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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, post your kid's stats (w&uw GPA, public/private/parochial, SAT/ACT, intended major). Let us know what type of school they want (location, size, public/private), and we will make a list for you free of charge. Honestly just search through threads on in the discussion forum. You will get a good idea of where kids are getting in.[/quote]

Not OP, but this would be very helpful for us! We are totally lost when it comes to targets and safeties.
Looking for academic rigor above all and if possible good music program. Slight preference to East Coast and preferably private/mid-size to smaller but not picky about location, size.
4.0 uw, private, 1580/36, major still not narrowed down (considering biochemistry, physics, or CS)[/quote]

Just noting that many schools require applicants to declare CS and that program is harder to get into.  Your kid’s stats are great.

I would think Santa Clara would be verging on a safety except for the yield protection.  The student should apply EA and take the essays seriously.  My DD with lessor scores (1490) was accepted (which I expected) but she was not STEM.  They did not give much merit aid at all, which took it out of the running from my perspective.

Here is how I would suggest using ED.  For a school that is a top choice where your student is in the top 25% of stats and the acceptance is below 20%.  Do not think that your student has a good shot RD, you kid has a good shot ED.  Don’t ED a lottery school without a hook.  It happens, but it is truly a lottery.[/quote]

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