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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My high achieving girl made sure she had a very balanced list, and showed interest in several ways.  It really helped, she believes.  [/quote]
What does showed interest in several ways mean specifically? [/quote]

Not all schools measure DI. But many do. Some things she did that I feel helped a lot:
First though, she constructed a brutally balanced list, of reaches, targets, safeties where she would be happy to spend 4 years.    
Acceptance rates and her stats helped to set expectations. All of the usual things like size, location, academics, went into it.  Could she see herself being happy there. 
Is her high school traditionally “liked” by a college. That’s important to consider even if it’s just a rough conclusion based on recent admits. 
She’s high stats in terms of GPA, rigor, test scores, but so are thousands.  Not the tippiest top but enough to win her a lottery ticket to reaches for all. 
Her activities and service were solid and consistent, and had a compelling element that spoke to who she is.
She built a reputation as being a good person who could contribute to a campus community.  Which she really has gone on to do. 
I’m assuming her LORs reflected that. Her essay did.
But even with all of that, which is great but not hugely unique, after seeing siblings go through the process, she did a lot of campus and virtual visits (alerted admissions she was there to see the campus at times when she couldn’t get a tour slot), participated in virtual “meet a student” opportunities, did a Fall visit day to one.  She interviewed at a few colleges (one virtually) - one was a safety, one a reach. She liked the safety so much, and the interviewer, that she felt if she had been accepted she had a good shot at significant merit. 
She went with a target school that she’s always loved.  Her first choice so she applied ED and was accepted. She was ready to hit send to other schools EA and RD. Oh and she paid attention to things like if she applied to a school by a certain date she would be eligible for a scholarship, or used codes that waived application fees to a few places. 
Best decision for her, and she’s very happy. 
Good luck all![/quote]

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