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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any new wisdom you gathered in the last few weeks?[/quote]

It appears to be an extremely difficult year for girls. Unless you have a ton of unusual or uncommon awards in an uncommon major.

Without something extremely uncommon / unusual or an early decision application from a feeder private school, being test optional is a kiss of death (even at Vandy).

Beware and be strategic with early decision for girls.[/quote]

This is such hogwash. My DD is having great success. People make college admissions seem much harder than it really is. It’s likely because the PP above may be strictly referring to Ivy adjacent colleges - where most everyone is rejected. Boy and girls alike.

The best advice, year in and out, is have a balanced list.

Don’t apply to Vanderbilt, Penn, Duke, Northwestern and your state school, and then cry about how you only got into your state school.

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Ofc. What did you think this was about?

Everyone here is talking about T20 and Ivy+.

There is no strategy or coordination needed for strong applicants outside of that.

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This IS about colleges in general - “lessons learned.” Read the OP.

If you want a top 10 thread start your own. [/quote]

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