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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreeing with the poster above me — I feel like your kid has an excellent, excellent shot at getting in ED. Enough that I wouldn't stress too much about backup plans, and I tended to be overly conservative on planning with ours. (Our twins are going to W&M from OOS in the fall and are really excited about it.)

While we avoided terms like "safety", the "more likely" school ours both liked was St. Olaf. Similarly warm, friendly. It's in the same town as Carleton (which ended up as our kids' #2 school), but has a much higher admit rate. It's not at the same academic level as W&M or Carleton academically, but as you're looking for "more likely" options, I'd give it a look. St. Olaf offered really great merit aid.

One additional thing to think about doing would be to apply in August, via rolling admission, to Pitt. I _don't_ think that the school itself will appeal to your kid, but because of their admissions timeline, an application submitted by the end of August will have an acceptance (possibly, in your kids' case, with merit / honors college admittance) by late September, and having an acceptance in hand that early can be a big psychological relief during The Big Wait.

But back to my original point, congrats to your kid on finding a great school that he's so excited about. It's an absolutely wonderful place; he'll love it.[/quote]

Pitt is nice and not too too big.  But I would only go there out of state with a good aid package.  It’s very costly. [/quote]

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