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Part of the confusion is that COVID has changed thing in just a couple of years. The mitigation of standardized test scores, lessoning of AP's and grade inflation because of distance learning (not for Big3 but for other schools) has made the seas of "qualified" applicants that much larger. In the 1980's, schools today that are like 12-18% admissions rates, were in the 45-55% admission rate. So as there are more applicants with fewer distinctions, it is much harder for a college guidance counselor to really say much beyond what is a reach+ what is a reach, what is a target and what is a safety. And even then, with the sands shifting, they don't really know.

In terms of "standing" - they are focused on your kid. They are not going to tell you that your kid is 10th or 80th in the class. The package your kid presents to a college will vary from every other kid, so that is what you need to be focused on. Other kids may have an instrument or a sport that is desired by that college. Your kid may have an outside job that shows something that other kids don't have. One of your parent peers may be a 7 figure donor to a school and you don't know about it. Really, just focus on your kid, help them put their best foot forward and the rest is noise.[/quote]

True. Unfortunately, even with this said, every parent still would find it useful to have some rough sense of where their DC stands. I realize that even a approximate sense may not always be possible to get..
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