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[quote=Anonymous]I seems like every year is a little different.  For my kid that graduated in 22, there was already a shift happening in the DMV popular large southern public colleges.  U or Sc and Clemson were harder admits, students were accepted to UMD spring acceptance that maybe a year or two ago likely would have gotten fall, and lots of EA deferrals in general and the wait lists didn’t really move.  My theory is some of this was a combination of uneven class sizes (kids taking a gap year during virtual learning) and rapid increase in applications (look at the 2019 number of applications vs 2022 etc).  Last year the public colleges that were increasingly becoming more competitive to get in only continued on that path.  However, I did see more waitlist movement last year to top schools.

So overall while it can feel like every year is bad with college admissions the general principles remain constant.  Have a balanced list that includes several safeties that your kid would be happy to attend.  Apply EA to a safety that where they will likely hear back by December - that means having the common core essay etc ready so they can start applying nlt early October since some rolling schools get increasingly more competitive the later you apply and some schools have EA deadline mid-October.  Don’t ONLY apply where everyone else is applying.  So if half the class is applying to Wisconsin, find the similar but a half step less competitive (as of this moment) school and consider there.  So while schools that are considered a safety and schools where everyone applies will evolve the overall advice is the same.[/quote]

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