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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rejected at Stanford. 
1540 SAT (one and done,) 4.95w (4.0w), lots of AP/IB/DE classes including MV Calc, Diff Eq, Linear Algebra. 
Great essays and recs
Good ECs but nothing earth-shattering  -- which is why they were never expecting to get in and why we're not really sad about it. They wanted to shoot their shot, and now focused on a large, balanced list of RDs [/quote]

Major? I’m sure they’ll do great in RD. Good luck!! [/quote]

Engineering (BME.) Tough -- but not sorry she tried. [b]There's some comfort in knowing and not wondering what-if, yk?[/b]

Thanks for the kind words![/quote]

I absolutely agree!!

Our DD with similar stats took her ED shot with a different T10 school. She hasn’t heard yet, but either way, I’m really proud of her for going for it. She’s a great kid whose instinct is sometimes to play it safe/small rather than risk rejection/vulnerability.

It’ll sting if she’s rejected after fully owning that this school is her “first choice”. But kids can’t grow if they always play it safe to protect themselves from setbacks/“failure”/disappointment. True resilience comes from realizing they’re actually strong enough to handle those things (and then some!) It may hurt, but it’s not so bad that they need to avoid or even fear the risk.

I get that this isn’t hard for some kids. But for mine, it’s turned out to be a huge growth milestone. Cheers to every kid who took a big swing at ED. If it doesn’t go their way, it can be a lot to sit with until RD decisions comes out, but a big growth opportunity, too! [/quote]

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