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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a bit shaken. I promise you I am not a troll. We were certainly not advised to apply to an Ivy by the school.
My kid is hoping for a T20 but we felt it would be a huge reach based on the published stats and that we should look at more realistic schools  instead and apply EA.
I truly feel clueless now.

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OP, stick with your instincts. This idea that your kid is just going to waltz into any ivy because he is black is a fantasy. The black kids I know from this area who got into ivys last year have multiple hooks (URM/sport, urm/alumni status, urm/first gen). You haven't said where your kid has visited. Is there a school he loves? URM status is going to give him a leg up in admissions. If there is a T20 he loves then I would absolutely encourage him to apply to it ED, but, he needs to make sure that the application presents a strong and compelling story for what he wants to study and why he wants to do it at that school. He may have a compelling application and still not get in. Manage expectations. Make sure he is applying EA to any schools he can. My own crystal ball says that with strong essays / supplements he could get into a T30 school. T40 - T50 is a safety for him.

Your kid is a good student and you've given him a great foundation. He is going to do great wherever he ends up.  [/quote]

I do not want to say much because I have already outed my kid so much here. He is applying ED to a school he likes on the West coast. We looked at LACs and he felt they were too small. We looked at WM and he felt it was not diverse at all. He did like the Claremont colleges though. Would he have a chance there with his stats?

Looking for EAs now. Hoping that he gets in so we do not have to do this again in January!. At the same time I am now wondering if we are aiming too low or should be just be happy with the school he gets in. I see a few of his friends applying to Ivies, with legacy status.[/quote]

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