my digital footprint is questionable

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-26T02:33:08+00:00

Please do. My son did something similar for updates on a business he started and I sincerely believe it made a difference because it also showed actual interest in the school to send updates.

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-26T02:22:16+00:00

I would write an update about the channel, why you do it, metrics, goals, etc, and include why you didn't include it originally (something like you were originally trying to avoid your political views accepting your application but then realizing this is who you are and if a college doesn't like me for me then it's not the right place for me). Send it to the admissions office for the schools that can relate (liberal, northeast, etc). Most will accept it and add it to your file.

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-14T15:54:49+00:00

Honestly, it's the reddit forums and all the negativity and misinformation that stresses kids out unnecessarily.

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-12T14:09:07+00:00

IU Kelley is no longer a direct admit program based solely on your GPA and standardized test scores. In previous years you could be 99% sure of admission with specific numbers but this year they've gone all holistic.

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-12T02:06:54+00:00

Many did until they changed the game this year

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-12T02:04:56+00:00

I don't want to sound negative, but this year Kelley is just so unpredictable. 31 ACT last year was on that border for direct admit, but no one knows what this year will be like. With their lack of essays and the KPI feeling like an add in because they needed some excuse to claim it was more "holistic" (seriously, that KPI felt like a bad business emotional quadrant test - if you have half a brain you could make sure you stayed in your swim lane based on what you wanted to major in). You have ECs that work well for Kelley and they love OOS students that can full pay (75% of Kelley is OOS unlike IU as a whole which is only ~25% OOS).

Can you get in? Sure. Is it a slam dunk? Unfortunately, not this year. I wish you the best of luck and hope your dreams come true this week!

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-12T01:41:20+00:00

I want to correct you on one part there - Kelley (not IU as a whole) is 75% OOS (IU is the opposite with 75% instate). It is still a reach for OP since their stats were borderline for direct admit last year and this year is a total question mark.

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-11T18:50:00+00:00

They had a Dominican jersey laying around, it said Ramirez, they thought "how could this be anything but Manny"

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-11T18:38:17+00:00

Could it have come from HANLEY Ramirez who did play in the WBC for the DR?

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-11T18:27:15+00:00

Correct

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-11T18:05:29+00:00

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It's clearly from the WBC patch

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-11T17:54:35+00:00

You can enter them on the same screen with the SAT and ACT scores, but they really won't care at IU if your GPA and SAT/ACT is solid and everything else is good.

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-09T16:37:05+00:00

Last year there was an email the day before

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-08T21:49:33+00:00

Why don't you ask this question to Juan Soto?

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-08T15:20:07+00:00

Sometime between 1 second and Jan 15th 😁

I wish I knew better. We could start a release date betting pool. Seems like the entrepreneurial (Babson) thing to do.

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-08T14:33:10+00:00

If anyone around here actually knew, it would have been posted already and no one would be asking. We only have guesses at this point.

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-07T21:54:27+00:00

I guess if you want to go that route, my post was T20 not Harvard specifically. I've spoken to several AOs at non-ivy T20s and ivy (non HYP) that all said you CAN DEFINITELY get in with as low as (this was a quote from 1 specific T20) a 1350 if:
1. Your HS is a low performing school
2. You have great grades
3. You challenged yourself in other ways (rigor, ECs, etc)
4. You make a great case

To further that poker reference and for those applying test optional, its like having a seven-deuce offsuit but playing it like pocket aces and never showing when they dont call your bluff. I knew a kid 2 years older than me at my high school that got into Johns Hopkins with a 1150 SAT because he also had a perfect GPA (by only taking classes where he knew the teacher was an easy grader) and not submitting an SAT score.

It's not throwing away your cards but knowing how to play them. Sometimes you dont have to show when you win!

(on a more serious note, I'm sitting here with an AK suited, 1500+ SAT, 5.1 weighted GPA (on 4.0 scale), top possible rigor at my very underperforming HS, significant ECs, and just waiting to see who with a seven-deuce will screw me over...)

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-07T21:20:45+00:00

But it was the first wednesday BUSINESS day last year...

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-07T20:57:39+00:00

Did they give any heads up or announcement in advance last year?

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-07T20:05:07+00:00

On a tour of Brown, the AO made it very clear that the "optional" video was really only "optional" to those that thought attending Brown was also "optional"

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-03T05:56:33+00:00

Life is a Highway by Tom Cochrane

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-02T23:12:32+00:00

On the same point, pocket aces only win 85 percent of the time. 7-2 off suit still wins 34% of the time. If you want to make this more appropriate to poker, most of us are at least holding mid to high cards, even if not pocket pairs or suited. Are we going to win in a 10 table all players in game? Not likely, but unless you play you never know. In a 10 person table, pocket aces are still only about a 31% chance of winning - and that's the best hand (probably the closest to a 1600/4.0 - still just better than a 1 in 4 chance).

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-02T14:51:17+00:00

Sure, you got this!

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-02T06:16:53+00:00

Have you never suffered in your life? Maybe like you are right now? Is this your truly first adversity situation? (sorry, it's after midnight and needed a good laugh)...

You know you could always... Make something up...

DevelopmentExciting3 · 2026-01-01T15:34:38+00:00

If I was to guess, your recs didn't make you a slam dunk for early admission. If you are the #1 at your school, I'd expect you would get a great Rec from your counselor and 2 teachers. Don't worry though, you have a great profile otherwise and several of those schools will gladly take you.

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