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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm very sorry.  That sounds really tough and the result of a lot of bad luck.  I agree with all the posters telling you that you have to get a counselor or head master to work the phone for you on schools that waitlisted your kid as part of yield protection.  Even public school counselors have some heft in that situation.

[b]As a cautionary tale for others, I think it means that you have to put in the effort for demonstrated interest to your safety schools.[/b]  Perhaps make sure to include your parents' alma mater and visit (for us, that was Ohio State).    And you definitely have to reconsider what you think is a "match" -- schools like Emory and Tulane can never be a match, even if they were in the past and even if you know kids with lower stats get in.  [/quote]

+1  I told DS to take the approach that interest always matters, even if they say it doesn't and especially for a safety.  On the plus side, engaging with the safety through tours, online info session, meeting with the rep when they come to your school can also get the kid excited about the safeties so if those end up being the only options they feel good about it. Also, they need to be clicking on the emails schools send you, spend time on the websites, explore the pages for the major you are interested in.  Every school, whether they admit it or not, gets those metrics.

In this ridiculous admissions year, DS got into VT with high stats when lots and lots of other high-stats kids got waitlisted.  I don't think anything was particularly stand out about him vs. his waitlisted friends except that he had a mom who nagged him regularly about demonstrated interest (which VT claims not to track, but again, it seems to be the only explanation for the yield-protection-like results at VT)

I'm sorry, OP, it really sucks. I hope the counselor can help work the waitlist or he can explore the safety more and find something to be excited about there.[/quote]

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