite her no matter what the truth is.
Not possible, no loopholes. Unless your counselor just gives out ED forms and signs em like their nothing, which not even the most misguided one should/could do, then you have a: a) person who thinks that being optimistic will result in good fortune b)prankster that wants to stress you all out c)liar
There are absolutely no loopholes with regards to SCEA/REA and ED. It’s likely that said person is lying, be it to intentionally misguide or just joke around.
On the off chance this person did actually get into more than one of these schools via their early admissions, then karma will come to bite them. His/her acceptances will be rescinded once the colleges discover what he/she did.
Teenagers are often insecure and make stuff up.
Then aren’t mature enough to back down from their initial claim.
Also, psychopaths exist.
Not definitively saying that either or both are the case here, but this does seem to be a case where you’re best off smiling and nodding and not get involved in any forthcoming trainwreck.
BTW, this reminds me of a situation involving a family friend of my parents. They had a son who was somewhat of a ne’er-do-well. Didn’t do enough in college. Was always a disappointment, etc. One day, he shocked his parents by announcing that he had gotten in to a med school. The parents were ecstatic. The dad really brightened up for months after. Eventually, the kid couldn’t keep up the lie and fessed up.
My parents felt that that really took a lot out of the dad. He had been working hard to keep his business afloat. After that incident, his fight was gone.
So moral of the story, kids: Don’t lie. Especially don’t lie to your parents.
I know of someone lying and saying they were deferred because they didn’t want to tell friends that they were rejected, so some lying is pretty common about stuff like that. But that is a whale of a story. Why doesn’t anyone call that person out for violating the integrity of ED/SCEA and advising them that the decisions will be rescinded because those uni’s share ED names?
I noticed that all the colleges you mentioned are on the list of Questbridge partner colleges. Is it possible this girl from your school applied through this program and was matched (it’s a program for high-achieving, low income students)? I’m not very familiar with that program, but we know someone who was able to apply to multiple Ivy/top-tier schools and get an answer back in December (hoping to be “matched”). If this is the case, then it’s possible she’s not lying. Questbridge allows students to apply early to up to 8 elite colleges.
This is clearly NOT a Questbridge scenario. QB applicants who are chosen as finalists may rank up to 8 schools. The one that is highest that accepts you is binding (unless your first choice is Yale, PTon, Stanford or MIT). If a QB finalist is matched, he can only match to one school and will not be informed of the admissions outcomes of other schools on the ranking list.
The other alternative is if the person is a ** remarkably** recruited athlete—but you’ve not indicated any of this. Your person is clearly lying – that is absolutely certain.
It might be useful for you to spk w/your GC saying that someone is telling ppl that she’s been accepted early into X schools. Since it violates known EA/ED rules, could your GC clear up any misinformation because it’s causing confusion among students. Due to FERPA, GC can’t confirm/deny anything about someone else. But he/she might be persuaded to speak to the boisterous student since it perpetuates misinformation and bad info about your school’s adherence to EA/ED rules. To be frank, this happens ALL the time.
This person is being pathetic. Feel sorry for her and her lack of self-esteem, however tempting it is to out her for obnoxious, anxiety-provoking behavior. If you are really a bigger person than she is, you’ll just ignore it.