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[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]

What I liked about our kids having a lot of safeties is that, if it had come down to that, they would have been making choice among them and their very generous merit aid offers. It would feel like a second round where they really look closely at these schools that really want them, and focusing on which they like best among them. You really cannot do that with safeties in the beginning when your true hopes are set elsewhere (no matter how much you try to kid yourself). They all look the same early on, less so after all the cards are on the table.

In the end, our kid who did a lot of reaches just wasted time and money. The real pay off was in the merit options among the safeties. In the end, both ended up at high match schools with some merit, but they genuinely felt a pull toward the safeties.[/quote]

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