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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter’s really feeling down right now. She’s been waitlisted or rejected her top-choice schools, and it hurts. She feels angry and like a failure who worked so hard for nothing and is worried her future won’t look the same. She’s been sad, worried, and crying a lot. We’re not sure how to help her through this or what to do next. [/quote]

Which schools was she waitlisted from? Some of them move. Work with your school-based counselor to develop a strategy for the best opportunity and let that school know in no uncertain terms that you will enroll if offered a spot. Hang in there![/quote]
She doesn’t feel very hopeful. She was waitlisted at JHU, Duke, UVA, Harvard, Yale, and UPenn.[/quote]
I felt like her counselor didn't do their job.

These are sub-5% schools in RD, H, Y, Penn, Duke, and JHU are extremely unlikely.  Lottery.

[b]Why didn't she ED to these schools?
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Her chance of getting in one of these is much higher if she EA UVA, ED Penn, and ED2 JHU.[/quote]

She might have been deferred or rejected from ED school. Unlike 35 school mom, I find this thread believable.

I am sorry, OP. I am sure it hurts. Other than UVA depending on where you are from, these are not reaches, they are Super Reaches/Aspirational/Lottery schools for anyone. Of course it is disappointing but everyone should assume rejection.

The lesson for the rest of us is, no matter how strong your kid is as an applicant, assume everything under 20% admissions rate a reach or super reach and find multiple targets that you are genuinely happy with.[/quote]

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