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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - Her list is top-heavy.  The thing that you should think about is that she will be competing with kids within your school and within the area.  It will depend on where her classmates are applying as well.  While it is fine for her to apply to top schools, she should identify some other places where she could be happy.  Getting a stack of rejections really bothers some kids; others would like to take the chance on a lottery-style reach.  I know that travel is difficult right now, but if you can do your best to show her some safeties in person (and no, those aren't Cornell and Michigan), I think you will be glad that you did.

You haven't told us (or at least I may have forgotten after reading through all of the pages) whether she is at a private (and whether top-rated private) or public.  It will matter.  If she is one of the top kids coming out of her school, she will do better.

Our safeties for a similar score: Colorado College; NYU; SMU; Rhodes; Pepperdine (obviously, we are religious, so might not fit for you); [b]Haverford;[/b] Trinity U in San Antonio.  Our DS got into all of them, so obviously we had too many, but the merit offers were nice!  [/quote]

Haverford was a safety, PP?! Wow. Congrats to your DS for getting in, too! DC (senior) loves it, but even with a high ACT score and decent grades, would consider it a reach given its acceptance rate![/quote]

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