Is spike absolutely necessary for Stanford/Harvard/Ivys?

Zrt42
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:39:34 +0000

stanleyb1:

Thank you, Its just heart breaking to see dedicated kids putting in all for a dream school and it may not happen.

I have 1 son that was/is a high stats kid. He is currently a Senior at a highly selective university. He had a very unique EC for a STEM major (and a high level of accomplishment for that EC). Still, while he applied to most of the US News top 15, he was accepted into 1. He was also accepted into just 2 schools ranked between 16 - 25 by US News. That is it.

Admissions to these schools is truly a black box. It involves “shaping a class” and the whims, preferences and biases of people your child will never meet, much less know very well.

I think your child will be accepted into at least 1 highly selective university. If I am wrong, is their academic and professional life over? Of course not. While there are advantages to attending highly selective schools, the truly special people on this planet find a way from many different avenues.