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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a high stats kid from another private school...our college counselors made it very, very clear that all bets are off for ANY college with acceptance rates <20%.  Those schools cannot be counted on for any kid.[b]  They insisted that kids have at least 3 schools with acceptance rates over 50% and at least one had to have an acceptance rate over 60%.  Other than that, kids were strongly encouraged to find at least 5-6 schools in the 20-50 percent range that they could really be happy at.  [/b]

This seemed to work well when the advice was followed...the ones that ended up unhappy are those who disregarded the advice and just put in a couple of safeties and shotgun 20 plus applications for schools with <15% acceptance rates.  These kids and their parents are now blaming the counselor for not doing more.

I'm not saying that is what is going on at Sidwell but it is certainly the case that people are upset that the process/outcomes were different that what they were 4-5 years ago and they didn't want to hear it.[/quote]

This post should be pinned and mandatory reading for every current junior and sophomore high school family. Thank you. [/quote]

I think this approach is a great one on paper. However, the schools that accept over 50% of applicants are not the schools that these kids or their parents are excited to attend. Not many of these parents want their kid going to Auburn. Oh wait, Auburn isn’t a good example since their admission rate dropped to 24% this year! What is a school with a 50% admit rate that these high achieving, 34 ACT kids are excited to attend? It is really hard to find one. [/quote]

University of Vermont (if they like small cities), Pitt (if they want larger cities), Penn State (if they want football), Muhlenberg (if they prefer SLACs)...there are thousands of colleges in this country.  The point is that people need to think beyond the 50 that USNews has deemed "best" to what is acceptable.[/quote]

It is not fair to expect folks to be happy to go to Vermont and such after an elite education like at Sidwell.[/quote]

You're joking, right?[/quote]

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