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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a high stats NMSF. So far, he’s gotten into all his safeties

Alabama
Arizona
Arizona State
Iowa 
Michigan State 
Oklahoma
Penn State
U of Central Florida 
U of Minnesota 
U Texas at Dallas
VCU[/quote]

Why so many? 
My kid has 3 safeties. 5 targets. and 12 reaches.[/quote]

Not to send the thread in an off-topic direction but I like this ratio. I get so confused when I hear people say you should have more than three safeties. Logically, these are the schools you are most likely to get into so why would you waste limited CommonApp slots on sure things?[/quote]

To compare merit aid. Mine is in at two likelies so far, and there is a 10K difference between them in merit aid. 12 reaches is a ridiculous waste of money.[/quote]

we know a high states male (white, CS major) who should have applied to more reaches. Full pay/loaded family. No aid. Ended up at safety but had the craziest stats and ECs. Should have maxed out that common app. Think kid applied to 10 schools (3/4/3).[/quote]

What is wrong with that?  It's what most normal people do.  The 4 targets means you should get into 2 of them, and you should get into 2 or 3 of the safeties.  Applying to more Reaches does not really increase your chances of admission.

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This is a top of the class kid with no financial limitations. 
Reaches were Stanford; Yale; MIT.
Just a poorly executed app strategy.[/quote]

Why would you say that?  Very likely their targets were well liked and top choices for the kid.

IMO, I don't get the "let's apply to 15 of the T25 schools and hope one sticks" attitude.  Because there is no way that any 15 of the T25 can actually be schools someone is completely excited about (other than they are highly ranked).  Sound like that kid picked their top 3 choices and then focused on the essays for the Targets (and possibly safeties for a kid like that).  It's not a "failure" in life to not get into any reaches, even for a top stats kid.  When admission rates are sub 10%, odds are you are not getting in.

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