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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid just got into their SCEA school and had a long list of other “reachy” schools to apply to had they not.  My advice is to rely on your school counselors.  They were very upfront that my kid had the stats/activities to apply anywhere.  Some classmates that were also great students but not at the very top got different guidance.  [/quote]

OP here,

I'm not questioning the school counselors, we just haven't met with them yet, and I'm looking down the road, but we'll definitely take the counselor's advice if it conflicts with DCUM.

My kid is one of those kids where it's worth applying to the very reachy school, but wondering what kinds of schools to look at for target and safety, and how many we need to find.  [/quote]

The way to do this is to determine the attributes that your kid likes in the reach-y school. Dartmouth is rural, Cornell is in a small town, Columbia and Harvard are in big cities. Likely there is no reason to apply to these four schools other than to brag. If your kid prefers a Harvard or Columbia then look for other schools in cities. If your kid prefers Dartmouth, then look at other smaller schools in smaller towns. Geography is important - if they want to be in the south, then Vanderbilt, Emory and similar would be on the same list. Once you cut down for semester versus quarter, size, setting (rural, suburban, urban) curriculum (open or rigid) etc, you can cull a list pretty easily.[/quote]

I'm trying to figure out the categories.  So, for example, my kid likes schools that have engineering and are in or near big cities, that are midsized to large, and that are in regions that have four seasons and are lgbt friendly.

She likes Northwestern -- clearly a reach.

She likes also really likes UMD and Pitt.  But I don't know what category those are in.

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Pitt is  a likely if she gets app in early, MD for engineering probably a target.[/quote]

Likely is above safety right?  So, what would be a safety for this kid.  VCU?  [/quote]

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