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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I give up. It’s hard to to stay optimistic. He worked his ass off at his private school, got mid-1500 on his SAT, continued his in person volunteering throughout the pandemic (which I was not excited about, but he wanted to do it). He has had one B+ his entire 4 years of college, the rest As. His teachers speak highly of him and I believe they must have written good letters.

His counselor said his list was solid. He’s been waitlisted or rejected nearly everywhere. He has one acceptance to a “likely” and that’s it. Only one place teaming and it’s a huge reach, esp this year.

It’s hard to stay positive, happy, and upbeat for my kid. He is unexcited about the one place he got in. I know I should try to point out the positives of getting in that one place but it is so hard. I wish he would defer and take a gap year. I brought it up once but he said he isn’t interested.

I’m not thrilled with his college counselor at school. She hasn’t even checked in on his to see how he is doing. I give up on that process too. He is crushed. I am crushed for him.

I’d anyone else having this horrible of a situation? And please don’t say, “my love sucks too, my daughter only got into Emory and not Brown” or some such nonsense. [b]His safety he got in is a safety for everyone.[/b][/quote]

This is the part that doesn't make sense. He shouldn't be stuck with a true &quot;safety for everyone&quot; type school if he has &gt; 1500 and near straight As. Did he take APs? How did he do on the tests?[/quote]

Not OP, but have a friend with DC in similar boat - perfect subject test scores, perfect SAT, straight As, varsity athlete, consistent ECs. W/Led @ ED1/ED2 at an Ivy, top SLAC. Rejected EA at two top publics. WLed @ some others. Admitted at a safety which doesn't crack top 100 national universities or top 50 public universities lists. Still hopes to get in off WL at the more competitive schools.[/quote]

Def happening this year for White or Asian males...[/quote]

It's even tougher for females. There are more high stats young women applying to college today than men, especially for LACs.  (E.g., at Brown the last few years, 40+% more women have applied than men.) [/quote]

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