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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Applied to 10 schools, well within range for all but 2.  Received 5 deferrals so far.  Very discouraged.  Trying to help him focus on next steps in deferral process.  FWIW the schools he applied to are seeing insane application volume increase.  For example, Auburn, where EA admits used to be around 75 percent and were 24 percent this year. [/quote]

I thought we covered this last year.  People need to be applying to MORE SAFETIES.  Period.  I am not trying to be harsh, it is what it is, unfortunately. [/quote]

Well, as OP pointed out, many schools that were safeties last year aren’t this year. [/quote]

Very, very bright classmate of DD rejected at a NESCAC this weekend, which really seemed more like a target than a reach for the kid. DD is just in shock as the kid is one of the brightest in their class and had legacy at college.[/quote]

But if they have a 9% or 11% admit rate, [b]the odds that kid would get rejected ~90%[/b]...so why are people shocked.

I swear, so many people seem incapable of doing math.[/quote]
That's the most stupid and yet most popular argument ever. Do you really believe the chance for the top student of the class is the same as a below average student for top tier colleges?[/quote]

Well we are even, because I think YOU are stupid.

Really low performing kids don't tend to apply to top tier schools (unless they have money to throw away). There are MORE than 26,00 high schools in the US. So, even if only valedictorians applied to T20 SLAC's...the VAST majority would be rejected. Is this starting to sink in at all???[/quote]

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