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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew started Googling colleges with rolling admissions and applying to 5 or 6 of those. He ended up getting accepted at all of them and picked the University of Iowa. He attended for 1 year and transferred to VA Tech.

He had excellent stats but according to his guidance counselor, he was just as above average as everyone else applying in his "bracket" and too above average for the safety schools to take him seriously.

[b]His experience made me terrified for my own DS's process[/b]. We made sure to select a wide variety of schools just in case. We also did in-person visits/tours to the safety schools he really liked so it showed real interest on DS part. I'm not sure if that helped or not, but he got in at all his safety schools.[/quote]
My DC in a magnet with high stats was rejected by 2 universities that are ranked high but lower than the 2 DC was deferred at.  Got into the competitive in state.

Yea , it's a nail biter, and no guarantees. I was starting to worry even for the in state public which is highly competitive for the program DC applied to.

Definitely apply to more safeties.  I have a younger DC, and we've learned our lesson.[/quote]

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