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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Selectivity &#8800 quality

How many kids whose dream school is Michigan really will hit the academic (or social or whatever) ceiling at Kansas (admit rate >90%)? 1%? 5%? Surely not 10%. Same is true for Williams rejects at St. Lawrence (admit rate almost 50%) or Whitman (admit rate >50%). Or Vandy rejects at Miami of Ohio (admit rate >90%). Or Carleton rejects at Wooster (admit rate >60%). Etc., etc., etc.

Kids (and especially their parents!) just need to recognize that they can be admitted to a school that will fit them and offer a great education--and get over that it might not appear on the first page of some ridiculous "ranking" list.[/quote]

+100

My DC applied to 12 schools and is now in at 10, waiting for the last two.  But multiple schools on DC's list were either the "second tier" options mentioned here or similar schools - and the schools to which DC applied to included 1 school with a 15% admit rate, 3 with a 25-35% admit rate, and the rest ranging from 40%-70% admission rates.  That last group of schools, unlike the "dream" schools listed, mostly give a *lot* of merit aid, even to pretty normal kids, and would all be great places to get a great education.  Indeed, at this point we're not entirely convinced that we should pay $40-60K a year more to go to one of the more selective schools, rather than bank that money for graduate school.  Sometimes I think parents in this area are so status-obsessed, and that the DCs hear so clearly the message that only a T20 is worthwhile, that people really lose perspective.  I also think that when people think their kid has to go to a T20 school to get a good education, they completely miss the fact that many, many families are choosing those "lower-tier" schools because it's what they can afford, even if their DC could be or was admitted somewhere more exclusive.  I'm just happy my DC has so many great options.  Before you discount schools like that, you might want to take a look - they are doing some really impressive things.  Indeed, because they need to successfully teach kids at a broader range of skills/abilities, we thought there was a lot more impressive teaching and pedagogy going on.[/quote]

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