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ds has 99 ERB and we already heard NO from 3 schools, I think we will be one of those 99 shut outs people were talking about. We only applied to 2 TTs since we want co-ed and they both said no, and now worried the others will say no too because they think we'd go to a tt.
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02.07.09, 02:53 PM [ Flag ]
- I would get on the phone to your psd first thing Monday and make her tell the other two schools how serious you are.
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  02.07.09, 02:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- How can you be a shut out with 99 ? what is wrong there?
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  02.07.09, 02:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I've heard it happen to several people. I don't think the schools differentiate between a 95 and a 99 ERB, personally, I think once your ERBs are up to snuff, they look at the rest of the package.
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    02.07.09, 03:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - ^^^-np obviously
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  - I don't know for sure that we'll be shut out but since the 2 TTs we applied to said no, I know we're not going to a TT. I'm worried now the others won't take us seriously since they would assume we'd go to a TT.
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    02.07.09, 03:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np: why would they assume you would go TT? Who told them this?
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      02.07.09, 03:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I heard in this board that lower tier schools reject kids with high ERBs because they assume they'd go elsewhere. Hope it's not true.
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        02.07.09, 03:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        It is not.
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        02.07.09, 03:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        so you think the lower tier schools don't have kids that scored high on the ERBs? lol. My dc got 98 and isn't in a TT (because we didn't apply since we wanted k-8)
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        02.07.09, 03:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - np: this isn't toward the OP but when it comes to admissions, 99 erb scores isn't all that counts. The schools take the child interview, parent interview and the school report into consideration too.
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    02.07.09, 03:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - If too much FA need shows on the Princeton form, if too many sibs, legs of either gender, if the playdate,school report and scores don't seem aligned to the admissions and believe it or not, address can also play a role. Schools sometimes factor in whether a good public option or likely g&t placement exists and may opt for a candidate lacking those possibilities.
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    02.07.09, 03:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Sorry, I left out a big one: Parent interviews.
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      02.07.09, 03:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - IT HAPPENS. When it does it is painful
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    02.07.09, 03:44 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - it's actually not "wrong," per se. the schools should and do look at things other than ERBs, and, if the child they see in the school visit or read about in the school report doesn't match the ERB, they might well discount it. not saying that's the case here, OP, just responding to the OR above.
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    02.07.09, 04:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - op: in our case the school report matches the ERB. PSD was very disappointed as well with the rejects.
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      02.07.09, 04:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 99x3 with the only accept being Claremont last year, which this board probably likens to a SO.
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  02.07.09, 03:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ^also applied to no TTs.
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    02.07.09, 03:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - op: What do you think happened? Did you have any indication that this would happen. I think we will be in the same boat.
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      02.07.09, 03:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - We applied very narrowly. Late summer bday.
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        02.07.09, 03:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Are you at Claremont now? Do you like it? We have a late summer bday, and it looks like that might be our only accept as well. I think we'll go for it; we really liked the school.
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    02.07.09, 08:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Sorry. It was painful
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ds has 99 ERB and we already heard NO from 3 schools, I think we will be one of those 99 shut outs people were talking about. We only applied to 2 TTs since we want co-ed and they both said no, and now worried the others will say no too because they think we'd go to a tt.

I would get on the phone to your psd first thing Monday and make her tell the other two schools how serious you are.

How can you be a shut out with 99 ? what is wrong there?

I've heard it happen to several people. I don't think the schools differentiate between a 95 and a 99 ERB, personally, I think once your ERBs are up to snuff, they look at the rest of the package.

^^^-np obviously

I don't know for sure that we'll be shut out but since the 2 TTs we applied to said no, I know we're not going to a TT. I'm worried now the others won't take us seriously since they would assume we'd go to a TT.

np: why would they assume you would go TT? Who told them this?

I heard in this board that lower tier schools reject kids with high ERBs because they assume they'd go elsewhere. Hope it's not true.

It is not.

so you think the lower tier schools don't have kids that scored high on the ERBs? lol. My dc got 98 and isn't in a TT (because we didn't apply since we wanted k-8)

np: this isn't toward the OP but when it comes to admissions, 99 erb scores isn't all that counts. The schools take the child interview, parent interview and the school report into consideration too.

Sorry, I left out a big one: Parent interviews.

IT HAPPENS. When it does it is painful

it's actually not "wrong," per se. the schools should and do look at things other than ERBs, and, if the child they see in the school visit or read about in the school report doesn't match the ERB, they might well discount it. not saying that's the case here, OP, just responding to the OR above.

op: in our case the school report matches the ERB. PSD was very disappointed as well with the rejects.

99x3 with the only accept being Claremont last year, which this board probably likens to a SO.

^also applied to no TTs.

op: What do you think happened? Did you have any indication that this would happen. I think we will be in the same boat.

We applied very narrowly. Late summer bday.

Are you at Claremont now? Do you like it? We have a late summer bday, and it looks like that might be our only accept as well. I think we'll go for it; we really liked the school.

Sorry. It was painful

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