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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you’re not from the Washington area and need to understand something.  You are on a website full of super competitive and frankly jealous women who are all scrambling to get their kids into the college that most impresses their “friends” and Biglaw colleagues.  They’re going to tear apart your son’s “stats” and make you believe that he’ll be lucky if he gets into community college.

The fact is that your son has EXCELLENT numbers and is 100 percent GUARANTEED to get into NC State at a minimum.  And NC State is a fantastic engineering school and a lot of fun as well.  He’s also highly likely to get into several other schools on your list.

You’ve done a good job with him and should sign off this website and relax.  Don’t let these crazy women get you down. [/quote]
Thank you for your comment. I needed to hear that.[/quote]

Sweetie, that person is a troll.[/quote]

No, sweetie, I am not.  I am a voice of reason, which is sorely needed on this thread.  Sorry if the truth hurts you.  [/quote]

But you aren’t.  Throwing insults at other posters doesn’t make you that.  Op seems out of touch with the current admissions  world which is particularly difficult for engineering majors .  I say this as a parent of ‘23 senior from a rigorous private who is happy where she landed, but plenty of her classmates overshot.  Denying the current reality isn’t helping op or her son.

For what it’s worth, I also think op’s son has very good odds at NCState and UNC.  If he’s happy there, no need for too many apps.  Lehigh is likely a target, maybe Va Tech which is slightly easier for out of state applicants.  Of all the reaches, Duke seems the best shot as it seems to like local kids.  The Ivies and Cal Tech  seem a complete waste of time for a kid not at the tip top of the class academically, even at a rigorous private.   Probably the best course of action for op and her son to sit down with their school counselor and find a few more realistic schools that reflect the changed admissions environment of the past two years and the difficulty of admissions for engineering majors.[/quote]

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