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jonri · 04-10-2008, 05:08 PM

The idea of sending a letter to the schools which denied the OP's son is a very bad one.

Ivies do not reverse denials. Unless your counselor sent the wrong transcript, the College Board sent the wrong SAT score or some major error of that sort which you already know about and can document happened, a reversal is IMPOSSIBLE. There are hundreds of kids in this pile in the middle called "wait list." Someone on the "deny" list is NOT going to leapfrog past all of those hundreds of kids on the wait list and get in. It does NOT happen.

No matter what you say, the kid who sends that letter will get his hopes up that there will be a miracle. There won't be. It's better to move on.

He can, of course, pursue the wait list he is on if he chooses to do so.

04-10-2008, 05:08 PM	#104
jonri Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Threads: 23 Posts: 1,139	The idea of sending a letter to the schools which denied the OP's son is a very bad one. Ivies do not reverse denials. Unless your counselor sent the wrong transcript, the College Board sent the wrong SAT score or some major error of that sort which you already know about and can document happened, a reversal is IMPOSSIBLE. There are hundreds of kids in this pile in the middle called "wait list." Someone on the "deny" list is NOT going to leapfrog past all of those hundreds of kids on the wait list and get in. It does NOT happen. No matter what you say, the kid who sends that letter will get his hopes up that there will be a miracle. There won't be. It's better to move on. He can, of course, pursue the wait list he is on if he chooses to do so.