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do you know any 99 erb kid who was shut-out?

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  • do you know any 99 erb kid who was shut-out?

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    02.22.09, 10:02 AM Flag ]

    • you mean besides yours?

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      02.22.09, 10:04 AM Flag

    • hijack: anyone know a visibly diverse kid who was?

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      02.22.09, 10:07 AM Flag

      • visibly nervous, yes. visibly diverse, no.

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        02.22.09, 10:13 AM Flag

      • yes.

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        02.22.09, 10:57 AM Flag

      • Black, looks Hispanic. That's what it is. period

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        02.22.09, 11:01 AM Flag

      • Yes. Mine did. Asian.

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        02.22.09, 12:45 PM Flag

    • we were but we applied for FA

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      02.22.09, 10:10 AM Flag

      • can't they accept you and just not offer you aid?

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        02.22.09, 10:17 AM Flag

        • i gather they can and do. i was just providing what *might* have been a factor. we would have had to turn such an acceptance down. waitlisted at 3 places.

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          02.22.09, 10:32 AM Flag

          • So does anyone know just how waitlists move? Are they blind to FA, or are there two separate lists - one for those who applied for FA and one for those who didn't?

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            02.22.09, 10:53 AM Flag

            • i assume that it's closer to the latter. they have kids they know they like on the WL, and if a certain kind of spot opens up (girl/boy, birthday, diversity, FA, etc.) they look again at those kids and figure out the best fit with respect to the larger class.

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              02.22.09, 11:09 AM Flag

      • Same here. Asian

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        02.22.09, 06:44 PM Flag

    • Yes.

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      02.22.09, 12:43 PM Flag

    • if they were "need blind" they wouldn't ask up front...certainly a factor now!

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      02.22.09, 12:49 PM Flag

    • yep. All WL and great family/dc

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      02.22.09, 01:38 PM Flag

      • At my school there is 99 ERB DD that is diverse and shut out and at my BFF's school a 97 ERB DS and 98 ERB DD (both diverse) that are also SO. None of these families needed FA so I guess it is no easier for diverse families, just a dumb rumour by jealous people who did not get in.

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        02.22.09, 05:01 PM Flag
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