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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t know where the line was drawn for “tiers” so I looked them up.

An example of a group of 2nd Tier colleges are Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Rice, USC, NYU, Emory, Washington University in St. Louis, Tulane, Boston College, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon

Tier 3 Colleges are mostly state colleges like UCSD, UCI, University of Rochester. UW-Wisconsin 
I don’t know what’s wrong with these colleges.  [/quote]

This is nowhere close to an accurate list. JHU and NU are below HYPSM, but a tier above the other schools listed by a mile (and many that were omitted like Cornell and Brown). Try again.[/quote]

First, this was a sample, not every college.  Second, the OP has no idea what Tier 2 even means or she wouldn’t write something so ridiculous.

People are misusing the term Tier 2 College.   According to IvyScholars … These Tier 2 schools are still highly competitive, but less so than tier 1. They generally have acceptance rates below 20%.

Tier 2 schools include: USC, Washington University in St Louis, Tufts, Tulane, NYU, Boston University, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Notre Dame, Emory, University of Virginia, Wake Forest, UT Austin College of Natural Sciences, Boston College, Georgia Tech, William and Mary, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, and University of Rochester.

Tier 3. These are still good schools, but are not as competitive for admissions, as they have more spaces offered, and fewer applicants overall.

Tier 3 schools include: UT Austin College of Liberal Arts, Villanova, Northeastern, Brandeis, Case Western Reserve, Occidental, Washington and Lee, Babson College, Virginia Tech, UC San Diego, Lafayette College, UIUC, University of Florida, and DePauw.

Not everyone would agree with the listing but facts are very few students are going to Tier 1 schools.  Tier 2 and Tier 3 have  excellent colleges and they are where the majority of your kids will go to.  
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