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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We scared by people saying how horrible the process had been, so we kept the reaches to a minimum.  Maybe that was a mistake.  We could have eliminated at least 2 safeties. There were too many.  [/quote]

I personally don’t regret a lot of safeties. It feels good to get an acceptance in the midst of rejections and deferrals and provides peace of mind for what in the long run isn’t a lot of money to pay in application fees.[/quote]
+1. Hindsight is 20/20. Someone in this forum once likened it to insurance and that seems appropriate, a hedge against risk.[/quote]
To add, for my kid's particular situation, high stats with a wrinkle, there is a great deal of uncertainty. His friends wonder why he is applying to so many reaches. He might do really well and get into several or might totally strike out. There is uncertainty of his low target where he doesn't have a ton of demonstrated interest. Has safeties, but like many high stats kids, has high hopes, a go-big-or-go-home scenario, so he is going for it. Whatever happens, I'm proud of him for trying, and will not regret the long list. If he has many options to wade through in April, that would be a good problem to have. Finished his last app last night and I'm almost sad it's over. He really got on a roll with the supplements.[/quote]

Same for us! Kid got into all his safeties and so far all his EA targets. That gave him confidence to shoot for Ivies and T20 reaches. Since we intend to apply for FA, those were free apps for the most part and he repurposed supplemental essays, customizing as needed.

He now has tons of options, lots of merit scholarships and we’ll see what happens in late March. [/quote]

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