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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who knows? My kid had rejections at schools that were really difficult to comprehend, and accepted at schools that were unexpected. Then there were the schools that WL, and then accepted with huge merit awards -- clearly they were playing games with the whole ranking thing. It is a terribly frustrating process.[/quote]

So, this is going to be tough.  How do kids get into T20 schools?  My DC's dream school is a T30 school and her stats will line up easily.  They denied a 1530/4.3, but accepted 1290/3.8 applicant.  I swear it wasn't like that back in my day.  Is a school a "reach" just based upon % accepted?  How many reach schools should be on the list?  [/quote]

That's because Naviance does not show Athletic recruits, legacy, development cases, etc.  For T-20, your child should always consider it a reach, no matter what their stats are.  Those schools want some thing very special.  Consider what your child can emphasize in addition to good stats.  Good stats are table stakes.  Figure out what makes them different than every other high stats kid and let that show in the app.  And pick some true safeties that your child loves, too.  Don't sell your child on the soul mate school myth.  There are many places they could be happy.[/quote]

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