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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public or Private HS?

These items are a dime a dozen and not needed. Ie mean nothing on an application.
Founder of non-profit
- Research w/ prof at T30
- Competitive summer program for BME
- Lots of community service

Regional Stem awards got her into the schools she was accepted at and her stats.  Most of those schools are data schools ie SAT/GPA.

I am sorry OP but honestly your kid got in where they should be going. They will do well at any of their choices.

Pitt is the place they belong or VT.

You did not prepare your kid to be realistic

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So the kids who got in to the higher ranked schools with lesser stats are not going where they should be going? I mean, if OP's kid isn't qualified....[/quote]

Tens of thousands of kids are "qualified" to attend these schools, but only hundreds will get in each year. That's life. Luckily, there are hundreds of excellent college where all the other highly qualified kids will get fabulous educations surrounded by all the other highly qualified kids who didn't win the lottery that year.

There is no good reason to be obsessed with a handful of schools.[/quote]

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