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[quote=Anonymous]DS went through this last year, and I too was freaking out at finding any safeties. On the advice of a private college counselor, we defined a safety as a college that (a) had an admit rate of >60%, (b), where DS's GPA and SATs were >75th percentile, and (c) where DS would happily attend. That was by far the hardest and most time-consuming part of making his college list. In the end, he was admitted to all of his safeties, all of his matches, and 1 of his reaches. He chose the reach school, a Top 10 USNWR college and is happy there. Looking back, we think we were more worried than was warranted. Sure, there are kids who are locked out, but most kids do fine. I think the best advice is to make room in your plans for the chance that your kid will be the one who is locked out, but don't abandon all logic.[/quote]
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