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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah OP = sorry everyone is being so harsh about your request but it's just hard to say in this environment and more kids get rejected than admitted to almost all of the top 100 schools.   So that's why everyone is being so negative.

But yes, my DS got into 1 of his reaches and rejected from 4 other reaches.  He ended up at a target and is very happy he chose that school.

I'm in it now with my DS 2023 senior and it really is all about the idea that no school is perfect, admissions is hard to predict,[b] he will get into some school and probably like it,[/b] he has schools in the reach, target and safety that he would like to attend.  And he knows from his older brother there is no school that is really perfect and you don't have to pick the school that is ranked highest.

Note as well - I know a few kids from my older DS year that transferred - even from high-ranking schools - so it really is better to focus on what your kid wants versus how a school is ranked.[/quote]

The bolded part is what I think my family needs to focus on.  The reason all these people are saying their kid is so happy they chose the school they did is, at least partially, b/c it's the only school they know as a student.  Kids can be happy at a lot of places if they can let go of the idea that there was one perfect school for them.  I was happy at my college, but I know I would have had a completely different and, likely, completely happy experience at a much larger school.  My kid loves a T25 school with scary admissions rates, no ED option, but also without super high average stats for freshman class.  No hook here, so we know the chances are slim.  I think you have to be OK going somewhere where your stats are higher than the average. [/quote]

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