<p>that’s really funny because i just stumbled on this right now out of nowhere.</p>
<p>and that girl definitely goes to the school down the street from me. it’s one of the top 70 public schools in the country or something like that. i don’t know who she is but i know some of the people in that same class… weird.</p>
<p>epiphany and yomama (sorry for the late reply - just returned to this thread)- I agree that not all students who apply to other schools are trophy hunting - sorry, if my post implied that. I understand that sometimes kids do want to see what all offers are and then make up their minds, and financial aid is an issue for many.</p>
<p>My comments referred to a practice that is not uncommon where I live - even parents have admitted as much. “I don’t want Ali to pull her other apps even though she’s going to Stanford. We want to see how many other schools she’ll get into.” I do think that attitude is alive and well where I live. It seems MORE prevelent among families who do not need financial aid, actually. One girl told me that her parents want to be able to say they got into all the places they applied to, so she isn’t withdrawing anywhere. A lot of people find this is perfectly acceptable. Some will jokingly call it trophy hunting themselves, and feel their kids have worked hard and deserve it.
Every year our college counselor advises students who receive an early admission to take another look at their list with their parents and withdraw from those schools that they know they would not attend at this point. I think that’s a good approach. Most kids have a top two or three that they still want to hold onto for various good reasons and they drop their bottom four or five, matches and safeties that they put on their list in case they didn’t get into their top few.
My beef is just with the kids (parents?) who refuse to even reevaluate even though it might mean an admission for another classmate.</p>
<p>Haha is this girl famous now because she got a Yale likely letter?</p>
<p>Guess they don’t send very many of those babies out.</p>
<p>They don’t send out too many likelies for non-athletes but most of the athletes here at Yale found out that they got in ~early november.</p>