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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where you unaware of the significant increase in applications since COVID? Did you think TO would have no effect on the applicant pool? Did anyone (e.g., college counselor) discuss yield projection for perceived "safety" schools? Do you consider the math/odds in applying to a school that accepts less than 20% of applicants? Did you discuss any of these issues with your kids before they applied? Or is it something else?

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DC has options, so we don't totally fit in this category. Turns out DC got into a reach school, less than 30% acceptance rate with profile in the bottom 25%. Did not go test optional. But, I was VERY suprised he didn't get into a "safety" school that has a 70% admit rate and DC being in the top 75% of their range. It was the school DC planned to attend. Thankfully, he just got lucky on a reach he had out there.

We were surprised! We didn't have any warning from anyone that things were so different this year.  I'm still not sure I understand this year even after going through it.[/quote]

Happy to hear your kid has optioned and got into his reach school. Did the safety school get significantly more applications than last year?[/quote]

Honestly, I'm not sure. I would assume they did. After he was denied, we didn't look for reasons. The GC told us it was a "safety" and DS wanted to go there. He still feels a little sad about it. It really was his top choice. The reach was done at the last minute, because he felt like he was supposed to have a reach. In our house, we started calling admissions a lottery. You have to have the grades to play, but after that it felt like a lottery.[/quote]
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Same here.  Paying attention to the previous cycle and the general comments/results on other forums/message boards it became clear to spread the submissions to a wide range to cover all bases.  We were also not beyond applying to T100+ for safety.  So we were delighted when 50% of her admissions ended up in the T25 - T40 range.
Expecting the worst and not expecting anything to happen as we wished left us positively happy with the outcome.  
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