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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine applied to 8

3 safeties: accepted with merit 
2 reaches: 1 deferred/1 waitlist 
3 targets/reaches: accepted w/o merit [/quote]

I’m impressed your kid so accurately predicted what was a reach/target/safety.[/quote]

It’s not that hard honestly. My DD did 10. In at 2 safeties, in at 2 targets, rejected 2 reaches (which we expected) waitlisted one target and deferred another target. Waiting on another reach and target - although at this point she doesn’t care about either of them anymore. Shes deciding between her two safeties because she ended up liking them the best!  And she got significant merit aid at both. She said “mom I watched you pay off your school loans (I’m a doctor, had significant loans) and I DON’T want to do that too!”

You have to pick a good list. And be ok with T50-T100 schools. Not every kid deserves to be at a T25. Once you accept that the process is pretty easy. [/quote]

I think because they are young and sometimes unsure of things, kids don’t always create such a good list.  It might be all over the place or not realistic or schools they don’t like that much. It is hard to create a good list in my opinion. [/quote]

Sure, but presumably parents guide their kids? It’s only hard if you are out to lunch.  My kid and I sat down and looked over many options and created a spreadsheet with stats and merit potential and his intended major. We then looked closely at the scattergrams for our school and he chose from that. He applied to 9 schools, got in 7, declined at one and deferred at one.

Hopefully parents are helping their kid create the list. You also have to be involved because of money. You don’t want your kid getting all jazzed up about a school that costs 90K/yr and not be able to actually afford that. In my kids case, he had 50k/yr to spend and when we went though all the schools he had to keep in mind merit money if the school was over 50K and if there wasn’t merit was he willing to take on loans. This is really their first adult lesson in finances responsibility. [/quote]

I guess. I am the PP with the 8 apps and my kid had a good list and good safeties.  But some of her friends have had a harder time. I don’t think I would place it all on the parents.  Kids have different personalities.  It’s good yours sat down and was reasonable but many teens are not that reasonable, especially with stressful things like college admissions. [/quote]

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