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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] At DC's school, the only kids who don't get in anywhere are those who, like PP, feel they are entitled to go to a top school and aren't realistic with their applications. [/quote] This, exactly. The idea that someone doesn't get into a college because they can "only" apply to 9 schools is patently ridiculous. When safety schools are chosen objectively and well, they are true safeties with admission virtually guaranteed for the applicant given his or her grades/scores/ECs. (I would argue that a true safety is also one the family can afford, but since these are Sidwell families perhaps that is less of an issue.) Assuming a kid doesn't have real problems on their resume (e.g., run-ins with the police, cheating, etc), a kid applying to 9 schools who didn't get into ANY? was either unrealistic in picking "safeties" or didn't apply to enough safeties. (If you are applying to 9 schools, I think at least 2 of them should be "safeties.")[/quote]
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