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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few recent threads describe "normal excellent" students - great grades, scores, recs and strong school-level or maybe state-level ECs and honors.  Many have responded that these type of students don't get into Ivys or near-Ivys these days, as they might have 15 or 20 years ago.  So I'm wondering, where do most of these students end up going?  If anyone is willing to share their experiences, I'd love to get sense of what to realistically expect from the admissions process now.   [/quote]

State Flagships and 25-50 ranked private colleges.  Top 25 are essentially reaches for almost everyone.  So, make sure your student visits and applies several in the first bit and they can add a few crapshoots to,but understand the odds.

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Also, if they have a specific major or area of interest, you can find schools that are inthe top ten for that - that are at the first top of schools.  For example for engineering GA Tech and Purdue are highly ranked, but easier to gain entry than the known crapshoot schools (Stanford, MIT, CMU, Princeton, Cornell,Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech....)[/quote]

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