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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our second kid is graduating next month. Our experience with both kids has taught us that everything is a lot easier when the kids are relatively average (way below average for DCUM) and they target schools with a 70%-90% admission rate. [/quote]

My 1240/3.5UW/no AP kid only applied to schools ranked 70-120+.  They got into every single school, many of them with excellent merit (privates).  Why?  Because they didn't really have any reaches.  Heck most were not targets even...most had acceptance rates over 65% and my kid was at/above 50% for everything.  The one ranked 130+ where my kid was at/above the 85% gave my kid 75% of tuition for all 4 years.  My kid chose between two very similar schools ranked around 80 that gave them ~35-40% of tuition.  
I helped manage the process myself.  My kid wasn't stressed, my kid was happy.  They didn't belong at a T50 school, they would have struggled and been miserable.  Instead they are 3 years out, doing very well at the job they started with a great company 2 weeks after graduation.  They graduated college with a 3.5+ gpa and had a job starting right after graduation.  That's the goal.  They are "flown" and living 2K from home.

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If you have very low expectations, you will usually exceed them.

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