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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on how you define reach, target, safety. My kid did not cure cancer but was at or above top 25% in stats for almost every college (4.0 in rigorous classes, 1590 SAT, varsity sport captain, lots of volunteering, IMO strong essays, etc). Private college counselor considered colleges like Hamilton, Colby, Middlebury, BU, W&M OOS,  etc “reaches.” Private counselor considered colleges like Emory, Wash U, Tufts “high reaches.” Counselor considered colleges like ivies, Duke, a lottery ticket’s chance. So yes DC got into all of their “reaches,” but to me it was ludicrous to consider Colby a reach for my kid, I’d have called it a “target/match” (I think Colby is great, it is not a knock on Colby). I’d say my DC got into the safeties, target/matches and 2 moderate reaches, but no ivies. [/quote]

The issue is there are so few slots at the liberal arts colleges after Early Decision. So it’s just a big numbers problem. There are so many kids with very high stats and Colby also wants kids from under represented groups or other institutional priorities.

Congrats to your kid - maybe they really are very special. But for most high stats kids, the numbers and odds are poor for refusal decision. [/quote]

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