Thank you. The deferral is a consolation indeed!
Pitt merit offers usually trail admissions offers. Sometimes it is just a couple weeks, sometimes months. Last year some people admitted in October/November were still getting merit offers in March.
So no guarantees but it definitely isnāt over yet.
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We will be crossing fingers for Pitt scholarships to come through lol. I just used the NPC for Vassar, and it looks like our family could swing it, but DC will have nothing left at all for anything else, like grad school, which they will probably do due to their interests, if they do not hit it big in Hollywood 
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I donāt know if this has been mentioned yet, but since they prefer urban schools, have you looked at Macalester? Great location in the heart of the Twin Cities, really a very worldly and interesting college, and they have merit.
Lot of kids in my circles who like Wesleyan and Vassar also consider Macalester.
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Yes, DC is now looking at Macalester. It is looking fantastic! Will apply and visit if we get in, before they commit. I am surprised that DC is taking all this in strides. I am feeling more anxious than them!
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It is hard to see your kids really want something and then not get it! But then they are often very resilient and adaptable. And it helps there really are so many cool colleges where if the fit is good, the kid will thrive. And the kids who recognize those opportunities are very likely to do just that.
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Daughter was rejected from Yale. Last year our son was accepted. Same background, daughter is a Questbridge National Match Finalist when son wasnātā¦Iām just worried this rejection means sheās not a viable candidate at other top schools? Why not defer her? The QB application made her list her AP scores. All fives except two 3ās and she included the fact that the night b4 those last two exams (the ones with 3s) she got some terrible health news about a family member. IDK that that matters in admissions. SO nervous here. She has a lot of QB schools that sheās now applied to but weāre just not sure those top schools will want her. 
Maybe the next tier of schools? IDK. She had better ECs than our son. Who knowsā¦just worried.
Yale rejected 71% of SCEA applicants this year, so I am sure a lot of applicants who were rejected will still be strong candidates at other top tier universities. Sometimes a rejection is a blessing because the kid can just move on.
On the APās, I would just have not reported the 3 scores unless required. Also, IMO itās a mistake to give an excuse in the App on why tests results were off. Itās not a good look coming from the applicant
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I think youāre right. Feeling bad because Iām the only one who helped her through this and I told her to be as honest, raw, and authentic and maybe that was just bad advice. IDK. I believe she was required to submit her AP scores on her QB application.
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For her RD applications, she can exclude her 3ās unless all AP scores, if submitted, have to be included. If there are āexcusesā in other essays, she might want to delete or rephrase, or ask the HS counselor to note any major personal challenges if he/she is willing.
thank you for your thoughts. unfortunately, sheās locked into using her QB application and has submitted everything.
As I would put it, a Yale rejection contains virtually no information because it is common for virtually any strength of application.
I also noteāas may be relevant in this particular caseāthat Yale gets more female than male applicants, and does not admit them at the same rate.
So, in their 2023-24 CDS, they reported admitting 1127/22003 male applicants (5.12%), 1205/29799 female applicants (4.04%). This is overly simplistic, but taking that naively, you could suspect something like 20% of the male admits may not have been admitted if they had been female instead. Again, that is not intended to be a reliable estimate, my point is just that the potential scale of the effect is pretty large.
Of course Yale is not remotely alone in this. But the āsolutionā is already captured in the standard advice to make sure to have a robust list of Likelies and Targets as well as Reaches. And then even if at the margins a few more male applicants get into at least one Reach than female applicants (through no fault of the latter), those female applicants still will end up with good options to choose among.
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thank you so much. that makes me feel better. The QB partner schools are all so selective, but are the most generous. Itās so hard to know just how strong an application is or isnāt. 1510 SAT, 34 ACT with some 36s, wrote a book, got an A at a Gov School, etc., etc. Also wonder if her QB essays are read after other QB applicants and she has less of a compelling backstory/less difficult hardships. So stressed. All about the money here.
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Mac rocks!
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Anyone offered an interview? My son was contacted last week and is scheduled for an interview this coming week. Not sure if this is a good sign or a bad sign.
I wanted to give some updates. DC has been accepted at Richmond, Oxy, Oberlin and a couple public universities. They have been offered substantial merit aid!
Yay. In the end they did not apply to Mac.
Waiting for a few more results. And Ivy day!
Good luck to everyone!
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In at Barnard, Northwestern, Penn and Princeton!
This process has been such a rollercoaster.
Good luck to everyone.
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