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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with others. It’s gotten tough but not THAT tough. With a 4.0 UW and over 1400 you’ll have plenty of options. I think the idea is just to have a few schools that would be likelies/safeties in case something really wonky happens with one of them. [/quote]

I hope you are right.  I've been seeing a lot of doomsday reports about admissions this year and it has us not feeling too great about next year.  [/quote]

People just need to be realistic and manage expectations.[/quote]

But what should the expectation be for a kid who challenged themselves with AP classes, excelled in sports, found time for volunteer work and employment in the summer? What is realistic?[/quote]

Mine was into a school in the 30-50 range early decision. It’s the school he liked. He could probably have gone for a higher reach BUT he wanted to use the ED choice wisely and due various reasons this school checked more of the boxes than others. Had a few other acceptances from EA schools that had already come in as well. I’m the one who wrote it isn’t that bad. It really isn’t, especially for a kid like OP’s with a 4.0 and great scores. Don’t fall in love with any one school, have likelies they are willing to go to, and look at the common data set information - one mistake I’ve seen friends make is just not quite accepting things are different than they were 25 years ago. So, yes, OP’s kid is unlikely to end up at an Ivy but there are lots of other good schools. [/quote]

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