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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After reading through the northwestern thread where multiple people said no one gets in…I’m just not sure where to encourage my kid to look.  What would you all suggest for a white female, good public school, 3.95 UW with high rigor, 1550 SAT, several extracurriculars including leadership roles, volunteerism and awards — but nothing knock your socks off like those famous awards or started a non-profit or wrote a published book or whatever.

I’m assuming Harvard, Yale, Princeton and places like Amherst are unrealistic.  What would be realistic?  Kid does not want to go to the Sputh and isn’t super interested in California so we are primarily looking Northeast, mid Atlantic, or upper Midwest.

Thanks for any ideas.[/quote]

The analogy that others used in this forum in years past is this...she has a good enough record to gain entry into the stadium, but from there, it is a lottery as to who gets on to the field. Others have provided advice about ED and tiers, and they are good points of reference. The other thing to keep in mind about ED...the reason there is a bump is because it is the opportunity for the colleges to take who *they* want as a priority, so that is the athletes, legacies, first gen with a story etc. For the average UMC white good student, ALL of these schools are a crap shoot.

So they way to look at it is, do you want a big or small school? Do you want an urban, suburban or rural school? Do you want a big city or small city? Do you want to be in the South? The North East? etc  Once you answer those questions, the list narrows based on those factors, and you can tier them in terms of priority.[/quote]

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