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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m going to cheat and share something learned in a prior. cycle because some will end up in the same position.

My DC was waitlisted at top choice, mentally moved on as you’re supposed to do after disappointment, and then did end up getting off. You hear love the school that loves you back, but I don’t quite believe in that sentiment. Our college counselor said it better than I could…

The decision you receive, whether a yes or a no or a not yet, is not a measure of your worth or your value.[b] It's a decision made through a complicated matrix of data, subjectivity, and happenstance, by people who don't know you and institutions that have their own, rather than your, best interests at heart.[/b]

Point being, it wasn’t personal on their end, so if your kid still loves that school best, it is absolutely okay to choose it without a second thought. It was a weird adjusting their head back to the original school after committing, but they are very glad they did. 
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great advice. and one other that our college counselor told us:

In this whole process, its important to remember that colleges want what they DON'T have. While being yourself is important, making yourself distinct and standing out is also vitally important. That will count a lot in WLs too but also early.[/quote]

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