College Discussion - View Single Post - What's going on with the College Admission this year?

EMM1 · 04-09-2008, 04:29 PM

Puzzledad:

First, I want to add my congratulations for doing such a job raising your son (want to help me with mine?) Although I know that the outcome of his college search must have been very disappointing, it in no way detracts from his accomplishments.

Second, speculating about the specific issue faced by Asian-Americans in the admissions process is wasted effort. They are what they are (or are not) and have no bearing on your original question, which I understand to be "How can I help my second son?"

Third, with respect to developing a list of safeties:

Scattered throughout the boards on specific schools is info on the stats for students who were admitted, waitlisted and denied. You might want to start with those on the "Top Universities" and "Top Colleges" list and work down. (The stats are SCARY this year at virtually all of those schools). Maybe find a few others where the stats for S2 are in the top third. Maybe identify a handful of those schools that look interesting, investigate further, and identify two or three that you and S2 particularly like.

I know that these ideas are kind of prosaic, but there is no real magic involved in the process of picking safeties.

04-09-2008, 04:29 PM	#82
EMM1 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 513	Puzzledad: First, I want to add my congratulations for doing such a job raising your son (want to help me with mine?) Although I know that the outcome of his college search must have been very disappointing, it in no way detracts from his accomplishments. Second, speculating about the specific issue faced by Asian-Americans in the admissions process is wasted effort. They are what they are (or are not) and have no bearing on your original question, which I understand to be "How can I help my second son?" Third, with respect to developing a list of safeties: Scattered throughout the boards on specific schools is info on the stats for students who were admitted, waitlisted and denied. You might want to start with those on the "Top Universities" and "Top Colleges" list and work down. (The stats are SCARY this year at virtually all of those schools). Maybe find a few others where the stats for S2 are in the top third. Maybe identify a handful of those schools that look interesting, investigate further, and identify two or three that you and S2 particularly like. I know that these ideas are kind of prosaic, but there is no real magic involved in the process of picking safeties.