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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Feel lucky, no regrets. We were given the advice to go tour/visit safeties first, which was excellent advice. (It helped that this kid was the type to go along with the plan--I know not all would). He got excited about getting into the safeties and that took the pressure off.

My kid had a good but not stellar GPA with a couple C's, mid 1400 SATs, and good EC's and got into some LACS we weren't expecting ([b]he got in everywhere he applied, so maybe we undershot[/b]). We are surprised. I think being a boy has to help more than we thought it would. [/quote]

I wonder this a bit with my DD too. She had a really rough junior year due to some health problems and ended up with half As, half Bs. But strong rigor and very high test scores. Now getting all As in mostly AP classes senior year. Her confidence really took a beating that year and by last summer she didn't want to apply to reachy schools and wanted to get away from the intense/competitive environment of her HS. She'll be going to a mid-range LAC that I think has a lot of great things for her but is definitely a different environment and it will be an adjustment. Through talking with other potential students there it's been eye opening to her how different other kids' HS experiences have been. From our interactions with the school I think she will get a plenty rigorous academic experience but with a more chill student body and I think that will be good for her but she's feeling a little apprehensive at this point. But, I'm sure she'd feel apprehensive about any choice right now, since that's her typical MO![/quote]

There will be plenty of rigor at LACs in that range. There are many excellent students now opting out of the insanity that is the top30 for lower-ranked schools that have a ton of merit aid. I know kids with straight As who did ED into t50-100 schools and got a ton of merit aid.

What is mid range? In terms of US News ranking [/quote]

In the 70-80 range. She mainly applied to those lesser-known LACs with >50% acceptance rates. [/quote][/quote]

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