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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 15:12:56 GMT
Anyone's child still waiting to hear on whether they've been accepted? We have heard back from some, but still waiting to hear back from quite a few, a couple of which were affected by the scam. I wonder if this will delay notification dates? I've read that two Stanford students have now filed class action lawsuits against some of the colleges involved:
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Post by used2scrap on Mar 14, 2019 15:34:23 GMT
Oldest DS is still waiting. He’s been accepted at the 3 he applied early decision, but still waiting on 3. None of the schools in question though lol. It’s an anxious time here!
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Post by ~summer~ on Mar 14, 2019 16:05:27 GMT
We are still waiting - been admitted to most, deferred from one, waitlisted at one, rejected from one and now waiting on most of the UCs....heading out later today for another campus visit to help with the decisions!
Edited - the only overlap with the scandal we have is UCLA
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Post by malibou on Mar 14, 2019 16:12:26 GMT
My kid only bothered to apply to 2 schools, one was a pretty big reach and he has been denied. I was thrilled to hear him talking with a friend about the admissions scandal and saying how he would be horrified if his parents had done something like this. He also stated that he realised he kind of screwed up by only really applying to one college, but that he has no problem with going to Jr. College for two years and that he hopes we will let him live at home so he can get himself situated and get into his reach school. Yippee, perhaps some maturity is finally coming on.  ETA he has a grade point average of 3.86, and a 1400 on his SAT. So, smart, just not mature. |
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Post by Sarah*H on Mar 14, 2019 16:13:58 GMT
My son is still waiting to hear from 11, including two or three of the programs I think it's likely that Felicity Huffman's daughter applied to but I don't believe the decisions will be delayed for those schools (BU and NYU, possibly Syracuse) because she was probably the only candidate affected by the allegations. I think he's already made up his mind about where he's going to attend though so even though we're technically still waiting, the stressful part is over.
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Post by LeaP on Mar 14, 2019 16:19:18 GMT
We are still waiting. Our overlap is UCLA too.
The fallout from the scandal is trickling out. I was talking to a friend yesterday and one of the coaches at her daughter's high school was arrested. She came from UCLA.
On the other hand, another friend's daughter who is very bright and hard working and not prosperous got into USC engineering so there are some admissions based on merit.
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Post by Sarah*H on Mar 14, 2019 16:38:15 GMT
Some of the parents on the Class of 2019 page on College Confidential started looking at their schools' Naviance data for USC and there were some seriously shady admissions including one SAT score of 900. Out of just 5 or 6 parents who looked at the data, there were probably a dozen examples of really dubious admissions. This may turn out to be even bigger than it looks like at the moment.
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Post by annie on Mar 14, 2019 16:38:23 GMT
We are waiting, too. Should hear from 8 over the next couple weeks. MIT today and Johns Hopkins tomorrow, to start. She's remarkably calm! I just feel excited. It's my last kid so we've done this before!
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Post by carhoch on Mar 14, 2019 16:43:51 GMT
Wrong post sorry
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Post by mom on Mar 14, 2019 16:44:04 GMT
No waiting for us. Ds2 only applied to one and he got in back in October. Kinda uneventful here.
Good luck to everyone still waiting!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 16:56:13 GMT
Some of the parents on the Class of 2019 page on College Confidential started looking at their schools' Naviance data for USC and there were some seriously shady admissions including one SAT score of 900. Out of just 5 or 6 parents who looked at the data, there were probably a dozen examples of really dubious admissions. This may turn out to be even bigger than it looks like at the moment.
 I didn't even consider checking out the stats. Imagine, those only stand out because of questionable stats. The ones that got busted so far had "stellar" stats and it will be a bit harder to figure out which students might have gotten admitted by buying their way in. If Singer was able to pull this scam, there are likely more. The colleges would have probably continued to turn a blind eye except that the FBI got involved. |
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Post by LeaP on Mar 14, 2019 17:05:52 GMT
I didn't even consider checking out the stats. Imagine, those only stand out because of questionable stats. The ones that got busted so far had "stellar" stats and it will be a bit harder to figure out which students might have gotten admitted by buying their way in. If Singer was able to pull this scam, there are likely more. The colleges would have probably continued to turn a blind eye except that the FBI got involved. This scandal is probably the tip of big iceberg. There are so many cottage industries dedicated to getting kids in. A big demand for guaranteed admissions means that there will be those that provide nefarious services. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 17:11:05 GMT
This scandal is probably the tip of big iceberg. There are so many cottage industries dedicated to getting kids in. A big demand for guaranteed admissions means that there will be those that provide nefarious services. Unfortunate for all the college application who have been impacted. Those applicants that were possibly impacted should at the very least get their application fees refunded. It will be interesting how the class action lawsuit plays out. |
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Mar 14, 2019 21:31:02 GMT
DS (HS class of 2018, not 2019) who is currently a freshman in college is waiting to hear on his application to transfer to a school with a much more in-depth program in his area of study. If he's accepted he will definitely transfer. It'll be a good change for him program-wise, but it is out of state so more $$$ unfortunately. Fingers crossed regardless.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Mar 14, 2019 22:47:45 GMT
Some of the parents on the Class of 2019 page on College Confidential started looking at their schools' Naviance data for USC and there were some seriously shady admissions including one SAT score of 900. Out of just 5 or 6 parents who looked at the data, there were probably a dozen examples of really dubious admissions. This may turn out to be even bigger than it looks like at the moment. That sounds more like typical athletic recruitment instead of this scandal. There’s always been different requirements for athletes - I have no doubt that was a real recruit for a revenue sport. This scandal showed that for even recruits you had to fake the stats too in most sports. We know several non-revenue recruits and you need to be at the 50% or better sat/act or seriously incredible - the expectation is totally different for the revenue admits - If you’re incredible the incredibly low ncaa bar is all you need. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 3:12:26 GMT
UCSD was supposed to send out notifications today but postponed it until next week, likely due to the scandal.  |
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Post by Merge on Mar 16, 2019 3:33:21 GMT
Mine has already been admitted to her two top realistic choices and a couple of very unrealistic private schools we have no hope of paying for. Fortunately the realistic ones are very good schools for what she wants to do. She's about 99% sure she's made a decision at this point.
She was CAP'd at UT (kind of a deferred admission where you attend one of their satellite schools for a year, then transfer to the main campus) and it's irritating to think there are kids buying their way in as freshmen. But she also doesn't plan to attend there so it's not a big thing for us personally.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 5:13:12 GMT
This makes me wonder how scholarship acceptances are going to be.
My daughter was accepted with scholarship to 4 schools, one being uc Irvine. She never applied to any of them, but was at a festival that had recruiters there. All 4 are top performing arts schools.
I wonder if such offers are still going to be made?
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Post by sawwhet on Mar 16, 2019 10:58:04 GMT
My son has applied to nursing programs at 5 colleges. He's been accepted to 2 and is on the waitlist for a third program. Still waiting for 2 more decisions.
He's pretty much decided on the one program already.
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Post by Neisey on Mar 16, 2019 12:01:55 GMT
We are in Canada so it’s a bit different here...my DD has had early acceptance from her top 3 since October with entrance scholarships. Now we are just waiting to hear about the big scholarships before she makes the decision between her top 2 choices. The 3rd choice is one of our local universities but the program doesn’t compare to the other 2. One of the top 2 is my alma mater so I would be over the moon if she chose there but for a 17 year old she is very pragmatic and is making lists of pros and cons with also a lot of weight put on how to best manage student debt. (We have RESPs for our 2 kids, which would pay their 4 year degrees if they stayed home, if they want to go away, they will incur debt.)
She texted me from her father’s last night (this morning lol) at 12:46am saying “Wake up! This is exciting news!” She has been invited to Scholar’s Day at my Alma Mater...for those in the running for their most prestigious awards.
My dilemma...parents are invited...my SO and I will be out of the country on vacation. I’ve asked her if I should cancel and she said “no, I’ll go with Dad” but I will be more than a little sad to miss it.
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Post by hop2 on Mar 16, 2019 12:34:27 GMT
Yes, sort of, though DD is graduating college in May we are waiting to hear on her language school application & visa application. It is both less stressful in many ways & more stressful in some.
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Post by hop2 on Mar 16, 2019 12:53:03 GMT
This makes me wonder how scholarship acceptances are going to be. My daughter was accepted with scholarship to 4 schools, one being uc Irvine. She never applied to any of them, but was at a festival that had recruiters there. All 4 are top performing arts schools. I wonder if such offers are still going to be made? Art schools often make offers to seniors based on portfolio at things like National portfolio days held around the country. Or at art contests, festivals that are curated. The counselors do seem to ask a lot of questions about the work of students whose work they are interested in at portfolio day. I guess it was to try to be sure the work was that students work. The contests & festivals often require a current teacher or advisor to submit ir recommend the art work so I think the feeling is that it’s more likely valid that the work is that students even more than portfolio day. I guess stuff like this week could crack down on that kind of stuff, but when you see the raw student who fits your program you know it. And the festivals & shows have some measure of verification that the work is genuine. You’d have to bribe more levels of people I guess? DD still did have to fill out applications though but several waived the application fees. |
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Post by just PEAchy on Mar 16, 2019 13:44:38 GMT
My daughter applied to 1 public & 2 private here in IN. She’s been accepted into all 3 and was also accepted into the Honors College of the 3. Now she’s waiting to hear if she’s been accepted into the music program. She auditioned last month, she wants to get into Music Ed.
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Post by Sarah*H on Mar 16, 2019 15:16:15 GMT
DS got an acceptance with scholarship last night to one of the programs I think Felicity's daughter MIGHT have applied to (just speculating because she definitely may have only applied to Julliard, UCLA and NYU.) Another friend confirmed that UCSD is delayed because those notices were expected yesterday but didn't come.
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I didn't even consider checking out the stats. Imagine, those only stand out because of questionable stats. The ones that got busted so far had "stellar" stats and it will be a bit harder to figure out which students might have gotten admitted by buying their way in. If Singer was able to pull this scam, there are likely more. The colleges would have probably continued to turn a blind eye except that the FBI got involved.
