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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was a once in a generation anomaly of a year in college admissions and yea, your DC was unlucky in that respect.  DC has good options or take a gap year and wait for the market to reset next year.....those are the only two options and either one is fine.[/quote]

Taking a gap year won't solve her college acceptance list, unless you are suggesting she re-apply with the credentials of the gap year? That doesn't really work.[/quote]

One of DCs friends did a gap year for this reason. Wanted to go to a HYS level school, had a rough admissions year (much worse than OP) and did a gap year to reapply. The next year she was admitted to...W&M. So agree the gap year strategy won’t result in better outcomes than OP already has. [/quote]

I think you guys are missing the fact that we have been in a global pandemic. Many kids who would’ve gone to school in the fall of 2020 decided to defer. In addition, many schools are test optional so a lot of kids apply to schools they wouldn’t have tried otherwise.There were many more applications than normal this year. This was a very tough year to apply.[/quote]

Every year people think there was some unusual circumstance that made the process difficult for their particular kid. My first went to college 10 years ago and it was true before then and has been true every year since then. Yes this year was unique, but I doubt the outcome will be different for OPs kid next year. There will still be way too many qualified applicants for the very top schools.[/quote]

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