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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] It was definitely very competitive this year...[/quote]
You really are a poor listener & so divorced from reality. After all this feedback you go "it was very competitive this year!"

No. it is very competitive EVERY YEAR.

Your kid is an average kid for these schools. There are many other really good kids out there too, some even extraordinary. Versus it being in the bag, your child would have been very very lucky to get in, same for every other kid. 
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Lmao god you guys are so self-absorbed, OP is allowed to let out their (rightful) frustrations without being attacked left and right. If a perfect GPA, 1570 SAT, and 5s in 14 APs is "average" to you (yes, even in a more competitive area) then you need to get your head examined. I feel bad for some of your kids, this place can be such a toxic cesspool.[/quote]

We don't "need our heads examined".  Simple fact: Yes, at most T25 schools, it is "average".  85-90% of the applicants meet the "SAT cutoff".  There are more kids with "high enough stats for the colleges" than there are spots.  It's quite simple.

Don't feel bad for our kids.  We planned---my engineering kid had 5 Reaches, 4 Targets and 4 Safeties.  
And here are the results:

T10 ED1, Deferred then Rejected
1 more T10: Rejected
1 T25: rejected
Tufts (around 30): WL
NEU: Accepted for Global Scholars (1st year abroad)
All 4 Targets: accepted, some with excellent merit (one with $42K/year at a ~$85-90K school). 
Safeties: accepted at all 4 (excellent merit at 3, the other is a OOS school not known for giving merit)

They chose to attend their "best" Target (unfortunately not the one with excellent merit, so full pay at a $90K).  
But the results were predictable.  As my kid said, they were only rejected at the 3 T25 schools, Tufts acceptance rates are 6-7% so great to get WL and NEU is even lower, and they were not Rejected, they were admitted (although not to a program they wanted, but still with 100K applicants, to get that means you were in top 10-12%)

It's exactly what we expected.

My kid is thriving at their choice, and ultimately, I think it was the "best fit" school for them and I had thought that since the first visit.

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