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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here and I can add more deferrals:

Ga Tech, Madison

and a rejection (which was anticipated): UT Austin

I really appreciate all the constructive comments. It is helpful. He is happy with Pitt and Ga Tech is number 1 choice if it turns into an acceptance. Boulder now off the table bc he does not want exploratory studies for that tuition.

Waiting on:
Rice
UVA
Duke
U Washington[/quote]

Rice & Duke are almost certainly a No because you screwed up your rec letters.  Your counselor or someone should have told you that you need Recs from a STEM and a humanities teacher...not two STEM teachers.  Even MIT requires this (in fairness, they are at least explicit).

U Washington only takes 3% OOS, so that one is tough.

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In re rec letters, yes. My kids had this drilled into their heads. Was a struggle for DD as she had been on a semester away program junior fall and, while an A student, was not confident about the recs she would get from the spring semester STEM teachers (one was due to a stupid Zoom screw up on the last day of class). All worked out but whenever we made suggestions about going this way or that way, she would nearly scream at us, "IT HAS TO BE ONE STEM, ONE HUMANITIES."[/quote]

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