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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's flat out depressing. I feel like I failed my child and I am not sure what else could have been done but all those years of striving for excellence, working so hard, dong so many ECs, choosing the hardest classes possible to impress colleges - it was all for nothing.   With a virtual perfect academic record and a host of passionate ECs, he's rejected/wl everywhere he really wants to go.

He is in a safety schools that literally the class clowns get accepted to.   I'm so sick of talking to people about it, everyone in our community assumed he was going to a T5 school - he is practically famous for being so smart - like photographic memory genius smart and they ask me about it constantly.   They cant conceal their shock when I tell them the options. I cant deal with the reactions anymore.[/quote]

I hear you. We were in the same boat, and it was frustrating. Firstly, we want our kids to feel like their hard earned work has been seen, and that is tough when they are only admitted to safeties. When my DD was there, we talked a lot about the positives of those schools, and she got genuinely excited. We were lucky to get a top tier acceptance, but those safeties are still in the running. I hope yours will have more choices, but will be able to choose the best fit. I hope mine will too. But, the nosy nellies need to shut their yappers. They don't know how ridiculously brutal it has been this year. The numbers are shockingly different only 2 years ago. But, your kid won't need rank to prosper. Just keep looking for things to celebrate.[/quote]

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