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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm returning to this forum to encourage you to encourage your kids to apply to their reach schools. My DS did and to everyone's surprise got in (I won't post the school or his stats because people will claim I'm lying and derail this thread.) He's now a sophomore and doing great. We were worried it might be too much academically, but he got a 3.2 his first year, with many STEM classes. He's working hard, but not burnt out or overwhelmed. It can happen, but it won't if you don't try. [/quote]

Sure I agree, mine is at a "reach for all".  Caveat however of course is to have a good game plan - a brutally balanced list of safeties, targets, reaches.  Leaning in to those safeties and targets that one would be happy to attend is very important in case those reaches/lotteries do not pan out.  Agree with your sentiment and best to your DC![/quote]

I agree with this. And I think a big part of it for my DS was fit. He did best at schools where he really fit the school's mission and identity as an institution. So a scattershot approach is likely to be less successful than one focused on fit, at least in my experience.[/quote]

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