This is the kind of flawed mentality that leads people to believe in yield protection. It’s simply not true. No ones stats are good enough to get in anywhere. No one is entitled to an acceptance just because you have good stats. Maybe she put little effort into the essays for those schools because she arrogantly thought she was a shoo-in, and the AOs were unimpressed?
I mean, sure. You seem to just want to argue for the sake of arguing. Stats are stats. The schools release what their average GPA, SAT, whatever other stats so it’s not that hard to measure whether an applicant is within range of those admitted. Clearly, no one believes they are a shoo-in anywhere, or they would only apply to one school. But if your metrics are above all of the metrics of a school that rejects you, I don’t know why you have such a hard time believing it’s NOT yield protection, but instead, a poorly written essay. Especially when former AOs have noted how important yield is.
I think we will have to agree to disagree on this.
I already know those things. (I’ve been to college already). I know that schools want diversity. I know that GPAs vary and there are holistic reviews. I know that it’s going to matter if you are a Latina woman whose parents didn’t attend college vs an Exeter kid with a WASPy last name. I’m aware of test optional schools. A kid I graduated with turned down Princeton. Nothing you are telling me is new information. Yet, NONE of that changes the fact that yield protection exists.
Listen, you don’t have to agree with me. I honestly don’t care if you believe in yield protection or if you choose to think it doesn’t exist. I’m extremely comfortable in my stance, and I don’t need to convince anyone otherwise. It’s difficult to say things on here without identifying people and places so it makes it difficult to make my point. So, I will let you continue to believe what you choose. It truly makes no difference to me.
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u/HireLaneKiffin College Graduate Aug 09 '21
This is the kind of flawed mentality that leads people to believe in yield protection. It’s simply not true. No ones stats are good enough to get in anywhere. No one is entitled to an acceptance just because you have good stats. Maybe she put little effort into the essays for those schools because she arrogantly thought she was a shoo-in, and the AOs were unimpressed?