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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I assume you mean the HS’ college counselor is the one who told her that the university is shifting admitted slots away from early to regular decision this year and she attributes the smaller numbers to that and that she expects more regular admissions to follow.

My first question would be to ask the CC: is this a best guess or based on something (a communication) directly from the college?

Then, I’d look at my kid’s ECs, awards, impact, leadership, etc. and then discuss them with my kid (esp in light of the school’s CDS). You seem to be exclusively relying on GPA and SAT testing.

Third, I would see if the Scattergrams data doesn’t give a full picture. For example, in FCPS Scattergrams gives the GPA and SAT only. If a kid went TO or used the ACT, you don’t have that data. That means a kid with a high GPA, a 1250 SAT may be green checked as admitted but we wouldn’t know he used a 36 ACT for his application. 
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OP here. In terms of her ECs, they fall very much in line with the university's priorities. She is a very strong fit.

With regard to the scattergrams, we use Scoir, which gives both SAT and ACT scores but also indicates whether a student applied test optional. FWIW, in the past four years, there were four deferrals. One of them turned into an acceptance. All four deferrals were way below DD's stats, even the one that was accepted.

The CC got the information on the shift from REA to RD from the Admissions Officer at the college. They had a long conversation about the situation with the deferrals, and in particular my daughter.[/quote]

Not sure why you are soliciting info from DCURBAN when you have this info purportedly from the CC who spoke directly to the college. Either you trust the CC or don’t…and by “trust” I mean believe in likelihoods not absolutes. Good luck[/quote]

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