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[quote=Anonymous][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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+ 1 more, although the difference is even smaller between 1300 and 1500. It's 91st percentile vs. 99th. You were probably looking at the numbers for those who take the SAT, but you need to use the numbers for the entire population if you're going to compare to the real world.[/quote]

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