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It’s those last minute apps. Rarely does someone get in RD without some interaction unless very top of class.
This should be a warning to juniors.
My kid got into several high reaches (T20), without the very highest or best stats. A ton of engagement with the schools admitted to….
Regrets about not engaging with a few other reaches.
It mattered.[/quote]

How exactly did yours engage with colleges?  What does that even mean?
(If you spend so much time engaging with different colleges, how do you maintain GPA/EC/job/etc....not to mention sleep/meals/chores/family/health.... then they wonder why we have a mental health epidemic)

How do they know if you browsed their site on a different computer?  The whole idea of tracking kid's browsing is just creepy.[/quote]

I’m not sure, but imagine it’s attending campus tours/events, AO interviews on campus when available (WashU, Wake, Rice), online webinars, and then any in-person fall events (including sitting in on fall classes, which many T25 schools now allow and some encourage).

Our school’s College counselor has also said that submitting last-minute applications without planning it out in advance tends not to work out well (other than for certain Ivies which don’t care about this stuff) because certain peers will be much more actively engaged with that same college all year long.

I think it’s all an argument for starting to make your college list much earlier in the process.[/quote]

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