The Deuce: Nice*

The Early Decision thing in college is a total farce - ATL December 10, 2025, 10:02:52

My eldest could be an Illini, but she’s going to to stick with the soccer scholarship. Tried hard - LovetheChief January 31, 2026, 12:31:32
Wtf I’m just learning some high schools allow retakes on all tests including honors? - FidelGoodell January 31, 2026, 11:52:31
- so many standards lowered during the pandemic. attendance, grading scale, graduation requirements - Ari Gold January 31, 2026, 12:39:54
  - These things were happening before the pandemic * - ATL January 31, 2026, 12:45:33
- There are still high schools that don’t?* - Herman Blume January 31, 2026, 12:39:23
  - Yeah apparently ours * - FidelGoodell January 31, 2026, 12:56:31
    - Ours doesn’t, but if you’re really struggling they’ll give out extra credit opportunities - DT January 31, 2026, 14:55:57
- High school grading at my kids school is a joke.* - Mrap24 January 31, 2026, 12:23:10
  - That’s how our middle school is and then Higj school goes hardo - FidelGoodell January 31, 2026, 12:28:50
- Both mini's HS here and in Pittsburgh do, thought it's teacher dependent. And yeah, pretty sketchy.* - ATL January 31, 2026, 11:55:07
  - That seems sketchy from a college admission standpoint and questionable from a pedagogical one* - DT January 31, 2026, 12:11:01
    - I think the idea is that kids who will do well the second time around have to study the material - ATL January 31, 2026, 12:35:41
      - That makes more sense. I guess it depends on how it’s graded - DT January 31, 2026, 14:41:31
        
        In my experience it is mostly kids looking to turn Bs into As* - ATL January 31, 2026, 14:50:11
      - If the goal is mastery of a skill then an additional opportunity to demonstrate mastery seems ok* - Herman Blume January 31, 2026, 12:44:09
  - So my kids gpa is just lower and screwing them? - FidelGoodell January 31, 2026, 11:57:39
    - They'll be measured against kids in the same school somewhat but also yes( - ATL January 31, 2026, 12:03:08
The oldest got into the beloved - BradUnderwoodforprez January 30, 2026, 22:52:00
- Woo!* - Dilbert January 31, 2026, 11:53:43
- That's awesome!* - ATL January 31, 2026, 11:46:52
- Excellent! Even if he’s still uncertain, Illinois is a pretty darn good baseline. - DT January 31, 2026, 11:43:17
So UIUC was supposed to drop and per sources it has but the website is down. WTAF?* - ATL January 30, 2026, 16:12:42
- Sprout got into MD and American, but not UVA. - DT January 30, 2026, 18:29:07
  - mini got into Virginia Tech and Florida last week. Still awaiting Illinois. - ATL January 30, 2026, 18:39:53
    - Casey Liss's alma mater! Both have excellent engineering programs AFAIK* - ECEIllinois January 30, 2026, 18:47:04
      - He literally wants to do this when he grows up (VT related) so I have a feeling it's the clubhouse - ATL January 30, 2026, 19:14:41
    - Nice! Two very different college towns there.* - DT January 30, 2026, 18:41:54
    - Annoying. Deferred from Illinois EA. :-/ * - ATL January 30, 2026, 18:41:45
      - Boo! All the spots at Illinois these days are going to Eastern European hoopers.* - DT January 30, 2026, 18:43:37
        
        I know. I should have added an ic to the end of his name * - ATL January 30, 2026, 18:44:46
  - my buddy went to maryland and I visited a few times - snipes824 January 30, 2026, 18:37:36
    - Yeah, it’s quality both for school and for college experience. - DT January 30, 2026, 19:12:31
  - Has he ever expressed an interest in working at Weatherbug?* - Tortillini January 30, 2026, 18:33:30
- GOAT comment - nash January 30, 2026, 17:45:43
  - Well, looks like University of Illinois for me* - Sounder January 30, 2026, 18:18:50
- My nephew is waiting to find out if he got in* - Mrap24 January 30, 2026, 16:51:24
  - My nephew got in!! Deferred at Madison and scUM* - Mrap24 January 30, 2026, 19:52:14
    - That’s great! Congrats to him.* - DT January 30, 2026, 21:37:42
    - Awesome!* - ATL January 30, 2026, 20:34:13
- SIL is waiting to find out... - Dilbert January 30, 2026, 16:41:05
  - She got in! Woot!* - Dilbert January 30, 2026, 20:02:47
    - Nice!* - DT January 30, 2026, 21:38:14
    - Awesome!!* - ATL January 30, 2026, 20:34:32
- Needs better CS.* - SurfTheBoneyard January 30, 2026, 16:38:39
  - *facedesk* - ATL January 30, 2026, 16:41:44
- Good luck kings and queens.* - nash January 30, 2026, 16:33:01
My 17yo is going to NIU - Taz January 24, 2026, 17:01:02
- yay congrats!* - ECEIllinois January 30, 2026, 18:22:31
- Nice!* - ATL January 24, 2026, 18:33:38
- Congrats to her! - DT January 24, 2026, 18:31:46
  - Thanks I agree. She has some anxiety so I'm glad she found a middle ground - Taz January 24, 2026, 19:37:10
    - NIU: Middle Ground * - timmer January 24, 2026, 20:08:37
      - Whatever it takes, timmer! ;) - Taz January 24, 2026, 20:23:51
    - Sprout limited himself to places within a few hours drive, too - DT January 24, 2026, 20:06:26
Looks like my youngest will be a Wolverine.* - nash January 23, 2026, 18:17:18
- Congrats! - JFG January 23, 2026, 22:06:16
- hail to the victors* - ECEIllinois January 23, 2026, 20:11:45
- Congrats to them! I’m sure they are excited.* - DT January 23, 2026, 19:52:52
- Congrats! mini is RD’ing there.* - ATL January 23, 2026, 19:50:26
- A modest ~$85k a year. Congrats!* - gvibes January 23, 2026, 18:40:27
- attending Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters?* - biclops January 23, 2026, 18:30:22
- Gross. - voiceofreason January 23, 2026, 18:25:37
  - I spent a night in Ann Arbor last year - Sounder January 23, 2026, 18:42:47
    - ANN ARBOR IS A WHORE!! [Auto-Fill] * - Tuscy January 23, 2026, 20:39:13
      - With a heart of gold, yes.* - complainant January 23, 2026, 22:14:17
- Nice* - ab75 January 23, 2026, 18:22:04
Good luck to all the Seniors and parents over the next two early action weeks. - ATL January 23, 2026, 17:23:50
Conversely, we are seeing "yield protection" too. Lots of kids that got into Ga Tech engineering EA - ATL December 17, 2025, 10:28:24
- Clemson defers a shit ton on early action* - Ron McDon January 23, 2026, 18:01:41
- I think that’s a big part of it* - ab75 December 17, 2025, 18:19:50
what state(s) allow a minor to sign a binding contract that isn’t voidable by the minor? - bbonb December 17, 2025, 7:57:55
Nb08 is a Northwestern Wildcat - ab75 December 16, 2025, 17:13:23
- congrats!* - torinese December 18, 2025, 9:40:13
- Congrats* - EffinIllini December 17, 2025, 9:39:47
- Congrats! Black, Purple and White is a good color scheme.* - Warrin'_Illini December 17, 2025, 8:53:12
- Awesome. You'll get used to the purple. - JFG December 17, 2025, 8:10:02
- WTG!* - bbonb December 17, 2025, 7:58:18
- Congrats!!!* - Phytynlini December 17, 2025, 7:28:38
- Congrats!* - Tortillini December 17, 2025, 7:11:59
- That’s a proud parent moment. Very impressive, congrats! Plus, now you get to - voiceofreason December 16, 2025, 22:21:42
- Awesome! Congrats.* - DT December 16, 2025, 20:40:45
  - Sprout was deferred for EA at Georgetown - DT December 17, 2025, 6:54:41
- Incredible accomplishment* - nash December 16, 2025, 19:52:14
- nice! studying journalism?* - ECEIllinois December 16, 2025, 19:10:15
  - Computer science and Theater - ab75 December 16, 2025, 19:49:13
    - Their theatre scene is great. - JFG December 17, 2025, 8:08:53
      - That is awesome. - ab75 December 17, 2025, 18:21:43
- Congratulations!* - LWillhite December 16, 2025, 18:38:35
- Congrats!* - AintHatin December 16, 2025, 18:34:09
- mazel tov* - illinibone December 16, 2025, 18:09:48
- Nice . Good for him!* - ATL December 16, 2025, 17:34:12
- Congrats* - gvibes December 16, 2025, 17:33:31
- Wow, that’s awesome. Really hard to get into these days, especially for Chicagoland kids* - Herman Blume December 16, 2025, 17:16:42
  - Being rural may have helped, we’re about 90 miles from city* - ab75 December 16, 2025, 17:20:21
I would 100% support revoking federal funds from Tulane based on their actions* - cpsteine December 11, 2025, 16:57:08
- I would 100% support revoking your posting rights based on this post. - Carl Spackler December 16, 2025, 17:40:49
  - I deserve punishment, for sure. But blocking all apps from certain high schools? Lame and wrong.* - cpsteine December 18, 2025, 10:19:21
I guess that's how the daughter of my wife's cousin got into Tulane * - Jersey December 11, 2025, 15:05:36
your face is total farts. * - VIV December 11, 2025, 14:25:12
- And I love the smell of them * - ATL December 11, 2025, 15:19:20
  - Smells like... - uofi1998 December 16, 2025, 17:28:42
Since when is BU competitive?* - complainant December 10, 2025, 19:36:27
- 20+ years at least* - Carl Spackler December 10, 2025, 19:43:28
Cal Tech rules. - nash December 10, 2025, 19:23:04
Yeah, My daughter just didn't apply ED anywhere. Already has 3 EA responses back, though. - illinibone December 10, 2025, 15:00:08
Yeah I haven’t loved this, but it’s actually a part of a broader push that’s even worse, IMO. - Carl Spackler December 10, 2025, 10:55:21
- I can’t imagine not visiting a school before applying. Conduct visits in Jr/Sr year, then - voiceofreason December 10, 2025, 16:13:06
  - APS does not count college visits as excused absences and many schools don’t offer tours - ATL December 10, 2025, 20:00:27
    - Fair, we only had 5-6 that my oldest considered. Just took her out of school over a couple - voiceofreason December 16, 2025, 22:20:08
Yeah—that was a total non-starter for us - DT December 10, 2025, 10:24:06
- Yeah, I think Duke & scUM are the only schools mini is applying to with ED but he went EA to UM and - ATL December 10, 2025, 10:38:06
  - NB08 did ED - ab75 December 11, 2025, 16:25:59
  - EA to UM is pretty much worthless. - Chicago1995 December 10, 2025, 11:08:10
    - Yeah, Georgia Tech is the same way and one of the reasons why we did RD there. The other being - ATL December 10, 2025, 11:35:19
  - One interesting wrinkle here was that Maryland required EA to qualify for merit scholarships - DT December 10, 2025, 10:44:03
    - Early action doesn’t bother me at all given it’s not a binding agreement and I understand how it - ATL December 10, 2025, 10:46:58
The way that admissions have evolved is pretty farcical. - Chicago1995 December 10, 2025, 10:22:24
The first five words of the above post title are superfluous* - Sammich December 10, 2025, 10:14:55
Agreed. Completely avoided it with our kids.* - DocWalk20 December 10, 2025, 10:13:32
It is, and I’m sure there are more nefarious reasons at play as well - snipes824 December 10, 2025, 10:12:16
- It's as much about revenue as it is enrollment. - Chicago1995 December 10, 2025, 10:24:02
  - I knew there would be a more nefarious reason* - snipes824 December 10, 2025, 10:26:40

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