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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apply to as many reaches as you can (do well). Admissions for holistic T20 are unpredictable.

Shoot as many arrows as you can.
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Came on here to add the same thing.   Pick 2-3 safeties where you would genuinely be happy at and have solid programs for your field.  Then do 3-4 targets.  But then...upper targets and reaches?  Do as many as you feel up to and that you can afford.  They are so flaky.  Just finished for my last child.  All my kids all got into their safeties.  Got into most of their targets.  And only one got into a reach.  And we still can't' figure out how or why but we will take it![/quote]

I'd say only 1 real "safety" is required. 2-3 targets. And the rest reaches, including [b]far reaches[/b]. All schools that they would enjoy attending.

EA as much as possible. ED if they have a very clear favorite. ED2 if they have a very clear 2nd favorite.

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NP can I ask how far reach is it too reachy and become pointless? Scoir is showing Rice, Williams and Amherst as DC's reaches (we expected them to be far reaches) and HYP, Brown as far reaches (where we expected them). Should DC try for HYP and Brown if we follow your go-for-far-reaches suggestion? [/quote]

In Scoir, do kids with your dc’s stats ever get into those far reaches? If not, prob not worth it. To me a far reach would be something like: 1/6 of the kids with dd’s stats get into Harvard so it’s worth applying as a far reach. [/quote]

PP Someone from our HS get into these schools every year but I don't know their stats or if they are legacy/hooked (we are unhooked). Just starting to learn how to use Scoir, all I see is they label which school is a target, likely, reach and far reach on your college list. [/quote]

You need to see scattergrams of admitted kids’ stats. I use Naviance so not sure how that looks in Scoir. Legacies, athletes, etc can muddy the waters, but if nobody with your child’s stats gets in it’s unlikely to happen for your child. The target/reach/far reaches stuff isn’t that helpful imo because schools yield protect like crazy and it’s possible to get into teaches but not targets.[/quote]

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