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[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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Don’t panic. This sounds very similar to my DC and everything worked out fine. Apply early, and that gives you plenty of time to regroup in RD, if things don’t go your way. My DC applied early to 2 reaches, three “targets,” and 3 safeties (although one of those turned out to not be so safe this year). Rejected from the reaches (no surprise), accepted to the targets and safeties. Offered significant merit aid everywhere he was accepted. He’ll be attending a school in the top 50-ish range, with merit aid, and is very happy.

If you don’t get your heart set on a top 20, kids with your DC’s type of stats are very appealing to slightly lower ranked colleges, and can do very well. I think it’s the “perfect” kids (4.8/36) who struggle to accept where they end up and/or face yield protection. Do demonstrate interest in the lower ranked schools (EA helps in that regard). [/quote]

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