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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What did their list of schools look like?

What did you and their college counselor consider Reach/Target/Safety for them, and how many of each did they apply to?

If your kid got into somewhere ED, or REA/SCEA did you have a list of where you'd apply if they didn't get in?  If so, what did that list look like?

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Assuming your kid gets As in all her junior year classes and she doesn’t have a pointy activity like MOP.  Then she’s competing with a massive number of high stats kids (UW GPA close to 4.0, SAT 1500+, at least 8-10 AP classes with mostly 5s, decent/good ECs).  With that profile, getting into the top 25-30 requires good essays plus a bit of good luck.  But anything below the top 25-30 should be a fair bit easier.  So it probably makes sense to cast a wide net for the top 25-30 plus at least 5 schools below that range.
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OP here,

I agree with your assessment.  She will probably apply to a few reach schools but knows those are a lottery.  So, we'd love to look for targets and safeties.  We did the "look local first" thing, and he liked UMD and GWU.  But I have no idea what category they'd go in.  [/quote]

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