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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, how about we stop feeding these ridiculous rankings?   T40 is all relative.   The focus on T40 being the only measure of "success" is just making the application frenzy worse.

Junior parents, make sure you cast a wide net.  With Test optional and grade inflation, stats alone will do little for your kids at these highly rejective schools.  Sad but true.

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This. There are many schools where your student can get a great education and find similarly academically motivated peers. Yours will not be the only great-stats-student who applied to these and didn't make it. Fixation on highly-rejective schools just adds pointlessly to the stress. Sure, apply to them but know they are reaches for all and focus on finding things to love about your likelies because that is likely where you will end up.

DD applied to a range of schools and ultimately chose not to ED to a reach school because she liked one of her likelies so much. Ended up waitlisted to the reach and is totally fine with that, still loves the likely and is going there.[/quote]

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