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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a HS junior who is now terrified.  Student has a 34 ACT and 4.3 WGPA, will have 10 APs total, so far all 5s on those taken in 9th and 10th.

Sounds like all the schools he thought were targets are actually reaches, what he thought were safetys are now targets, and I cannot imagine what actual safetys will be because he will be rejected for yield protection.

It is not entitlement, but there should be some expectation that if you do this, then you will get I
into that (isn't that the rubric they've been taught in MCPS from day one?!?)

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I think this realization - targets are reaches, safeties are targets, reaches are probably out of reach - is one that many many families have had to learn, and not just this year (even though this year is worse.) My MCPS senior has a 4.5wgpa and a year ago we dragged him and his similarly situated cousin around Georgetown thinking it could be a realistic option. We figured out quickly it was not, nor were many of the other schools that were safeties for me a very long time ago but are now incredibly competitive. My kid came out fine - picked a top SLAC and happened to win the ED1 lottery - but it's a brutal process and requires all involved to be realistic or even pessimistic and strategic about how your kid approaches the application process.[/quote]

The other side of the coin is to recognize that my kid is one of many.  Realize the grade inflation and test score inflation that comes with a superscore (yes a straight 35 is less than 1% of Act test takers but schools don’t distinguish between that and super score that could be 6 tries).  There is also EC inflation bc kids can start clubs and there are so many more niche sports, activities etc.  We all like to think we have the highest stats kids but we don’t.  My kid included.  We need to get real about this process.[/quote]

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