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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]….

These are your kid’s targets or matches based on test scores.  They hit at 75%, which an unhooked girl from the DMV needs to.  They will likely get in, so why waste an ED?

You can encourage your kid to swing for the fences and ED Amherst. Maybe she wants it so badly that she does it so she knows she did everything she could. But the smart move is to move down to the one level and ED a school like Kenyon or Davidson or Grinnell where ED might well be the difference between getting in or not.

And BTW— where do kids from Kenyon, Davidson and Grinnell go to grad school, law school, med school?  The same places as kids from Amherst and Williams. These are highly respected in academic circle

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(NP here) 
That is really insightful.  Thank you!  DCUM is worth it because of people like you.  I hope you have a lovely evening.[/quote]

Awww.  Thanks.  pretty  sure my kid thinks I’m psycho about college stuff, so it’s nice to hear something nice. Mostly just trying to get my kid through, same as 1000s of other DMV parents.  Being data driven helps me feel calmer, and like there are good schools out there he will get into. [/quote]

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