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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went through this for DS who had high stats and good EC's.

Outside of U Pitt and Ohio State we were not sure of any college. We knew he had a good shot, but we knew he could be shut out of every other college.

Ended up getting admitted to 2 of HYPSM, Rice, Duke, U Penn, CMU, U Mich, UVA and couple others.

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Your DS got into all these from RD? Are you full pay and[b] from a feeder private?[/b] [/quote]

Different poster.  My kids attend a "feeder private" and interestingly enough, I'd say that 95% of the Ivy-bound kids were only accepted to a single Ivy and most only accepted to a single top20 school. 
I have a 2025 grad who is one of this cohort and she knew all the Ivy-bound kids well as they were generally in the same classes. 
She knows a kid going to Harvard who was also accepted to Yale but that's about it in terms of multiple admits. 
Why is this?
-more SCEA and ED admits and hooked admits
-less shot-gunning of schools--college counseling really discourages this especially for top kids because it will harm classmates' chances. 
-college guidance will advocate or call for ONE school for top kids.  They're not going to call Yale and Penn or even Yale and Northwestern for the same kid.

Most of the "I was accepted to 5 Ivies and 4 other top 20 schools' are all public school superstars.  [/quote]

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