Reply to Just realized application fee alone will cost $1000+

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Just realized application fee alone will cost $1000+"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here who is trying to understand strategy now that it's basically a lottery.  Let's say my kid has high stats, but that's not a differentiator anymore.  Her favorite 3 schools are T20 and have low acceptance rates.  They are all "reach", right?  Then, [b]"safeties" are ones where her stats are way above, right?  But aren't people saying safeties are rejecting high stats kids b/c they would like to save the spot for someone who doesn't think of them as a safety? [/b] What even is a "target", then?  If stats don't get you in and stats might keep you out, how does anyone get in?  [/quote]
Let’s be honest. It’s a highly profitable shell game. You parents are falling for it.[/quote]

Per past posts/threads, safety schools have a generous acceptance rate (so no space limitation issues) AND the kid shows sincere/genuine interest (e.g. in person visit, virtual meeting with admissions officer, essay that shows why they're really interested in X school) to avoid yield concerns. [/quote]

This, plus the kid has to really like it and be excited to attend and family has to be able to afford it. It's not a safety without any of those as well.  Doesn't matter if the acceptance rate is 75%, if your kid isn't excited about it you need to search until you find some safeties that they can get excited about. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics