<p>Linymom. Awesome!</p>
<p>LINYMOM - congrats on YOUR acceptance!</p>
<p>Thank you, everyone. But no, no, no - don’t put me on the kids’ acceptance list. I just wanted to share with all of you because you are “my people!” I’m guessing masters work will reduce my time on my favorite websites (including this one) - but that’s ok. I will still be here…</p>
<p>^^Just read this! Congratulations LINYMOM!</p>
<p>LINYMOM, didn’t you once post about a trip with DDel down to JHU? Was it then that you first discovered this online course of study?</p>
<p>So happy to hear more good news! Congrats to Phillyart, Linymom and anyone else I may have missed!</p>
<p>Phillyartmom-- Wonderful news! I’ve heard such great things about that school!</p>
<p>Mhc: that trip was in the spring and the visit to JHU was for DS. This wasn’t on my radar at the time. </p>
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<p>I thought this thread was for parents of jewish B students supporting eachother with ideas. Very thrilled for everyone that got acceptances!!! But when I am looking up the posts and see schools like cornell it isn’t informative to this thread.</p>
<p>^^names…you need to read all of it; start from the beginning…while we do have members whose students don’t fit the thread’s name, most do…some of us have two or three ( or more kids) and we share amongst them…and celebrate successes at all levels…</p>
<p>Please feel free to ask questions…most of us have been here for a year and a half now…</p>
<p>names - just to add on to what Rodney wrote - which I completely agree with - we try to be very welcoming and inclusive on this thread. I don’t particularly want to see a discussion of Harvard vs. Yale - or should my child retake her 2350 SAT - as there are plenty of other places for those discussions - but I don’t want to exclude a parent who has several children - some which fit the “B” definitions and some which might be more “A” level students.</p>
<p>In the case of the Cornell admit - that parent knew it was a super reach for her D and was thrilled that she was admitted ED - and we are all ecstatic for her and for their family. That student also applied to many safety schools - like Towson - that certainly do fall within the parameters of colleges we frequently discuss. So - while Cornell might not be a college we would typically discuss here - when you know the back story - it makes sense.</p>
<p>names1 - I feel the need to respond to your post. As I have stated since this thread began a year and a half ago, my D is an A-/B+ student with a very rigorous courseload and a very specialized major. I think I have shared plenty of information on this thread and in pm’s with other posters regarding Jewish B schools, which were my daughters match and safety schools and I was very interested in them, since Cornell was a huge reach school. I was reluctant to post her ED school because I figured someone would jump all over it. So even though my D didn’t get into the typical Jewish B school, I’ll share some advice that may help you for whatever school your D or S wants to go to. Much of which I learned here on this thread from the other wonderful members of this community.</p>
<p>FIT - really find the school that your child feels at home. Visit, let them picture themselves there, do they feel it…if so research the school, do they have everything your child is looking for? Great. You have now found some great schools to apply to. Make sure your it is your kids voice in their essays. Do not let anyone over edit them. Let their passion shine through. Organize their EC’s in the best light. Is the school they are in love with big on community service? Does your child have a lot of community service, highlight that somewhere. Are there things that are optional or recommended by the school but not required? Do them. Go the extra mile. My D did that on EVERY school she applied to because she said that she could see herself at any of those schools. She wouldn’t have applied otherwise. So far the response she has received has been amazing. Including, yes, her ED acceptance to Cornell. </p>
<p>Thanks for all of the support I have received on this board for the past year and a half, I will be sticking around, since I have D’14 coming up the ranks…and yes, she is also an A-/B+ Jewish student.</p>
<p>P.S. Thanks Rodney and Rockville, that’s why I love this thread so much and it has been my home for the past year and a half.</p>
<p>I didn’t mean to offend you and also didn’t realize that you have been a poster here through other children. Thank you for your advice, I really look to hear about specific schools that the kids get into. Mazal tov on your D</p>
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<p>OMG, is there really someone who would do that? It would be like reading all of Wikipedia! 
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<p>Actually, names, I think there is benefit in reading from the beginning for as long as you can stand, because that at least will give you a flavor of the substantive discussion. Then if you’ve got specific questions about certain schools, or about what might work for your kid, ask away. People here like researching schools even if they’re not on their own childs’ list.</p>
<p>names: Welcome to the thread. To reinforce what some of the others said, I want to add my two cents. I started on this thread for my DD, a B+ish student with not-amazing SAT/ACT scores. We did a ton of research and visited many of the schools that Jewish B students are interested in. She is doing well now at University of Delaware (well, not this week, because she has finals and papers!). She cares much more about her grades now and, for the most part, does better on tests because she actually studies more! </p>
<p>I am still here on this thread for DS, a HS junior, but an A student. His college list is different from DD (for many reasons) but what’s a “match” school at this level? Will SATs match the GPA? (I’ll know more about that at the end of the month.) The colleges for the Jewish B student would be his safety schools - and I’ve gotten some great recommendations here (Miami, OH, for one).</p>
<p>The parents on this thread seems to have similar priorities to me in terms of the Jewish presence at college and we can freely discuss that here.</p>
<p>I hope you join in.</p>
<p>As a non-Jew on this thread, I have found this thread to be amazingly instructive. My S drives me CRAZY because he can swing from an A to a B- student. I haven’t found a “label” that appropriately defines him!</p>
<p>Yes, reading this entire thread would take a while, but you can do it in installments, or just use the “search this thread” tool to find posts about a particular school you might want some insight into. I’ve done this numerous times.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that acceptance to colleges isn’t just about your child’s grades, SATs, ECs and essays. Strategy is a big part of it. Learning about what schools may benefit your child’s chances of admittance due to the type of major/ gender/ pay status (i.e., full pay vs. need) / decision pool (i.e., Rolling, ED, EA and RD). There’s a lot of info on this thread about stats data (from naviance, largely due to Rockvillemom’s dedication).</p>
<p>I’ve learned more here then I ever realized I would need to learn and my S is really happy that the strategy we used worked out so well for him.</p>
<p>In recognition of the tremendous amount of cumulative knowledge from this thread, I’d like to start a list of “Lessons Learned” that all of us can add to and expand upon the particular value of a lesson. Though I’ll number them just for the sake of facilitating references to them, I don’t see these lessons in a ranked order.</p>
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<li> Visit schools before the senior year.</li>
<li> Have at least one Rolling Admission school that is applied to by late September/early October.</li>
<li> Apply Early Action whenever possible.</li>
<li> Early Decision increases your chances of admission.</li>
<li> Get the essays done over the summer. Your child will thank you for nagging them about this later!</li>
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<p>I’ll second that 911C2S. I’m also not Jewish but I’ve found this thread to be of tremendous value over the years. Certainly one of the best on CC for any parent of a less than top-of-the-line student. There are some first class posters here and I, for one (without naming them all because I’s inevitably leave someone out), want to say “thank you.”</p>
<p>911 - thanks for your comments. You know the funny thing is I don’t keep track of who is and who isn’t Jewish - so it’s always nice to hear that the thread is useful to a wider demographic.</p>
<p>I just want to expand on and clarify one of your points - about early action. I think early action is the way to go in most cases - particularly if you are reasonably happy with the your child’s transcript at the end of junior year. But some kids are later bloomers and sometimes a kid has a bad junior year. If either of those situations apply - you may want to skip EA and apply RD - provided kiddo is on board with needing a great first semester of senior year - as the colleges will see those grades before making a decision. I find this issue comes up with boys in particular. So - if his grades have been iffy - and the lightbulb moment finally takes place the summer before senior year - this might be an instance of when it is better to apply RD.</p>
<p>RE: Early Decision. I think it’s mostly true that it increases your chances for admission, but not always. Over on the Miami (FL) thread, I learned that it does not give you a bump, that Early Action is the way to go. Check the CDS (common data set) for the specific school if you are considering ED.</p>