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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Frustration, yes. Disappointment, sure. Feelings are feelings.

But rightful? No one has a right to be disappointed or is entitled to be disappointed because they didn’t get into a particular school. Especially schools with extremely low admit rates. No doubt OP’s DD worked hard but so did a lot of other kids. Working hard and doing well does not guarantee anything. It doesn’t give anyone the right to anything.
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Of course it doesn't, but some of you like PP acting like these are "average" stats (even for NoVa) are insane.[/quote]

For people applying to T20/25 schools, those are "average stats".  They meet the requirements to let you have a lottery ticket.  But it's still a lottery ticket.  There is nothing about the ECs that "stand out", they are what most kids have for THOSE schools.

So yes, while not average overall, they are for those T25 schools.  
If you want to stand out, apply to schools in the 30-75 range, there she is "above average" and will do better.  But also realize that at many of those schools, you will still be surrounded by "really smart kids". My DD chose between two schools in the ~40s.  Both schools are known for being filled with "t25 rejects".  Of my DD close group of friends (~20 of them) literally every single one of them was WL/spring start/soph start at at least 1 T25 school, many of them at multiple schools.  They all have "the resume" but didn't win the lottery.

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