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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a high stats kid how many matches/reaches would you suggest including  if they’re applying to 10 schools total? (And by matches/reaches I mean BU/Colgate type schools, not ivies.) [/quote]

50-50
Based on how kids from your school have performed in those schools.  Use Naviance. Also, talk to your counselor. [/quote]

Ugh sorry.  For high stat kids -  the match and reach are the same.

I was using match/reach as one category and safeties as another.

Naviance will even show Harvard as a Match for a High Stat kid.  It is not.  Nope.  High stat kids are usually working with only two categories of schools in Naviance, but don't get fooled. The matches are actually reaches. [/quote]

Don't let Naviance categorize you R/M/S.  Use your dot on the scattergram and do it yourself.  I love Naviance, but their categorizations are useless.

A match and a reach and a safety should be what YOU think they are (after much research), as you have to make the bets.  It is very unfair for 17 year old kids to have to gamble like this, but it is what it is. [/quote]

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