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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a high stats kid how many matches/reaches would you suggest including  if they’re applying to 10 schools total? (And by matches/reaches I mean BU/Colgate type schools, not ivies.) [/quote]

50-50
Based on how kids from your school have performed in those schools.  Use Naviance. Also, talk to your counselor. [/quote]

Ugh sorry.  For high stat kids -  the match and reach are the same.

I was using match/reach as one category and safeties as another.

Naviance will even show Harvard as a Match for a High Stat kid.  It is not.  Nope.  High stat kids are usually working with only two categories of schools in Naviance, but don't get fooled. [b]The matches are actually reaches.[/b] [/quote]

Wish someone had told us this very, very very important piece of information. [/quote]

I mean, couldn't you figure this out by looking at the acceptance rate?  I sort of feel like a student that aspires to a top school should have this level of critical thinking skills.

There are thousands of smart kids with strong GPAs and test scores that are the captain of their debate team or 3-letter varsity sports or whatever.  These kids are populating every school not just in the USA but around the world.  And some of them are publishing books or winning national science prizes or going to the Olympics or finding ways to electrify their rural villages with solar power or whatever on top of all that.  The mistake is to not understand the level of competition that is out there and to overestimate your own child's achievements.

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