Ivy Non-Admit Suicide, NJ high school

[sybbie719]

<p>I do think that the amount of pressure that kids put on them selves and sometims well meaning parents put on kids to get in to a “good school” has really gotten out of hand.</p>

<p>THere seems to be multiple versions of the story as the article aS the media rushes to get the story out (fact checking must be a thing of the past). The article that E is referring to by ABC News
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There are reports this evening that the victim did not get into the Ivy League school that was his top choice. Still, no one understands why he was so depressed that he took his own life.

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<p><a href=“http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=5016481[/url]”>http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=5016481&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>the NY times article states:</p>

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The family did not want to identify which Ivy League college he planned to attend, but a friend said he had applied to Harvard, Cornell and Columbia, his top choice. </p>

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<p>this is a process of elimination: If he had been admitted to Columbia or Cornell, both schools are ED so he would have had to withdrawn applications from 2 schools. He also could not apply to 2 of the 3 choices at the same time during the ED/ SCEA round.</p>

<p>Had he applied to Harvard, EA he has probably not even heard from Columbia or Cornell regarding an acceptance. He could have only been admitted into Harvard if he wasstill continuing with the application process.</p>