<p>So this is a rumor mill thread and should by no means be taken seriously. What is the most qualified applicant you've ever heard of who was rejected? Speculate the reasons and to what school rejected the applicant?</p>
<p>From what I’ve read I’m sure it will be someone from Asia.</p>
<p>@sosomenza I was afraid of that. I think the top reasons to reject a qualified applicant:
FA
Overrep minority (why asia…why)
Not enough space</p>
<p>I think my cousin got rejected the basis of number 2. He’s a great kid, really smart. Chess prodigy and a genius. He was rejected.</p>
<p>@PxAlaska: Poor him.</p>
<p>FA and being an international Asian is a brutal combination.</p>
<p>I think it’s deadly</p>
<p>Actually, I was being facetious. I’m really tired of the *****ing and moaning from the Asian international community. BTW Instead of complaining about the unfairness of American University system, why not recognize that the real proplem begins at home. But even more egregious is the fact that everyone wants to leave but no one wants to stay home and change things from within.</p>
<p>Pilgrim Ha. The pilgrims settled a new land. They didn’t show up at the Hilton and demand room service. Your analogy is nonsensical. BTW more complaining and no plan to fix the problem at home.</p>
<p>So I need FA because I have three younger sisters and my mom sold her store, but will my race (African American) because I am a minority, boost up my application…or at least cancel out the FA?</p>
<p>@HADES2 I’m sure he’ll be fine. It wasn’t boarding school by the way. It was a really selective public school 7.6% or something like that. He will be fine in his local public school, but there was a lot more resources that the other school offered.</p>
<p>Wrong-The pilgrim analogy is your arguemment and any illogicalness is your creation. Don’t blame me for its ridiculousness. It does not apply, and critizing your own analogy is a bit of an unsophisticated parlour trick. BTW you still have not adressed the issue that the problem lies at home and not at the University.</p>
<p>Isn’t that why we study abroad? Gaining knowledge to fix problems at home?</p>
<p>I think what sosomenza means is that other countries really should be improving their own educational institutions. There’s no good reason why Asian students can’t study in world-class institutions of their own. I would be thrilled to see other countries create powerful rivals to our American prep schools. Who knows? American students might love to go to Asia, or to India, or to Germany, to get some international experience.</p>
<p>It seems almost a burden on the top American prep schools to be “the best” in the entire world. I don’t think it’s a healthy thing for them to not have international competition.</p>
<p>It’s not just about the quality of the school, but also the compatability with the student’s current education system and the universities to follow. A lot of internationals are keen to go to the US for prep school to increase their chances of getting into college there.
That’s also why, I assume, that not many Americans apply to world class boarding schools here in the UK. Past around 8th grade I doubt they’d be able to adapt to the education system. However they too are very popular with Asians, many of whom aspire to top British universities.</p>
<p>@BSBound I wouldn’t really say American prep schools are known as the best. That would probably go to Switzerland or here :)</p>
<p>I have been pleading for applicants to CAST A WIDE NET, not just because the completion is stiffer than you think, but also because there is a seeming RANDOMNESS to who gets admitted.</p>
<p>DS had test scores well above the average for all the schools he applied to, very strong overall profile, plus exotic life story having lived and been educated in a number of different countries/continents, and did not apply for FA. But of all the schools he applied to, his one rejection was by the school with HIGHEST admit rate.</p>
<p>@GMT: Yikes! The admission process does seem very random to those of us waiting for M9/M10. Maybe “wide net” needs to be defined in very specific boarding school terms. I thought I understood what it means, but now I’m not so sure.</p>
<p>As much as you all think you are learning from me, I am learning from all of you. We have an S2 who does not want to go the same BS as S1 (sibling rivalry), so in the future we get to do the whole BS search/application process ALL OVER AGAIN…</p>
<p>One thing to consider is that schools like Harvard don’t make kids successful. They just attract the kids that will be successful regardless.</p>
<p>If a highly qualified student from Asia is denied from top-tier schools, then they will still be successful no matter where they go. In the end, it’s not the end of the world.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, is it the same situation in graduate schools?</p>
<p>My friend’s son with 99% SSAT, straight A+s from one of the best public schools (ranked # 1 in his class), an accomplished soccer player in the middle school, excellent EC and RECS got denied by some HADES schools. It was a big news to his school community. Instead of going to BS, he attended a local public high school. He was just accepted at Harvard last December.</p>
<p>so the thing is that if you’re good, good results will eventually come to you. BS are just a part of the journey, not the whole. But it’s an amazing and memorable part of your life.</p>