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[quote=Anonymous]DC 1- male, good, not great student, great ECs, applied to fav target with rolling admission and was notified before Thanksgiving of admission, applied to two reaches and pulled all other target apps.
Was okay with process, slight regret of not having a few more acceptances, but happy where they ended up.

DC 2- female, IEP student with good, not great grades. Also kept it real with mostly target and one or two safeties, only 1 reach. Early admission to a safety and target helped when dream school, a reach, was a rejection. Was deferred to one accepted to all other schools and reportedly ‘liked’ the process.

DC 3- high stats, loads of APs, varsity sports plus other high-level EVs, mid 1500 SATs. Hated the process and is very stressed. Current senior with 1 Ivy federal- in at some safeties. Decided not to EDII and may regret that option here soon.

So my take going through this process with three very different DCs,
- the process is more difficult for high stats kids
- early acceptances, help deferrals and rejections down the road
- even if you get in at a preferred school, you may want to continue applications for March madness choices
- lean heavy on target schools with at least two safeties

And from the parent perspective, it was all hellish, but marginally better than high school as there are far more options available!

Good luck![/quote]

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