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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the problem for high stat kids…

There are only reaches and safeties no matches.

You apply to a safety because you are concerned you won’t get into your reaches and you might not get into your first choice safety due to yield protection.

You may apply to reaches and get rejected from all.

Kind of stinks to work so hard and have this happen.[/quote]

Get a grip. High stat kids have thousands of colleges to choose from. Please stop and seek help if necessary. [/quote]

New poster: genuinely high stats kids who have worked hard (versus all As for all) are usually not interested in those “thousands of colleges.” [/quote]

There are at least 150-200 Top schools for kids like that.  Not just 25 schools.  But if you and your kid's attitude is "I don't want to attend a school ranked 75 or 120" then no doubt that might just show thru in your "why VA Tech essay" when it's your "safety school" 
Plenty of very smart kids at most schools in the Top 150[/quote]

VT is ranked #47 on USNWR.[/quote]

So expand the numbers.  It's highly rated, and known to be difficult to gain admission in-state for engineering/CS.  Your bright student can find plenty of great schools in the 50-150 range if they look.  They don't have to end up at VCU  or George mason (after UVA and Tech, the next best engineering in the state).  They can use them as good safeties, or find plenty of other "better schools" that they can get accepted at.

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