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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my DC's friends was discouraged by the school counselor from applying to the usual high number of 12-15 schools.  I've also seen that 'advice' in this forum.  DC and parents disregarded the advice and went full throttle.  Out of the 15 was admitted to four and will attend the 'reach' school which is Tufts.  No Ivy schools were on the list.

I wonder if the family had heeded the advice of the counselor and others offering what they thought was well-meaning advice would this kid be in the same boat as OP.[/quote]

Yeah, we kinda wondered about that.  I mean if admissions, within a non-reach category (i.e. at a school where the applicant would have middle-of-the-pack credentials) looks like a roll of the dice anyway, doesn't it make strategic sense to roll the dice as many times as you can?  (which, presumably is why HS wants to limit the number of apps -- tons of extra work if everyone takes this approach.)  Assuming that the applicant fits the general profile, it's impossible to know which demographic attributes are pluses or minuses in any given year, especially because they come bundled -- e.g. This year, college x's legacies are disproportionately white girls from private schools who want to be liberal arts majors, while the strongest candidates in college y's DC pool this year are disproportionately male and STEM-oriented.[/quote]

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