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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get the idea of a safety, but if you compromise too much is a safety worth attending? It strike me that if you’re reaching for Cornell and end up at George Mason you’ve either messed up your application or were terribly unrealistic. In that scenario, I’d find something else to do for a year and reapply. [/quote]

Why do you think reapplying would result in a "better" school? If they didn't want you the first time, applying again doesn't change your story, grades or scores.[/quote]

Because, as I said, to get that result, the kid either messed up the application or their expectations. If they have high stats, they messed up the application or application strategy. If they don’t have high stats, their expectations were unaligned with reality. College results shouldn’t be feast or famine - Cornell or GMU. Again, the qualifications for those two schools are do different the student either had no business/chance applying to Cornell or they should have ended up at a 25-50 school. GMU is ranked 148. [/quote]

And 30% of students transfer after first or second year. Know a number of kids who did not get into their ED, attended another school, and worked their butts off. For example, one went from Emory to Columbia after first year, one went from Wash U to Northwestern also after first year, and another went from Tufts to Brown after second year. Sh#t happens.[/quote]

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