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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was my 3rd going through, and I’m vocal as to how brutal it was for us. My take-always - if they know what they want to study, do the legwork up front. Compare programs. You may be surprised by which schools you eliminate, or in our case, added and ultimately got accepted to.

[b]Make sure your child understands the “most rigorous” box on the application[/b] and which schools (reaches) this matters to.

Visit schools early, just to get an understanding of how big a public flagship is vs SLAC. It’s expensive and time-consuming to get accepted to a mix of schools and then have to answer what you like/dislike when that could have been done early.

Which brings me to the final - set expectations that they may not know til April or later. My first too were accepted ED and know by Thanksgiving. Tons of time to celebrate, sweatshirts for everyone for Christmas, time to find roommates, and visit. And if waitlisted - ugh! Some schools allow for dorm selections once admitted, and if there isn’t enough housing, then there is so much anxiety because all the ED and EA kids get priority. We are eliminating one for this very reason. 
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Sorry, can you explain what this means?[/quote]

On what the school counselor submits, there is a question asking whether the student took the most rigorous curriculum available. If, for example, the school offered Calc BC but student only took AB, counselor will not check that box. Ivys and highly selective schools sift applications based on this. There is ample discussion on this on this forum. [/quote]

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