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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s weird to just be “what’s the school my kid can get into with these stats” as if the Top 20 are all the same.

Focus on fit.[/quote]

I disagree. T20 schools are actually not that different. Most kids want them bc of the peer group (engaged, ambitious, smart).  While Brown and Notre Dame (probably the farthest apart in the T20) are by no means interchangeable, their student bodies probably have more in common than not, and many (though not all) of the students at one would be happier at the other than any state flagship.

Unless OP's kid has a specific hook (which OP would have likely disclosed), being strategic about where the kid might get in makes a ton of sense.  And it makes sense to manage expectations:  an upper middle class kid with a 1490 from the DC area who has no outstanding ECs and doesn't check any boxes for institutional priorities is a long shot at every T20. Some kids with these stats are accepted, but not many. [/quote]

the major matters here. A kid wanting to study Middle East Studies or something should be fine, assuming all other elements of app are strong. CS and a 1490 not so much.[/quote]

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