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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That it's really easy to get into college if you're a good student with pretty good scores but not top scores (in this case a 1400). My ds got in everywhere he applied  but one college as a normal kid who picked easier APs and enjoyed his life without stress. I was so worried and thought it would be a lot harder than it was.[/quote]

That's because you most likely actually had a variety of schools.  You likely had at most 2-3 reaches, 3-4 Targets and 2-3 Safeties.  If you do that, at any level, you will see success (at least 50%).  The key is knowing that just because your kid is Higher stats, does not make a school with 10% acceptance rate a Target.

Reach: under 20% acceptance rate
Target: 20-50% acceptance rate and your kid is at/above 50% (always good to pick at least 1 where your kid is at/above 75%)
Safety: 50%+ acceptance rate and your kid is at/above 50%.  You get a Likely/True safety if you take acceptance rate to 75/80%+ and your kid is at/above 75%

Follow that, demonstrate interest, because yes some of those targets will assume you are using them as Safety/target (and rightly so) so you need to convince them you are actually interested, and you should get into 50%+ of targets and safeties.

It's easier to take that mindset when you have a kid in the 1350-1450 range, because they already know the T20 are largely out of reach, you can apply and take a shot, but highly unlikely.  So their reaches are oftentimes schools with 15-25% acceptance rates or higher.  [/quote]

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