<p>Also: Yale: 2 deferred, 1 rejected</p>
<p>in my area 2 very large good schools had like 66 apply ED to upenn and none got in</p>
<p>It's been my experience that most people do not know how to write very well and I'll bet that most of those not getting immediate acceptances wrote so-so essays. We always hear reports that essays can make or break acceptance, and I think I may be making my acceptance because of my essays to UChicago, even though I have a 27 ACT and only two AP classes, few ECs, and no special titles. But I showed personality and humor. I just wish Northwestern's essays had allowed me to flaunt personality more than ability to answer questions. I dunno...I'm rambling now.</p>
<p>UPDATE:
One accepted to Middlebury, one to Saint Andrews (Scotland) and one to Yale (Football)</p>
<p>Overall ED/EA:
3/5 Yale, 1/1 St. Andrews, 1/1 Princeton, 6/7 Penn [2 Wharton], 0/1 Columbia, 1/1 Cornell, 1/1 Duke, 1/1 Swarthmore, 1/1 Middlebury, 5/5 Johns Hopkins (didn't hear anyone was denied), 5/? GW 1/1 F&M, 1/1 Lafayette, 1/1 Bryn Mawr</p>
<p>Our school didn't fare particularly well with ultra competitive schools this year. One got into Stanford, one got into MIT, and one got into Johns Hopkins (Everyone else was deferred). Penn massacred us, which is surprising since the Philadelphia Quaker schools usually get a decent amount of acceptances. </p>
<p>Other than those schools, people generally fared really well with LAC's and schools like BU.</p>
<p>I have been through the admissions process with both of my kids and I can tell you that it is very arbitrary. The bottom line is that the Ivy's and similar top ranked schools get many more qualified appications than they can accept. A kid may not get in to a particular school just because they need more boys for the incoming class. Another kid may get in because he or she comes from a "square", underrepresented state. Both of my kids were qualified stat wise. I believe that college counseling made a big difference. They were taught to show their strengths and send in a clean well written essay. Teacher rec's were sterling and the school had a good relationship with the chosen colleges. This relationship between school and college is very important for the smaller colleges. They want the college counselors to send them good applications, so they have to accept some. If they reject good applicants the counselors will not recommend the college for future years.</p>
<p>All of you keep your chin up. If you work hard you can be a sucess even if you don't get into the college you dream of. In the long run your experience will be what you make of it.</p>
<p>I wouldnt be surprised with any of the decisions for HYPMS.</p>
<p>but numerous 2300's and 4.0's rejected at Cornell and Penn is a scary thing... not that they aren't among the elite colleges.</p>
<p>i go to a very small hs in PA (43 kids) in my senior class 2/2 got in UPENN EA, one got rejected from Columbia, one got into Boston College EA, one is going to Fairfield... one was deffered from MIT who got into Carnagie Mellon.... i dunno its crazy this year and making it harder for us "normal" kids bc all there safties are our reaches..... grrr</p>
<p>At my school in massachusetts:</p>
<p>2/2 Georgetown
0/1 Cornell (rejected)
0/1 Tufts (deferred)
0/1 Amherst (deferred)
0/1 Wellesley (rejected)</p>
<p>tough days...</p>
<p>Indeed....</p>
<p>decent sized class (334), not a good reputation, $2,000 less per student than recommended:</p>
<p>Last year really stuck, as RPI was probably the best admit. This year we had better success:</p>
<p>1/1 Yale EA (recruited swimmer, URM-not superb scores I don't think; only like 20-something in the class)
2/2 BC EA (valedictorian-my best friend, and me (#7)-he had a 1290 SAT, I had a 1320 SAT)
-A slew of Fairfield and UCONN, which aren't tough for in-staters
2 deferred from MIT</p>
<p>That's really about it.</p>