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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stanford, DC's pipe dream.  DC's school has capped number of applications.  College list covers a solid list of safeties and targets, plus a couple reaches.  No room for Stanford.[/quote]

My child added Stanford as his final application,"pipe dream" school last year. He attended a top private high school with grade deflation but had a 4.0 UW under Stanford's flattening of grades (A minuses are viewed as As).1580, top rigor, very strong extracurriculars but not an Olympian or international award winner or anything jaw-dropping like Stanford tends to like.
He wrote the most beautiful essays and the application was just AWESOME. It told a story, it made him seem incredibly appealing, etc. It was his best college application work by a mile.

REJECTED. Not even waitlisted. So much for the dream.  [/quote]

Sorry,  your son sounds amazing and I am sure will thrive.  While I think in theory we all understand the lottery aspect at the "highly rejective" schools, the fact that it means for every 1 accepted there are literally dozens of equally qualified applicants who are rejected is still emotionally devasting for every one of those kids.  [/quote]

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