Son is waiting on Yale and Columbia. Columbia sent him a “likely admit” e-mail at the beginning of the month, and is paying for him to fly out there for a Diversity and College Days event in April, so he’s expecting a win from Columbia. He was also accepted at UMich, Vassar, and WashU. Praying for good results for all of you waiting today!
@hopewhite25
Same here. Daughter was also accepted to MIT. She will make the final decision after 3/30.
I always find it interesting when people apply to both Columbia and Brown. You can’t find 2 more polar opposite schools. The only thing they have in common is Ivy prestige and tiny admit rates.
@suzyQ7 some people don’t focus on environment so much and focus on the programs offered at each school. I applied to both super STEM and super Humanities schools because I have a passion for both and would be happy at either
@mlunghi Yes my son is an international student. He applied to Cornell, Columbia, Darthmouth, and Upenn
Applied to Columbia, Cornell, UPenn., and Dartmouth… Expecting 4 FAT L’s
Best of luck to everyone!
@mlunghi international here
@LondonVall I was referring to the programs. Columbia has an extensive Core Curriculum - for the first 2 years you need to take the courses that meet the Core. Brown has an open curriculum where you can design your own major and has no core curriculum requirements.
@Arequipa TCU sounds great, especially if he wants to pursue MD.
I’m waiting for Princeton, Columbia, and UPenn. I really want to get into UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T Program! I’m super nervous! :-SS Also waiting on Stanford (my other top choice)…
It is very difficult to define, but if I were a college counselor, I would be doing everything I could to define “fit” for my students. As a parent that is pretty much all I focused on for both of my kids.
First, I look to make sure that each of my kids had test scores and grades that matched or bettered the medians for a school. If not, I had them pass on that school. Next, we visited campuses. Its pretty much instantaneous if they like a school or not. One D walked onto one particular small LAC in NY State and immediately said “Do we have to get out of the car?” Then we look for what the school has to offer, open/core curriculum, how liberal/conservative, Urban/Rural, etc. Once the particulars were narrowed down, we decided which schools to apply to. One D found one school she liked and that was it. ED and she was well qualified and she was accepted. Didnt apply anywhere else. This year D2 is applying to a wide range of schools that for the most part she liked and were a fit for her. Well, up until the interviews. She decided one school was definitely not for her during the interview process, which unfortunately came after she had already applied. But we really tried to focus on places that would be really good fits for her. We never really looked at rankings or any top 10 list. There is no point to applying to a school that you dont believe is a fit. Dont apply to Harvard just because its Number One on most lists. That makes no sense. Just a waste of money, IMO.
In 2 cases, she was waitlisted when she thought she was a very good fit and match for the school. Wash U and Northwestern. Northwestern was a big disappointment as the interview was stellar and she was very encouraged. She would have preferred a straight rejection to the WL. She has 5 acceptances so far and 3 WL. No outright rejections. Accepted at UCLA, UNC Honors (Morehead Cain finalist, but didnt get it), Wisconsin, Smith (Stride scholar) and Middlebury. WL at Wash U and Northwestern and Tulane. Waiting on Yale and Brown and Berkeley, Brown is a very good fit. Probably the best fit of all the schools, Yale is also a good fit, but a bit intimidating.
Best guess on the WL is that neither Wash U nor Tulane thought she would attend there. Northwestern is just a roll of the dice. As are the Ivies. But…you still need to roll them!
Good luck to all today! Hope you find your fit.
I will add that a few of those schools had big scholarships or a history of offering merit scholarships and that is why my D applied, she liked them, but mostly she thought she would REALLY like them if they were full rides. She has some great schools to choose from.
I’m waiting on upenn, Princeton, Harvard, or Yale…expecting 4 L’s as I already got rejected ED from Columbia, rejected from northwestern, and waitlisted at Washu and Georgetown, (accepted to USC and Northeastern)…really hoping for either Yale or upenn though, or to at least get waitlisted…also I haven’t gotten any recent notifications about financial aid whereas I did at USC, so not feeling hopeful about that…
Don’t try to do physics homework, while waiting for decisions, while trying to keep up with a million CC threads. It makes for the most epic headache!
Daughter waiting on YP, Cornell and Duke tomorrow. Denied: MIT, Stanford EA, Rice, Northwestern Waitlisted: U Chicago. She has very good stats and has some good options, but in hindsight her list was a little too heavy on reaches ( 4.0 UW , awesome SAT II’s and National merit finalist standing can only take you so far) When looking at decisions coming today love this article: http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/its_more_than_a_job
@Rollomama Does she have an acceptance she’s happy to attend?
DHPY! Expecting a nice fat rejection sandwich, but we’ll see.
Anyone have a set order they are opening decisions? Mine is Dartmouth, Yale, then Harvard.
Cornell, Penn, Columbia, Yale, Harvard, then Princeton
I’m thinking Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth