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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen posters here describe well-ranked schools with 25% acceptance rates as "safeties," so there's lots of misplaced confidence by parents — which unfortunately hurts the kids applying.

That's why so many colleges use demonstrated interest as a factor. They don't want to be a lazy fallback for students who really have no intererest in going there. But it doesn't have to be hard — if you can't visit in person, at least do a virtual tour or sit in on a Zoom presentation and make sure it's a college you actually would be happy to attend.[/quote]

Some parents don’t know any better. A friend showed me her son’s list. His “safeties” had admit rates in the 17-20%  range, and targets in the low teens. Not to mention, his SAT scores were in the mid 1300s, and because he only got his act together in his junior year, his grades and rigor were nothing to write home about.

Mom was so proud of the effort her child was putting in, and the grades he was getting, she was sure he’d be a shoo-in to these SLACs she hadn’t even heard of. She actually thought they were no-name schools. [/quote]

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