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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have three in college and one who graduated from an SEC school last year.  I've never been able to figure out the logic.  My kids knew exactly where they wanted to go and none of the schools were difficult to get into.  They all got academic scholorships which was wonderful!  The process was easy for us, thankfully.

Here's an example of how bizarre the admissions process can be-  My neighbor's son.  4.45 weighted.  Great SAT scores. Senior Class President.  Tons of service hours.   Accepted to two Ivys.  Wait listed at University of Florida, which was his dream school.  Same year my daughter's best friend was accepted at University of Florida with a 3.4 and much weaker scores.  Her only extra-curricular was chorus.  The only thing I can think of is maybe the essay made the difference???  But I can't imagine my neighbor's son wrote a bad essay.  He's brilliant.

My advise as someone who has had four kids go through the process-  Encourage him to apply to schools he is interested in regardless of what you think his chances are.  Just make sure you include some reach schools and some safe ones in the bunch.  You just never know....
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Wild guess re: UF. They didn't feel first choice and didn't want to be the kid's safety school. But I agree that kids should apply where they want and see what happens. [/quote]

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