Where were all of you school color people when we were going through D23’s journey?? 
We got so much %$&# from other parents when D23 made it clear that school colors mattered to her. She had a very detailed hierarchy of which colors improved a school’s chances, which ones sunk a school forever.
As a family, we obviously agree that school colors/uniforms are important and very much worth choosing which team to root for over others. 
Can you expand on this? Is it related to covid-during/post? Recreational drug use (marijuana, ritalin, etc) ?
I wish we could see that data, Yale and Dartmouth mention about standardized testing and being academically successful. Maybe I missed it….
Are they saying students who submitted testing did better? That’s a bit blunt. I wish they could both control for other variables, or show that they did, and to see if what the exact relationship was.
Also- if there was some way to study previous classes and see… did the student who got a 1420 actually do worse than the 1520 student? My daughter worked hard, and in my opinion wasted a lot time so that she could hit the 75% at schools she wanted. They are all already so busy. But that’s the game.
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Hired as an SAT tutor 25 years ago and then stopped because I realized…you can improve your score spot without learning a lot. And no one is pretending it’s a perfect test, but I’d still like the data to be parsed out in a slightly more complete and public way. There are lots of reasons schools may want standardized testing back…. Academic ability is just one possibility.
I have an average kid and the selectives aren’t even on the radar, but I did read out loud the 1 star reviews from Ivys to point out that no school is perfect, and the ‘dream school’ for us is one that is accredited and affordable - those are the only two criteria coming from me - someone who has a career in higher ed at a non-selective school. We graduate hundreds of happy and successful adults every year, which is the ultimate goal. It is interesting to see her peers that are high achievers competing for spots in highly selective schools, and if my kid 2 is more of a high stats one, I would still say “accredited and affordable” for her selection - if these high flyers went to tier 2 schools, even, I think they’d get tons of merit and opportunities and still have a good time.
There are many articles about the mental health mandatory leaves at some Ivies (Yale was a big one I believe) . I think it has also been discussed on CC previously (you can probably do a search).
I can similar anecdotes about the student who regretted their decision. From our small semi urban area with poor schools, some kids who have gone on to Ivies fell that they are excluded from many clubs and ECs. In fact, I saw an article written by a Yale student attesting to the same. But majority can adjust.
I wonder if the results they’re seeing is attributed to kids who just naturally and easily do well on the tests, and then also those that don’t but have the drive and perseverance required to put in the time to improve. I can see how in both cases that translates to success in college.
Not speaking to kids who do not have the ability to put time as they are working, caring for family members, and have very real and understandable barriers. Also not speaking about those with other issues, though my ADHD kid did phenomenal first try and struggles more with gpa, go figure. Glad they are committed to “contextualized” review so those students aren’t penalized.
Wonderful news! YAY!!!
This.
It’s time consuming, but if you are looking for a way to split hairs between 2 or 3 good options it may be time well spent. Every school we checked for S21 had access to past course schedules. Sometimes you had to sign up for a parent account. Not only to you get to read a summary of the class to gauge interest, it will usually state if it’s in person, hybrid, online or asynchronous.
Dartmouth made public the relevant working group report:
To clarify I was giving a shout out to @tsbna44 and @NiceUnparticularMan who I have had many helpful dialogues with. The list is too long to name all.
They don’t know it yet but I’ll be looking to them for D26 & D28 coming up.
as you should. Great resources and the people here truly want to see the best outcomes for kids.
Thank you, this is pretty helpful. Still not a fan of the test, but if they are going to use it… and use it the way they have outlined, I now lean towards a more uniform application.
When I was at Lafayette during the rivalry week it was common to see signs “flush down the brown”.
At least they got rid of the nickname of Engineers and replaced it with Mountain Hawks.
My kids were hung up on mascots. The Billikens at St Louis University really freaked out my D21. My D18 was hung up over the Fighting Blue Hens of UDel.
For S24, it was not the colors but that actual available merch that he kept talking about. Some schools go with Nike, others with Under Armor. All the Nike schools seemed to have “better and more” merch
Better than Banana Slugs There are def some weird ones out there
I have always had a soft spot for the banana slug mascot.
I thought BC only announced ED 1 acceptances so far. EDII at end of this week and RD April 1.