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[quote=Anonymous]Just want to chime in and say that there's also a lot of stress at the other end of the GPA & SAT spectrum. As things have become more competitive at the 2nd level of top schools, this pushes the kids who used to be shoo-ins there to the 3rd level, displacing those kids into the 4th level, and so on. It is actually difficult to find a school where a URM kid with less than an 1100 and a GPA lower than a 3.0 UW can get in without worrying that they may get rejected. I was joking/not joking that I'd be willing to pay several of the SLACs for the honor of handing over $75K+ a year to them for the next 4 years. He finally managed to get into one without doing anything illegal, LOL! But damn! He had to work the hell out of "demonstrated interest," his essays, and interviews to make that happen. I was reaching out to friends who had gone to these schools, profs I knew there, anyone who could give us some insight on what he could highlight to become the kid they accepted despite the hit the school's scores would take on those stupid USNWR ratings.

And then there's the issue of whether you can afford the school if they do let you in. In our case, we have the money saved to pay for the really solid and good fit SLAC that admitted him and that he likes. Knowing that we had a big fat 529 to cover the costs wherever he could find a spot was the only reason I was able to sleep for the past few months. I don't know how I would have handled it if the school also had to be super affordable. Those tend to be places in the south or in rural areas where he wouldn't fit in and wouldn't be safe.
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