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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big 3 senior parent. Hearing many RD bloodbath stories. Like zeroed out on targets and certainly reaches. I’m counting WL as a zero.

Have heard 5 or 6 of these just since last night.

RD was a waste this year. ED I and ED II are the only way now for a high/high middle stats kid who is unhooked or only hook is legacy. Legacy alone days are done. Legacy kids need a double hook and ED.

RD is not just a lottery but powerball lottery odds

I’m sure many here will troll this post.

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What kind of schools are you talking about? Where will these kids end up attending?

All these dramatic posts are useless without actual college examples.  We don't know if you're talking about top 20% kids getting shut out of Ivies or getting shut out of every top 50 school they applied to. Or worse-getting shut out period.  These posts could literally mean any of the above.  I'm a Big3 parent of a 10tb grader and I'd love to know what is actually meant (with examples) [/quote]

OK, I'll bite.  Here are some of the schools that said "Nope!" to my niece who attends either Sidwell or NCS:  UCSB.  UCSD.  Wash U. Barnard. BU. Davidson. UVA.

This is a young woman in the top 20% or so, highest math/science track, 1500 SAT and killer ECs.  White.  Not VIP.

They have 2 options in the USNWR ~200 range, and one of those scammy options where you get the name of the school on your diploma but never attend class at the main campus, because you're in Amsterdam or something for $100k a year[/quote]

I am sorry that your niece is unhappy.  That stinks.  Is she really top 15 kids (20%)?  Because you are correct, those results would be out of sync with other local privates.  Kids with those stats at my kid’s HS are generally into top 20, or at least top 40 with options like UVA and UNC.   [/quote]

THe PP made these facts up---absolutely no way a kid from Sidwell (or the like) in top 20% with those stats would not get into most schools ranked 50-200.  Step outside the top50 and they would be getting into most places.  I call BS[/quote]

In order to be admitted to most of the schools ranked 50-200, my niece would have needed to first apply to those schools, would she not?   She in fact did not.  I believe she applied to just a couple.  Like I said, a state flagship and a school in the realm of Boston College.  Didn't get in.  She didn't apply to dozens of schools in the 100 range because, I pretty sure, she really thought she'd get a Yes from one of the dozen schools she applied to T1-T30.

That's the whole point of this thread and my post.   [/quote]

And your niece's attitude/mentality is precisely why things end up "a nightmare".  All schools 1-30 have low acceptance rates, most are single digits or close to it.  That means it is a big reach for everyone.  Applying to all 30 does not statistically increase your chances of admission, unless you have a true hook as in "did real research, won a regeneron completion/award, something that really shows you are unique".    Hence why every kid needs 2-4 true Targets (with acceptance rates over 25% and kid at/+ 50-75%) and 2-4 true safeties (acceptance rates over 50%, with a few over 70-75% and your states at/+ 80-90%)

But it didn't have to be that way.  It's the arrogant attitude that schools with acceptance rates under 15% are "not a reach for me, I will get in"  So since she didn't include those targets and safeties, she gets to select from schools that are still admitting.  While there are typically some decent schools on that list, I can understand the frustration with picking your college that way---much better to formulate a better list of realistic reach/target/safety schools that is balanced so you actually want to attend your target and safety schools.

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