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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]all deferrals (7EA mix of solid target and 2 low reaches) and one "let's look at mid-year grades" from what she thought we totally a safety. 2 Rejections from super high reaches. [/quote] [b]It sounds like you got bad advice when you developed your list of schools.[/b] Safety schools aren't asking for mid-year grades - many are offering honors college, and sharing research opportunities and study abroad options to encourage high stat students to attend. [/quote]

NP. We received advice constructing my DC’s college list from the school counselor at our “Big3” private school. Rejected at 2 likely schools (safeties), one target, 1 reach. Deferred from 2 likely schools and 5 target schools. I think the counselor was giving good advice based on knowledge in hand and was blindsided by this year’s admission results. They are not following the patterns in scoir AT ALL.[/quote]

Are you willing to share names of these safeties?

What you are saying makes sense if this were 2021. We are several years into this new world of admissions, though. If a school doesn’t accept more than 50% of applicants, it is not a true safety for anyone, period. This goes double/triple for majors like engineering, CS, business, and neuroscience.[/quote]

This is spot on. I don’t know think most college counselors appreciate this.   I know I didn’t had a parent new to this process.  I see so many parents with juniors now making the same bad assumptions.

So far my high stats kid (Mcps magnet, 4.0 UW, 13 AP, 35 ACT)  has only gotten into 2 safeties and UMd honors college.  Deferrals from the rest of EA.  [/quote]

Weird tangential Q, what mcps magnet has room for 13APs? Or, did your kid self study on a few based on a similar magnetclass? I have kids at 2 different magnets, and I don’t see how this is possible with the magnet schedules.  Which magnet is this?[/quote]

Poolesville SMCS.   No self study.   AP Calc BC counts as 2 tests because of the AB sub score.  SMCS also has an extra period/extended school day.   So yes, my kid worked his butt off through all those classes and 2 years of college math with straight As to get deferred by Case Western.     [/quote]

AP Calc BC never counted as 2 classes/tests for my Blair kid (or for me 30+ years earlier). So, I call a littlebs on that. (Now, what colleges choose to give credit for is a different story). So that's 12 APs, really. My Blair kid also had an extra period and worked her tail off, starting with Functions and finishing with Complex Analysis. Only could fit about 8-9 APs with all the magnet classes and the fact that APs weren't allowed in 9th. One thing that may have made a difference is arts classes. Mine did an advanced art most years.  I think the arts helped her with admissions. 
Still, this time last year, she only had umd honors (which is a great admit, so hooray for that) and one other safety.  Ended with several T15/top LACs.  So, hope yours will get some more good news, but, if not, umd honors is a wonderful program. [/quote]
No BS.  Application lists 13 exams.  5 of which have not taken test yet.  But point is that other than UMd, just like OP it’s defer City over here too.  [/quote]

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