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Data from Spark Admissions shows they have a 50% admit rate to Stanford and 48% admit rate to Harvard.

So, it looks like it is worth it if you want to take your kids chances at a T5 from minuscule to a coin-flip.

https://www.sparkadmissions.com/college-admissions-rates/[/quote]

What a scam.  They admit it, too.  The linked page says:

we only include results when our assessment of the student for a particular school illustrates that they are feasible candidates for admission. So, if a student applies to a particular school against our recommendation, we do not include these results.
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honest question: don't they all do this? I would imagine this is standard. If you have a 3.7uw you shouldn't be applying to Stanford. You are not competitive....[/quote]
Exactly!  A good CC (even the $4K ones, not the $50K+) have a job to do.  A main part is to help your kid generate a well curated list of Reaches, Targets, Safeties and Likelies.  They are not doing their job if all your kid does is apply to 15 schools with single digit acceptance rates.

And even with the reaches, they should help you find ones where you are competitive.  If the list is accurate, your kid should get into 75-80% of their targets, all of their safeties and likelies and maybe a few reaches (maybe not).  [/quote]

I’ve read if you are a cusp candidate, you should do 3 safeties, 3-5 targets and the remainder all reaches (12-14). 
Do you agree?[/quote]

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