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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Her expectations are way off, sorry. Our child was in that high achiever group by any definition, and we were advised very clearly and correctly that Michigan and USC are not safeties for this group. In some cases, they aren't even matches. I don't know anything about smaller schools like Emory because my kid wanted a bigger school. Safeties (and strong schools by any measure), which by definition your child is almost certain to get in to, are more along the lines of[b] Wisconsin, UIUC, and UT Austin.[/b] In our kid's peer group, all had the qualifications on paper to get into places like Michigan, Cal, and UCLA, but only about half did. Same as for all of the other schools in the top 25.[/quote]

Do not take for granted that the bolded schools here are safeties even for high stats kids.  We just went through the admissions process with my DC from a DC private.  There were kids that did not get into Wisconsin with high stats, and UT Austin (which my kid miraculously got into) has about a 10% acceptance rate for out of state kids.  It's almost impossible for business and engineering.  UIUC may be easier but NOT for computer science or engineering.

OP - anyone who thinks Michigan, USC, or Emory are safeties is delusional.  Nobody from my DC's private got into USC, and Michigan practices yield protection and I've seen several very top stats kids not get into Michigan over the past three years because of that.  My DC got waitlisted at Michigan and is going to UCLA.  So it's really random.

Good luck to your DD.  [/quote]

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