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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I fully appreciate that admissions at selective colleges are incredibly competitive and often unpredictable, I think I bought too much into the pessimism here and on CC. DC was admitted to several highly selective schools and maybe should have been more aggressive in applying to reach schools. DC is at a great school that's a great fit, so I can't complain too much. But it certainly raised the anxiety.[/quote]

💯 - the perceived anxiety around admissions in NOVA is way higher than the reality of admissions. Try not to buy into it and make informed decisions based on data that is easy to find on each school rather than listening to the fear mongers.
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I think this view is contingent upon the type of schools each of us refers to when we think of the selectivity. The PP said:
“While I fully appreciate that admissions at selective colleges are incredibly competitive and often unpredictable, I think I bought too much into the pessimism here and on CC. DC was admitted to [b]several highly selective schools[/b] and [b]maybe should have been more aggressive in applying to reach schools[/b].”

The concerns are real for the high reach selective schools, but not as much for ones like Northeastern, Tulane, etc. a certain level of schools are very hard to break into from this area…plenty of rejections.

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