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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your child ends up having to attend their "safety" school, doesn't that by definition mean that it was in fact the most appropriate fit from the beginning?  [/quote]

Not at all:

We read and hear about students with amazing stats who were rejected to schools that they have the stats for, and thus end up going to a safety. That’s part of the arbitrariness. It also means that some kids go to safeties with amazing stats. 
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Plus, many safety schools try to lure the top kids with merit money - the top schools do not give merit money. [/quote]

I went to a LAC that has a  high acceptance rate, but lured in a cohort of really strong kids with lots of merit, special research opportunities.  So strong academic kids had a cohort, professors had some great RAs and it pulled the standards up all around.  I actually got middling levels of merit aid because I had high SATs but so-so HS grades, but the presence of top students was inspiring to me and I benefitted from the culture of a high ceiling of expectations.  I have encouraged my kids to look for schools that do the same.  A little more flexible and freeing than a school where all the kids are in a very narrow band of achievement.[/quote]

There are really smart kids at most schools.  So unless your kid selects a school where the avg SAT is 1050, your kid will easily find a great group of equally smart cohorts.  Not to mention, nowhere in the real world do people work with everyone who had a 4.0UW and 1580+ in HS.  It just does not happen.  In the real world, you will be forced to coexist with others--some who are just as book smart as you and others who are very smart but didn't hit their stride until college, others who are very smart but don't give a shit about school but are amazing in the workforce.  The difference between a 1300 and 1580 is not that much (86% vs 99%+) If your 99% kid cannot function in groups with a 86% kid they may have some other issues in life.  Point is you learn alot in life from people who are different, so focus on getting a great education, o pen your eyes and you might be surprised how well you can do
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