<p>What state are you from collegebound?</p>
<p>I have tried to remain relatively anonymous. I am from one of the states in the south</p>
<p>Same.</p>
<p>So, less than 15 days!</p>
<p>"I have tried to remain relatively anonymous" very smart collegebound5. In my state, there are a lot of students who apply to reach schools and all those top universities and colleges, which is an extreme disadvantage for me. My town, however, is fairly small and in our senior class there are about, 6-7 of us who are applying to top colleges and reaches. The only downside is that our valedictorian is amazing in everything she does (academics, sports, extracurriculars especially) she got into harvard EA, her dream school, yet still insisted on applying to all the other top schools to see which ones she could get into. It's annoying because our school does not have a history of sending kids to ivies or any presitgous schools. Only three kids from our school have ever gone to princeton. :(</p>
<p>rotor_bird, for what it's worth, i am pretty sure the ivies notify each other of early admits</p>
<p>I agree with what collegebound is saying about a different between the southern states and the northeast area of the country. I'm from Texas, and everyone at my high school (which is in a metropolitan area and pretty big) seems to think that being one of the top 5 people in the class and high SAT scores is an auto-admit to any Ivy. A kid who is number 3 in our class and has like a 2330 got deferred from Harvard EA (because he has exactly one extracurricular activity) and everyone was "outraged" and "horrified." I seemed to be the ONLY one who was like "well...is this a big surprise?" But I guess I have CC to thank for that.</p>
<p>Also, guidance counselors at top schools do better in terms of helping their students throughout the entire process. I didn't even know subject tests were required (or even what they were) until I started browsing through the applications in early fall. If my GC had ever MENTIONED it (or...if she even knew what SAT IIs were...), I could have started preparing and had more options for when to take them and stuff.</p>
<p>I'm in the same situation as you j07, except probably worse. I think my councilor is fresh out of college (this was her first year at my school) and even so my old one never mentioned anything about SAT 2s or things like that. I hope she wrote a good rec for me, but I never talked to her much about it, except for a few key points, as that was before I really knew what the colleges were looking for (I hope she knew) But there have been other problems, such as my midyear reports being sent out last week... my councilors are good for getting into U of M (in state) and that is basically it. They are pretty much clueless when it comes to ivies.</p>
<p>PS
14 days, 22 hours, 43 minutes.</p>
<p>That is PURELY ridiculous. 14 days?
I think I am going to have an actual meltdown at some point. Geez, I'm so pathetic. And I can't talk to any of my friends about this because my one friend who applied to Ivies and got into Princeton ED:
a) was an URM
b) had 3 older brothers at Princeton/recently graduated from Princeton
c) everything else close to perfect</p>
<p>And so somehow I wasn't too worried about him.
Point being, I have nobody to freak out with except for yall!</p>
<p>ungst, I'm really pulling for you to get in the school of your dreams! However, U of M ain't shabby. Great med and law school there. The very sweet- ha,Ann Coulter finished Law school at Michigan. I like you better as aTiger than a Wolverine however. What events do you run in Track?</p>
<p>what are some of these elite schools in the northeast? can i get some examples.</p>
<p>^lol</p>
<p>so. 2 weeks.</p>
<p>where will the decisions be posted? cuz i checked the status website but it doesnt even let you click the link to type in your login info cuz it says "you can longer check your status" or something like that. does anyone know?</p>
<p>Collegebond, if you're asking about the elite high schools we're talking about, I don't know very many, but most of them are elite boarding schools/prep schools like Hanover, Hotchkiss, and Phillips Exeter Academy. </p>
<p>Go check on the Prep School forum for more information about these schools, if this is even what you're asking about.</p>
<p>what about public schools? id assume stuy, bxsci and brooklyn tech right?</p>
<p>Um, I guess. I have no idea...I live 3000 miles away from there.</p>
<p>Yes, for New York public schools. Also Millburn High School in N.J., Scarsdale High School, Chappaqua High School. There are some outstanding public high schools in Westchester N.Y., and N.J. The elite prep schools include schools like Choate Rosemary Hall and others.</p>
<p>hopefully this puts me at an advantage.</p>
<p>rotor_bird I agree it is frustrating to see those who got into their first choice school early keep their applications in just to see where they get in, especially when they are coming from a school that typically sends so few to the ivy league.</p>
<p>i just wanted to say ...</p>
<p>AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!</p>
<p>umm to answer collegebound78's question, in my area(New England) some of the big private schools are: kingswood-oxford, choate rosemary hall (previously mentioned), and loomis chaffee. But I wouldn't say they are elite. Some upper-middle class can afford to send their kids there.</p>
<p>and collegebound5, I'm glad you understand. This board is the only place where I can really talk about college and all my worries. -_-</p>