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[quote=Anonymous]"How would you describe the collection of schools your kid applied to without using any selectivity metrics. Location? Size? Public/private? Other criteria? If they had an outlier did they go there?" - Average SAT scores (as a proxy for academic caliber of the students there) - Location (DD wanted a non-urban school) - Size (DD wanted a smaller one - while UVA was in the mix it was not one she really wanted to attend.) - Mix of public/private - privates had to give generous merit though; schools with $90K sticker tags and no/little merit were ruled out entirely - Whether they had her sport, even if it was just at a club level - Vibe of the school/kids during the tour - Campus attractiveness (although at her fav the kid vibe outweighed a pretty ugly campus) - Quality of the program for her intended major [/quote]
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