<p>That MIT thread is just…depressing. Five years ago, my S did not get into MIT because, tho brilliant in CS, he wasn’t the kind of hands-on engineer I think they generally look for. And that was ok. But some of these “rejected” kids are just amazing. They’ll do extremely well anywhere else they go.</p>
<p>My husband’s 2nd cousin (something like that) who is brilliant in math (I don’t know the details), applied to MIT. An only child, parents didn’t know anything about the process, we carefully warned him to have a backup plan as it was an extremely long shot.</p>
<p>The MIT thread doesn’t bother me because D is not at that level anyway. The thread that got to me was the one where RPI is rejecting GIRLS with perfectly adequate stats. I thought RPI was a match for D, but not anymore. Have to move it over to the reach column.</p>
<p>I rather dislike the word “Rejected” when it comes to admission decisions. It has a rather harsh sound to it. There are better words to use.</p>
<p>Then again, have you read any of the threads where the Ivy applicants are waiting with baited breath? They are bracing themselves with morbid humor over what the denied student groups will call themselves, such as the Darthmouth Decimation, the Princeton Perdition. At least they are putting their vocabulary to use while giving themselves the thick skin they may need.</p>
<p>I think it’s okay if they grieve a denial for a few hours and then move on. Some students are lucky enough to receive acceptances and denials same day, to soften the blow.</p>
<p>“Rejected” was my word. Actually the thread was about denials (is that better?) and waitlist.</p>
<p>Yes, I have read some of those threads. I feel awful already. Those poor children. There has to be a better way of doing this. I am glad some of them can keep their senses of humor.</p>
<p>Ah, the downsides of electronic communication. Know that my comment on the word “rejection” was generic and not directed towards anyone who uses it.</p>
<p>I just had a chat with a fellow employee who’s daughter has applied to some private HS in the area. We like to chat since some of the experiences are similar and she can learn what’s ahead for her a few year’s down the road. They are concerned with a perceived pull back in FA for these private HS.</p>
<p>One thing for us all to keep in mind for next year, when the admission decisions start rolling in for our S and D is that with their youth should be a deep well of resilience. With us parents, we’ve been drawing from the well for years (maybe even right now for those who find themselves rudely unemployed.) The bounce back potential for our kids is great.</p>
<p>At some point on this thread next year, we’ll have to start rolling out the list of successful people who did not attend the top 50 or so.</p>
<p>Absolutely! I keep telling D that if I was applying to colleges today, I would probably be rejected by the same schools that accepted me way back when. D is a much more serious student than I was at her age, and I am sure she’ll do well no matter where she goes, as will your S.</p>
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<p>Queen’s Mom - it’s so funny that it hadn’t even dawned on me that Yeshiva U would have a separate facility for the women. I should have known that, but didn’t. Sorry I couldn’t be more help.</p>
<p>Haven’t looked at the MIT thread yet, but I will, just to help prepare myself for next year. Not that D plans to apply there, but she’ll be applying to other schools that are super-competitive.</p>
<p>I have a junior friend–yes, a junior friend–who applied this year to Stanford RD and MIT EA (no safeties since if he was rejected, he’d just reapply next year with the rest of us mortals). Deferred from MIT–ooh, I should ask him how it went, since results came out over the weekend, right?–and likelied to Stanford. He is brilliant in physics and wrote a quirky essay about some anime thing. I guess MIT gets more science geniuses than it needs, and Stanford really wants more? Go figure.</p>
<p>EDIT: Just asked, and he was rejected from MIT.</p>
<p>My sister in law (Yale undergrad/Columbia law) said she’d likely not make it into Yale with the level of competition out there these days. She has, happily, agreed to be the “Chief Editor” for S’s admission essays next year. We figured it was a good idea to outsource this a step removed from the parental units, and with our age of the Internet, it’s easy to do. As an added plus since my S in thinking of being a physics major, her H is a physicist working for Argon labs.</p>
<p>I’m fine with rejected, but we have the same discussion regarding my art associations juried show (which now say “declined” instead.) My CS son with great scores and grades I think came off as yet another computer nerd when MIT was looking for more well rounded types (though that was the year the head of their admissions had to resign for lying on her resume.) I have to admit some schadenfreude when that came to light.</p>
<p>I think D will have me proof her essays (for typos), and then have one of her teachers take a look at them for content and again for grammar/typos. We haven’t discussed that yet, but that’s what I’m anticipating.</p>
<p>yes, Marilee Jones, I’m sure you can find stuff on her. I heard her speak at a Sally Ride science festival when D was in like 5th grade, it was too bad I liked her POV.</p>
<p>Also FAP, there was a thread a while ago called something like “chance a parent” where you posted your stats when you were applying to college and people would “chance” you for back then and also present day. It was amusing.</p>
<p>I think the situation with Marilee Jones was a shame because she did try to introduce some sanity into the admissions process. Not a shame that it came out necessarily, but that she got herself into the mess to begin with. I think her daughter was applying to colleges at the time.</p>
<p>That “chance a parent” thread sounds like fun read. I hope they at least got to recenter their SAT scores (or un-recenter them?)</p>
<p>Remember to keep any related discussions here, ha ha, no if you want to revive the old thread that’s fine. I hadn’t known that the SATs (or maybe just the verbal?) had been recentered until I had read that, made me feel better about my scores :D</p>
<p>LOL. I think we’ll pass on the “Chance a Parent.” We’ll have plenty of intrigue and anticipation stress just going through the process with our only S.</p>
<p>Besides, I’m going on a job interview on, of all days, April 1.</p>