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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I know my kid has high scores and a good/unique EC but the GPA is not perfect - and I am worried about how they will stack up against kids with 4.8 from public AND the other high achievers at our school. [b]My school recommended some reaches[/b] and I am worried its a waste of time. SO hearing it worked out for some kids is fantastic.[/quote]

This is fascinating.  Your school - which you said in an earlier post is GDS - has already had the CC office give juniors a list of recommended colleges, broken down by category ("reaches")?  By February of JUNIOR year? Really??

I find that fascinating, because at DC's school down Wisconsin Ave, the CC office is very clear that they won't meet with juniors 1:1 in the winter.  General pointers and access to resources, okay.  But 1:1 meetings with juniors to formulate a targeted list, during a frantic period where many seniors are still working out admissions?  Nope.

Do all 125 GDS juniors get these personalized meetings with CC before they have their 2nd semester grades?  Do parents attend the meetings too? [/quote]

My child is a junior at a private school in Baltimore, and yes, they start working with juniors in January since nearly all  seniors have all their apps in.  My child was slow to schedule her first session but she could have had it in early January if she wanted. First meeting with parents and student and cc follows first student only meeting by a few weeks.[/quote]

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