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[quote=Anonymous]I have some sympathy for this question coming from a MoCo environment with high achieving kids. A few years ago now, but my DD and her good friend had perfect scores, 12 APs, good but not national level ECs. My DD was able to land at a top 20 school that was a really good fit for her unusual, but not particularly prestigious, interests. Her brilliant friend was shut out at all but her most safe safety—from memory, 6 rejections, 3 waitlists that didn’t move, 1 acceptance. We were amazed that so many schools passed on this exceptional and delightful kid. DD’s friend did extremely well as a CS major at a school not really valued for STEM. She’s had her pick of internships and has an excellent first job out of college. Smart kids who work hard will truly do well anywhere. I’m still annoyed on her behalf, but the situation did a lot to shift my focus to a much wider range of colleges for my younger kids. [/quote]
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