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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We know one 1600 SAT kid who actually have good ECs, great grades, etc...but bragged to his classmates that he completed like 7 applications to top 10 schools all in one night just before the deadline.

Guess what...rejected at all.  If you speak to the parents, their revisionist history is their kid was aggrieved and "less than" kids at the school were accepted.

The kids know he probably submitted POS applications.[/quote]

Exactly!  And there is no way a kid would actually want to attend 7 T10 schools, as they are all so different.

If you don't put in the effort, you don't have a real chance.  And even if you do, go in knowing they are all highly rejective schools, even more so for certain majors (yes, even if not direct admit, if all your kid's EC revolve around Robotics/STEM/etc, they likely are not ending up as an English and art history major and the schools know that).  So pick your reaches and spend time with targeted applications, but more importantly, pick excellent Targets and safeties.  And pick some targets that are "more likely"---so no 21% acceptance rates and your kid at 40%==Pick a few with 30-40%+ acceptance rates where your kid is 75%+ and then show interest.  Know if the schools do interviews, if they do, attempt to sign up for one and that's another 10-15 mins to highlight why you belong there.  My high stats kid got into all their Targets and Safeties, and WL at two reaches, first year abroad at NEU and ultimately rejected at a T10 (ED1 Deferred then rejected).  So exactly what you would expect to happen.  
But since they picked great targets and safeties, they had many schools to choose from, and their top safety was such a great school, they kept it in the final 3 choices April of senior year. [/quote]

+1. Feeling “screwed” may be a knee jerk reaction but it really does come down to picking good targets and safeties (and liking them well enough to seriously consider attending!). My kid had similar results…I sometimes wonder if they should have aimed higher, shotgunned, done ED… but applying to a mix of schools and limiting the number of applications made it a saner, and ultimately happier, process. [/quote]

My kid did ED1 to a T10, got deferred then rejected. It was my alma mater, it's a great school.  I actually think my kid is much better off where they landed.  My kid is really smart, but not a striver.  Being in a T40 school where my kid is in the 75%+ and in a collaborative environment has allowed my introverted kid come out of their shell and shine.  Still surrounded by lots of smart kids, but doesn't have to struggle in a high pressure environment, as engineering is enough pressure even in a collaborative environment
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