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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. And anyone saying otherwise is a lunatic alum or some Tailgate State parent with a kid who's a current student, who acts like their kid is at Yale. Hoi polloi are so freaking cringe when it comes to state school admissions.

The only reason top stats kids get rejected or waitlisted from UVA or Michigan is because they have literally zero ties to the college and admissions can easily tease out you just shotgun blasted apps out for bragging rights, i.e. they assume you have no intention of going there.[/quote]

And how does a school with UVA’s applicant numbers do that?  And how can you guarantee a school with that low an acceptance rate won’t tease out your kid?

Because OP didn’t ask about likely to be admitted. They asked about safety.  As in, you know they will be admitted.  Your are willing to put all your eggs in that basket.

UVA and Michigan, if you aren’t Z List/Development of Div 1 Recruit, you don’t know.  Your high stats kid is a likely admit and they lower themselves to apply to VT (not engineering) or GMU or VCU or CNU or JMU as a safety. [/quote]

Go to a summer camp, campus tours, sibling, parent or grandparent alums = high likelihood of genuine interest in attending. Literally never stepped foot on campus = low likelihood. It's not rocket science.[/quote]

So you think a high stats kid who does SEP and a campus tour is a guaranteed admit at UVA?  Because that’s what a safety should be. A guaranteed admit. Because I know a lot of SEP alums who trudged through a campus tours for which UVA is way down on the college list.  Or even second to last choice— after their genuine safety.  Apparently your method of rocket science is what lead to the challenger exploding. You think many gifted kids in NOVA don’t do a SEP string?  You think every kid at a competitive HS doesn’t know to at least sign up for and have a friend sign in to the campus tour, whether they actually walk the campus or not?

Do you have kids at a decent DMV HS?  I suspect not. [/quote]

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