<p>After sending in SAT scores and paying for the Common app, D2 decided NOT to apply to American. So the money was lost, but she had already been accepted to a good safety so there didn’t seem to be any reason to actually complete the app, write the essays, etc. All along, she got letters “your app is incomplete…” Last week, she got WAITLISTED!! She didn’t even submit an application! How crazy is this process?</p>
<p>Vitrac! That’s too funny! DS got a letter in the mail from Lafayette yesterday… we sent test scores and started the common app but never sent it (and didn’t even pay). He said, “How funny would it be if I got accepted?” Well, Lafayette is more on the ball than American. They said that we never got your completely app, so good luck with your future plans… not here.</p>
<p>A girl from my grade just got into the Bronfman Fellowship for this summer…we’re both applying to the same Ivies and other selective schools. Now I feel like ill never get into these schools…</p>
<p>elnamo- the reality is that a lot of students from your grade and everywhere else are going to apply to the same Ivy’s and selective schools. Yes, it’s impressive that she got the Bronfman Fellowship, but these schools are so selective that there will be plenty of qualified students applying with amazing accomplishments.</p>
<p>Yes, it is natural to be concerned about your competition, but you can’t control what other people do. Now is the time to consider schools that fit you. You can include the same competitive schools others apply to if you want- remember this girl can only take one spot and there are others. Also include schools you are likely to get accepted to- and that you would be happy to attend.</p>
<p>Going to accepted students day at Goucher on Friday and very hopeful that S will find his “fit”. The other bg contender right now is Adelphi (the honors program is fantastic).</p>
<p>Shulamit, have a good visit to Goucher. I was in a one-year certificate program there many years ago. The campus is beautiful and the surrounding area has lots of restaurants and shopping. Emmybet’s D is in the honors program at Aldephi (you may already know this). Good luck with the decision.</p>
<p>Thank you momjr. I will report back on Goucher. I did know about Emmybet’s D and she has kindly filled me in about the honors program.</p>
<p>I am just happy for all the parents that are finally narrowing their decision or getting to the point of committing to THE school. I have just to say things in my house are happier and more relax now that we have a decision (even though my son was hoping for Tufts). We bought a t-shirt, a bigger sticker and my son even liked all the Facebook pages the school had to offer.Shabbat Shalala (as The U Hillel called the Shabbat with president Donna Shalala) could not have came at a better day. It really lifted my son’s spirits and made him forget the rejection letter of the afternoon. Good luck to all parents.</p>
<p>To the poster who commented about Tulane and Miami being “the schools” hot on this thread this year:</p>
<p>Please keep in mind, a couple of those decisions came from parents of “A” students (and were posting on here since their first students’ decisions, who were “B” students…</p>
<p>Tulane and Miami are not “B” student schools unless those B’s are high, and come in honors and Ap courses…and then there are those pesty test scores…!</p>
<p>Rodney I have to agree that this post has become more of a comfortable “living room” to a lot of parents. Even in other posts, where people are not even not Jewish, they keep referring to this post as on of their favorites. Miami used to be a school for B students but the whole process of selection has become crazy. Three years ago my niece got into Miami and NYU with a lot lower ACT and GPA than what is required today. I am afraid of what is going to happen in 5 years when my youngest son will be applying to college. You will need a 36 to attend community college.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any insight into the Jewish life at UCLA v. UC Berkeley? My D is very Jewishly identified (camp counselor, Jewish youth groups) but not particularly religious, so I doubt she will attend Shabbat services. She is just more interested in getting to know other Jewish kids, community service, social activities, etc. Any thoughts on Jewish sororities at both places would also be appreciated!</p>
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<p>This is true for me… and I stayed here because (1) I have a lot of information to share on the Jewish B student schools that I learned on the search for my DD (although at some point that will be out of date and (2) schools for Jewish B students were on our list for DS because who the heck knows the correct formula for getting into the upper tier schools?</p>
<p>As far as insights into the admissions decisions, check out this article from Philly.com:</p>
<p>[Making</a> the grade: Inside the college admissions process](<a href=“http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130331_Lehigh_and_the_Fall_Freshman_Class.html]Making”>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130331_Lehigh_and_the_Fall_Freshman_Class.html)</p>
<p>It’s about Lehigh (not a school for B students), but it provides an inside look at the decisions that are being made by the admissions committee. What matters to them. Some of our B students with great test scores can benefit, can hope for the A student schools with some of this knowledge.</p>
<p>Also, some A students look to B student schools for merit money, for fit for special Ed concerns, or for safeties. There’s a lot of overlap.</p>
<p>If I’m not mistaken, Rodney’s concern wasn’t that people shouldn’t be discussing their A-student results on this thread.</p>
<p>It’s that new posters–or people finding this forum on Google who might never post here!–may need a flag or asterisk or something to alert them to the fact that some of the schools discussed here are not targets for a B-student.</p>
<p>It is very, very helpful to know which schools truly are reasonable options for those kids and maybe not so helpful for someone to get the mis-impression that Tufts or Emory would belong on the list.</p>
<p>I think if someone started at the beginning of the thread, they would be able to discern these things clearly, but who’s going to do that? It’s awfully long!</p>
<p>LINYMOM,
Great link to the Philadelphia Inquirer article. One of the people mentioned in the article ( the Israeli Army veteran applying to college after three years) is most likely a poster here on CC as I read a thread on that the night before the article was posted. A search for IDF should bring it up if anyone is interested…
Regarding this thread, I have both a "B’ and an “A” student and this thread has been very helpful for both with respect to the whole application process and Jewish life on campus…</p>
<p>I am a non-jewish poster who thinks this is the best forum on CC. Thanks for letting us lurkers no about Miami and Tulane because I didn’t realize the poster wasn’t a B student. Lots of good schools in Florida for B students. One of the things I love most about this thread is learning about a culture that is totally foreign to me. We live in a very small midwest town and I think the closest synagogue might be fifty miles from us. I was very lucky to live a year on the Israel boarder (Egypt side) and fell in love with Israel. I was only 23 at the time and hope to be able to go back for a visit someday.</p>
<p>newfaith - love it! Thanks for sharing.</p>
<p>RVM- thanks for starting this so we can all be part of this community, and thank you newfaith.</p>
<p>I haven’t posted in months, but I thought I’d post DD’s results. DD has high SATs but class rank not in top 10%. She got rejected by UT, USC, and Wellesley. She was accepted at Pitt, GW, Oxford/Emory and U of Houston (with a full ride for NMS). WL at Bryn Mawr and Barnard. Pitt is out of the picture because they didn’t give her money. The other schools were generous, so now she just needs to decide. I think she could thrive at any of these universities. Thanks for everyone’s posts for the past year; they definitely helped her create a list. Any thoughts about Jewish life at these schools?</p>
<p>DeskPotato: bingo…thanks for clarifying</p>