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College decision time!

Postby tristatecoog » Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:57 pm

A lot of seniors got their competitive college admissions decisions within the last week. Do you know any Pony bound students? Where else were they considering?
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Re: College decision time!

Postby Digetydog » Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:51 am

tristatecoog wrote:A lot of seniors got their competitive college admissions decisions within the last week. Do you know any Pony bound students? Where else were they considering?


My guy is looking at Vandy and TAMU.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby tristatecoog » Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:27 am

Not many have a chance to go to Vanderbilt.

Dallas area resident?
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Re: College decision time!

Postby Digetydog » Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:31 am

tristatecoog wrote:Not many have a chance to go to Vanderbilt.

Dallas area resident?


Yep.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby tristatecoog » Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:27 pm

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sou ... -2020.html

"It does seem like not very many people are excited to attend SMU. No freaking out. No drama. No 'I can't concentrate today...."

SMU applicants are probably cooler under pressure. :-)
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Re: College decision time!

Postby mtrout » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:04 pm

They have better ADHD medication protocols
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Re: College decision time!

Postby Digetydog » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:27 pm

tristatecoog wrote:Not many have a chance to go to Vanderbilt.

Dallas area resident?


Tomorrow is the big day for the Ivy League.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby tristatecoog » Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:07 pm

Yep, got a friend whose kid is rolling the dice with half of them. BU is the backup. No GTown or Hopkins and deferred at Columbia, parents' alma mater.

Did your kid apply to some Ivies? If it's down to Vandy and A&M so far, I'm gonna guess no Brown, Penn or CU applications.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby Digetydog » Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:59 pm

tristatecoog wrote:Yep, got a friend whose kid is rolling the dice with half of them. BU is the backup. No GTown or Hopkins and deferred at Columbia, parents' alma mater.

Did your kid apply to some Ivies? If it's down to Vandy and A&M so far, I'm gonna guess no Brown, Penn or CU applications.


Oops. My "guy" is not my son (age <3) but a relative. He should have a good shot at getting into the 1 Ivy that he applied to. Nevertheless, I expect he'll end up the first Aggie in the family.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby gostangs » Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:22 pm

If he is going to aggie over Vandy he aint as smart as he seems.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby Digetydog » Thu Mar 31, 2016 4:13 pm

gostangs wrote:If he is going to aggie over Vandy he aint as smart as he seems.


($60k per year X 4) vs. Essentially Free

When you are planning to attend graduate school, the math is very compelling.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby tristatecoog » Thu Mar 31, 2016 4:27 pm

No funding at Vandy and full tuition scholarship at A&M? National Merit? Not as much scholarship money as UT? That's why I would've gone to A&M over UT. Engineering is higher rated at UT but they're close enough.

Ivies released results at 5 EST. Slew of rejects on College Confidential.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby tristatecoog » Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:29 pm

Met someone tonight whose kid is an Eagle Scout. Wait listed to SMU (top choice) and accepted to BU and TCU. Any recommendations for getting off the wait list?
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Re: College decision time!

Postby ponyboy » Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:46 pm

Looks like I'm going to have two at BU.
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Re: College decision time!

Postby PonySnob » Mon Apr 04, 2016 11:07 pm

ponyboy wrote:Looks like I'm going to have two at BU.


Lot cheaper than two at SMU
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