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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is feeling a little bit overwhelmed by this whole college application process; so many good students are being referred or rejected even at schools that they considered safe. I was wondering if anyone can share some recent experiences of being accepted to an option that they considered a reach for them. Can you share which school and why you think your child got accepted there? THANKS! [/quote]

This is not true at our local public schools.

My neighbors all had a great showing for acceptance.

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In my son's broader circle of friends at his FCPS HS, there have been acceptances to VT, Clemson, W&M, UVA, Northwestern and MIT.  Some of those were obviously reaches for anyone and I don't know what "did it" for them, but none of them have accomplished anything truly remarkable as far as I can tell. [/quote]

Kids didn't have anything truly remarkable? I can believe it for all the schools listed except MIT. I don't think anyone gets into MIT without seriously being extraordinary. It's the one school that doesn't have a back door in. Even their athletes needs to have top academics.[/quote]

The kid accepted to MIT, in addition to being a tippy top student, is also a terrific athlete in a particular sport.  I'm sure that was a factor (i.e., that  MIT wanted them on the school team), but I don't think he was formally recruited. [/quote]

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