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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You also might want to prep her that even though she's[b] stacked an impressive HS resume, it might not be enough to get into "selective" schools. [/b]

You should do like everyone else, find a balanced list of schools and cross any off that are known to be cut-throat like Ivy, UChicago, etc.[/quote]
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My kid has super high stats and initially wanted to go to CMU. Went to state flagship instead. It's a much better fit. CMU is way too intense for my DC who, even with high stats, is somewhat chill.  DC is happy at the state flagship, and while it is less impressive than CMU, DC's mental health and happiness is, in the words of Mastercard, "pricesless".[/quote]

^. This!  My class of 2020 happy go lucky NMF, 4.8, AP kid visited and toured CMU and thought it was way too stressful and decided not to apply there or any Ivy.  They ended up deciding between Pitt and UMD (honors for both).  Fast forward to today, they graduated from UMD in 3 years and are doing its plus one program for their masters this year.  They good great grades, play a club sport, got a good internship and an outstanding job offer when they graduate.  [/quote]

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