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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do kids apply to any safety school? If all else fails, it could be the best available option. [/quote]
Top students shouldn’t use schools like Syracuse and BC as safeties. Even if they get in, there will be very few other strong students at the school, because the school actively turns such students away. They’d be better off at a state flagship where at least there will be top in-state kids. [/quote]

Please tell us more about BC having very few strong students.[/quote]
Please tell me how a strong student could possibly get into BC. Everyone in this thread says that their scores and grades disqualify them, because BC cares more about yield![/quote]

They get in ED1 and ED2.  By regular decision BC only takes middle-of-the-class kids from most privates.  They waitlist or decline the strongest kids. [/quote]
In my experience NEU and Case Western also operate this way.  Not to say that they don't take some of the strongest kids but the bulk are a step down stat/strength of application-wise.[/quote]

Not true at all.  Plenty of high stats kids get into Case and NEU thru EA/RD.  My own kid got into both with EA (1520/3.98UW/8AP/good EC).  Now yes, Case does take kids who apply EA and encourage them to do ED2, specifically really high stats kids.  Why?  Because they know that anyone with really high stats is likely also considering plenty of T30 schools and will happily attend those if they get in.  So Case is a Target for that kid.  Go interview the case kids, and 75%+ wanted to attend 1+ schools ranked higher, but didn't get in.  That is a well known fact.  So case has a yield management issue---they know they attract high stats kids and that means those kids really have several higher choices often in "better locations" (not many kids think of Cleveland as a dream location).  So if Case wants to have a full freshman class in the fall, they need to figure out who actually wants to attend case.  So yeah if your kid has a 1580/4.5W/10+AP resume, Case will likely review their EA and ask them to ED2 and provide you with the FA/Merit package.  And if your kid isn't using Case as a backup school, you can choose to commit.  If that upsets you, well that means your are using case as a backup school and they have every right to not accept you because they are 100% accurate that you likely wont be attending.

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Absolutely true as a whole.   And you sort of proved my point since your kid has very very good stats but not top stats.  My kid was in your 1580/4.5W/10+AP situation and absolutely would have considered Case if not for the games they played.  This is why they applied!  Other schools can manage to predict their yield properly.   Will never get over parents justifying schools doing this.  [/quote]

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