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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish people would indicate when their kid got into their reach.  Last year was a record breaking year for college admissions at nearly all reaches.  Covid changed things and altered the landscape (not just the test optional issue).  If someone got into a reach 5 years ago or even pre-Covid, I'm not sure they would have the same result today.

My kid got into some reaches because they got into a school where less than 10% of applicants are admitted.  Kid had excellent grades (although did have a B or B+ freshman year), academic honors, leadership in extracurriculars, SAT in upper 1500's, and excellent references.  They also expressed interest in the colleges by attending online info sessions, signing up for optional alumni interviews, and touring a few schools in person (although not the school they are attending).  They worked really hard on their essays.  The college counselors and teachers think the essays probably helped them get offers.  However, there were reaches they didn't get into and they worked just as hard on those essays.  I think that they put their best foot forward and tried to submit an application that got them into a smaller lottery draw (the group that is culled from the initial applicants).  They wrote their own essays and were not afraid to be themselves.  I think they lucked out that whoever read the essays liked them.

We do know kids who got in to reaches where their academics where in the lowest or just outside the range for the school.  All of the ones we know of came from uber wealthy or connected families (but we are talking top 25 schools).  I know other non wealthy kids who got into reaches where they were below the 50% of the school's average GPA or SAT/ACT and these were kids who were recruited athletes or had great extracurriculars.  [/quote]

PP here with white male 1550 SAT full pay. Was 2022, did ED to a school between T8 and 13.  Think it was his LoR that made admissions think about him[/quote]

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