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[quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of SLACs that some people consider "no name" that provide excellent educations and are highly competitive, and might make sense for someone at the top of their class.  Swarthmore, Reed, Middlebury, Pomona, Oberlin, Carlton, and so on and so forth are all excellent schools for undergrad that lack the name recognition of Harvard but are known for preparing people exceptionally well for graduate school. Then there are other schools that are non-ivy schools like, say, Wash U where students who apply to ivies often apply that are also highly competitive but lack name recognition of Harvard.

A lot of parents overestimate their kids chances at places like Harvard and discount the value of other colleges (particularly the many, many excellent small private colleges), and sometimes what college consultants both reign in reality and suggest other schools that would be a good fit.  Even if you are at the top of your class, it is never a good idea to hedge your bets on only applying to schools with a ~10% or less acceptance rate.  Given the amount of bashing that goes on on this board for any college that isn't flagship state school or Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, or MIT, I can see why a college consultant might be helpful for many families.  Also just because a school might have been seen as mediocre 20 years ago does not mean that its reputation hasn't changed.[/quote]

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