^ Good recap. He also mentioned application numbers “just shy of 35,000”, 7% admit rate and 80% yield. Someone mentioned a 6.2% admit rate a few weeks ago. The difference could be due to taking off the waitlist or could just be Nondorf’s version of “Keleven.”
The positivity advice was excellent. He provided very upbeat, matter-of-fact “everyone’s kind of in the same boat” advice and that had to be very reassuring for anyone worrying about their cancelled SAT exam or lack of spring sports, not to mention no campus visits this summer. He also underscored how having a positive attitude now can really impact your essays come fall. Every adverse situation has hidden benefits, so the more we all seek to find these, the easier it will be to gain wisdom and perspective from the quarantine experience and come out with something more interesting than “the college admissions process has now been ruined for me.” LOL. It was funnier when he said it.