ND ADMISSIONS- Maybe a New Era

Girard 419 posts Joined: Apr 15, 2011

Posted 6:05 pm on Jan 18, 2022

I told my neighbor that it is a head scratcher:

Senior- Very Elite Prep in Emass.
700 m 720 v they don't do class rank, but 3.92 gpa

Captain 3 sports- Class VP-

REJECTED(not even deferred) ND Dec 15
Accepted Princeton same day
Had all the activities of a UN contingent in Swaziland
He did have 2 things going against him. "Him" was one.

But Fr. Jenkins will remodel Lafortune dance hall...that is the key.

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ND ADMISSIONS- Maybe a New Era Girard 6:05pm · 1/18/22
- hNT Rooney 7:59am · 1/19/22
- Maybe a silly question, but why submit scores when admissions is test optional? NDavenue 8:52pm · 1/18/22
  - I don't see how omitting scores can help you. It has to hurt you. It should hurt you. NedoftheHill 10:04pm · 1/18/22
    - I can't imagine it would hurt you. They are going test optional for a reason. NDavenue 10:17pm · 1/18/22
      - Not sure how it is fraud to make tests optional. Great way to weed people out... NedoftheHill 10:22pm · 1/18/22
        
        Admission expressly states that an app with or without scores are evaluated equally. Pretty clear.NT NDavenue 10:27pm · 1/18/22
        
        Yeah. That seems crazy. I wouldn't bet money on that. NedoftheHill 10:35pm · 1/18/22
- Damn, born on 3rd base and picked off!NT iairishcheeks 8:18pm · 1/18/22
- No, that's how competitive it has become....sounds like a great kid. But those numbers are actually Link BaronVonZemo 7:12pm · 1/18/22
  - Im guessing the emass prep carried a lot of weight holybull101 7:17pm · 1/18/22
    - Indeed-they reserve a specific # of spots for several rich preps as does Yale.NT BaronVonZemo 7:20pm · 1/18/22
- I must ask Nigel Tufnel 7:06pm · 1/18/22
- "Bloom where you're planted"...don't carry any excess baggage.NT TyroneIrish 6:34pm · 1/18/22

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