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[quote=Anonymous]Poster above who mentioned 60% acceptance rate is on the right track. My kid applied to 5. He was guaranteed to get into 3 of the 5. All are good schools but out of 5, his 3rd choice was a shoo-in with about an 80% acceptance rate and no concern for him getting denied. Looking back, he could have skipped the 5th school because we asked him to put it on the list but he wouldn't have picked it over #3. We also knew we have too high of an HHI and he was not a valedictorian type, so we were not expecting huge merit scholarships. He did end up at his preferred school with no merit although he was waitlisted at a much more expensive Ivy. He declined the wait list so we didn't get a financial aid confirmation. But it looked minimal. So 4 would have been enough, and if we'd been realistic, he could have skipped the Ivy and applied to 3.[/quote]
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