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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One reason to aim for T20 is that some kids feed off of the motivation/energy of the kids around them.

DD went T20 and is surrounded by bright, motivated kids like her who study hard but also enjoy their lives outside of their studies. This was the vibe we were hoping for, and she is really happy. [/quote]

I hope you realize that you can get that same vibe at many schools in the 25-50/60 range as well.  My kid is at one ranked ~40 (used to be low 30s for decades before class sizes didn't matter anymore).  Of their group of 20+ friends, EVERYONE was WL/Spring Start/Fall Soph start at a minimum of 2 T25 schools.  Same goes for over 40-50% of the students they are in classes with (and engineering kids are already very smart).  They are surrounded by bright, motivated kids, but they just were part of the 90-95% who don't get admitted to T25 schools.  Same goes for my kid's 2nd choice.  Both schools are literally known for this---it's a running joke, and there are articles every year in the school newspapers/etc about this.  You don't have to attend a T25 to be surrounded by bright, motivated kids.

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That sounds great!

It would help many of us to know the names of the schools you're describing.  NOT to quibble or argue with you in any way about those schools, though I recognize that some others might do that. But because many of us are trying to expand our knowledge and thinking beyond the T20 schools that are way over-represented in discussions on this board.[/quote]

Well, basically any private school in the T60-70 (think smaller, not huge state U).

The specifics are U Rochester and CWRU.  Literally filled with T25 "Wannabes"/"rejects".  Life goes on and they excel where they end up and do just as well.  My kid is in for grad school at everywhere they applied, including on the levels of CMU/MIT/Stanford for AI/ENgineering (in at two of those).  Same applies to many from both of those schools...they go on to do grad work at T20 schools.

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