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[quote=Anonymous]Here's the best advice I've heard: Build your college list from the ground up. This means starting by researching and visiting less-competitive schools that your kid is highly likely to get into, which in most cases will involve a state school. Then look at schools where the likelihood of admission for DC is between 25%-60%. And, finally, find schools that are reaches for your kid (which includes nearly any college with an admissions rate under 20%). The goal is to build a realistic list of schools that DC would be happy to actually attend. I think most people build their list the other way around. They start with the best possible schools that their kid might have a microscopic chance of attending and then work downward. This seems like a recipe for unnecessary disappointment.[/quote]
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