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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are always seem to be [b]a few students who only applied to top-20 schools and are shocked [/b]when they don’t get in, but it’s unfair to characterize everyone who was surprised this year that way. There truly were some surprises this year. Pitt and Auburn come to mind as examples of schools that got significantly more competitive this year. Kids that would have been accepted two years ago, or even last year, didn’t get in this year. TBH, there are very few schools that are nationally known that are true safeties any more. Doesn’t mean that there isn’t a place for everyone, but the “lottery” feel of applications goes further down the USNWR list than it used to.  [/quote]

The shock is spread around up and down the ranks, not just those who applied to top-20, or even just a few of the schools like Pitt and Auburn. I see kids getting rejected from UMD, W&M, VTech, and JMU who have stats that should have made those schools fairly safe in years past.[/quote]

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