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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS with 3.82 (high rigor); 33 ACT and non-Stem /business /Econ major (true humanities major) with strong pointy related ECs.
Private selective non-DMV high school.

He’s finished with his RD apps. 
Deferred from both NU (ED) and Tulane (EA).

He’s got a bunch of decisions from large flagships coming in next month. Concerned he falls into that middle space and may get dinged everywhere else.

Thoughts on chances for these reaches:

Colgate
Bucknell
Middlebury
Wesleyan
Williams
Wake
Emory
Vanderbilt
Wash U
Rice 
Brown

Thoughts on chancing him?

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Only real shot is Bucknell.[/quote]

Don't mean this unkindly, but reality check

Brown, Rice, WashU, Vandy, Emory, Williams, Wesleyan, and Middlebury are not likely to happen.

33 is not high enough.

3.82 doesn't say much on its own. Private school and all that. Different measurements. But you are competing with public school kids that have taken a dozen APs and are rolling with 4.7s and 36s. The ECs would really need to be extra special. Plus the essays. And the recs.

Bucknell, Colgate, and even Wake Forest are possible. Strategically, it would have been much better to apply ED.

Do not get down about large flagships. They often have great programs and are great feeders into lots of companies and organizations.

Best of luck. It'll work out fine in the end.[/quote]

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