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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't have it in me to read through this entire thread - but OP, I am sorry your dd is disappointed, but she does have some very good choices, so take her to visit. And I agree with others who said to work the Cornell and CMU waitlists - for Cornell, be sure to make clear in her LOCI (and through her HS counselor) that she would 100% attend if offered a spot off the waitlist. Kids with her stats often get WL'd from Cornell from our HS because they assume those kids will get into a more selective school and go there instead. If she goes to Pitt - which she may love btw - and is unhappy, she can transfer out and with her academic chops, I have no doubt she will get wonderful grades. If she wants to go that route, make sure she forms close relationships with a couple of professors who can writer her excellent LORs. Hang in there - I am sorry some people on this thread are being so bitter and cruel. Also, I completely get why you would mix up EA and ED or not know she had to apply to UVA EA - it is extremely tough as a parent who is not familiar with the crazy college admissions process here to stay on top of every detail. The problem with this board is there are so many posters who live and breathe college admissions and are so obsessed that they assume everyone *should* know these things, forgetting that many parents have jobs, other kids, other obligations, and cannot or will not spend all their free time online obsessively reading and posting about college admissions. GL to your dd - she will do great wherever she goes! (And do work those waitlists - it's not enough to ask to be kept on the WL, you really do have to write a very strong letter and make it clear it is your absolute first choice.)[/quote]

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