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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A close friend’s high score DC made the mistake of applying to all super reaches with one safety and ended up at the safety (RIT), which is still an excellent school. DC goes to the same school one grade lower, she heard his mistake was he didn’t check who else in his class applied to the same top schools. He was the #2 or 3 applying to reaches that typically only take 1 or 2 kids max from our HS, or the other kids applying has his similar stats but better sports or are legacy. My friend told me a classmate with a super profile (rich, top scorer, top athlete, great ECs, black, this was pre-supreme court case, double Ivy legacy) applied to all the reaches her son applied to and got accepted into almost all, essentially taking up one spot for each school in his entire list. [/quote]

Well the Big mistake was mostly that the kid applied to ALL REACHES and then RIT (Safety).  If you want to get more than 1 acceptance, you need several safeties and several Targets.  And some of the targets should be 35%+ acceptance rates and your kid's stats at/above 75% (Not 22% acceptance rates and your kid at 25-40%).

But yes, you do need to know the numbers game for Reaches from your HS.  But in reality, it's not uncommon to get rejected by all Reaches.  So it's on the kid for not having targets and more safeties. 
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