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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks for the great comments and insight. Our child's school has a new college counselor heading the office and she doesn't seem to have a lot of connections. Georgetown only took 1 kid in this year's graduating class EA, and parents were shocked. I wasn't sure if it was because of the rank/GPA situation. A PP is right - none of the DC Independents that I know of rank or calculate GPAs[/quote]

Our kids (2 grads and 1 current student) were/are at a Big 3 with a new counselor; maybe the same one as yours, maybe not.  You know what, there are always junior class parents who get freaked out or irrationally exuberant when they hear the news about the seniors.  The problem is, though, that much of this info is incomplete and unreliable.

OP, keep calm and carry on.  Help your kid identify what s/he is looking for and come up with a list of 9 schools balanced among reaches, likelies and safeties, including one super-safety.  Make sure your DC gets some work done on the apps before fall.  Help him/her suss out whether to apply EA/ED.   (Yes, of course, it's advantageous, but only if your kid really has his/her heart set on a favorite.  This is true even of EA b/c kids will often just go with the EA option out of inertia and relief over having the process over with.)

Most important, try to keep things on an even keel so that you're not adding to DC's stress.  Really, your child sounds like s/he is bright, self-motivated and blessed with many advantages.  If s/he gets into only the second choice school or third choice, or heck, even 5th choice -- all will be well.   Many of your friends, neighbors and colleagues were not accepted at their first-choice school and have gone on to live happy, purposeful and succesful lives.  It is your responsibility as the adult in this process who knows your child best and loves him/her the most (together with his/her dad) to bear this in mind.            [/quote]

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