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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) It's going to vary based on the state school. You cannot generalize across all states.

2) It matters whether your kid is in state or out of state. Many states have quotas/percentages for OOS and stats will need to be higher.

3) [b]It's going to matter what program your kid is applying to, which renders Naviance next to useless. Example -- computer science, biology, or business at UMD -- extremely competitive, and not comparable to say an English major.[/b]

4) If your kid is applying to a school, they should take every aspect of the application seriously no matter the size, public/private, big/small, instate/out. Schools don't require supplemental essays for no reason. Do it right or don't do it at all. Don't give the overworked admissions officers an easy reason to give your kid the boot for failure to follow directions.

5) If you want your kid to apply to a big state school that really only cares about grades and (possibly) test scores, consider Canadian universities.[/quote]

I see the bolded a lot, or variations, and it doesn't track with our experience in the class of 2022.

With a couple of notable exceptions -- engineering, performance music, divinity, education -- you're not applying for the major.  You apply to the school.   And the "school" is most often just Arts and Sciences.  So you're not "applying to biology" ^^^^  VS. "applying to English."   You're not 'admitted to biology' or 'admitted to math'  versus 'admitted to psychology'.   You're .... admitted to the university.  In the large majority of cases.   Whether that's for math, chemistry or gender studies. [/quote]

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