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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To clarify for everyone replying to the chat - DD has a 1560 SAT (800 verbal, 760 math) and 4.8 weighted GPA, and yes she is applying to all 25 top schools except UCLA, UCB, MIT, Caltech. ECs are nothing too noteworthy, but she is a prolific writer and has won many writing contests and has published poems for a close to mainstream publication. She plans on majoring in English.[/quote]

What safety schools are on the list? A lot of kids have stats like your kids.

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Like I was saying in the original post - we view Michigan, Emory, USC as the safe schools. The naviance data at our HS supports this.[/quote]

Others on this thread are trying to tell you...take every kid with 1560 and higher, just in the US. That is over 100,000 kids. Add to it the varsity athletes, the theater award winners, the full pay legacies who are "good enough" and the economic and racial diversity with stories too good to pass up and you have well over 200,000 kids. Those 200,000 are vying for, call it, 25,000 slots. Add to it all the kids who have great stories or other hooks and you start to get to 500,000 kids. Now add the international students, who are full pay for the most part. All of the sudden, you can see where 4% of applicants gain admission to these top 25 schools, including Emory, USC and Michigan, that you seem to think are safeties.

The math just isn't with your kid...or ANY kid. Assume a 4% chance at ANY of these schools (maybe Michigan is a little higher just because they have a bigger Freshman class)

Find some actual safeties that your DD will be happy with.[/quote]
I think it is only around 5000 students earning 1560 or higher per Prepscholar but I agree with your main point. It is really hard for a high stats kid without a hook. I agree with all the PPs who are encouraging you to help your dd identify at least 2 safety schools. It is also madness to apply to 20+ schools imo. 
My kid had nearly identical stats. Applied to a mixture of schools including several in the 30s range. Is now at our state flagship 
Find a couple of safeties and try to get her to love them!!  
I also think it is odd that an English major isn’t interested in a slac 
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