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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big 3 senior parent. Hearing many RD bloodbath stories. Like zeroed out on targets and certainly reaches. I’m counting WL as a zero.

Have heard 5 or 6 of these just since last night.

RD was a waste this year. ED I and ED II are the only way now for a high/high middle stats kid who is unhooked or only hook is legacy. Legacy alone days are done. Legacy kids need a double hook and ED.

RD is not just a lottery but powerball lottery odds

I’m sure many here will troll this post.

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What kind of schools are you talking about? Where will these kids end up attending?

All these dramatic posts are useless without actual college examples.  We don't know if you're talking about top 20% kids getting shut out of Ivies or getting shut out of every top 50 school they applied to. Or worse-getting shut out period.  These posts could literally mean any of the above.  I'm a Big3 parent of a 10tb grader and I'd love to know what is actually meant (with examples) [/quote]

Getting shutting out of Ivies for sure. And the rest of the Top 20.[/quote]

Well that is obviously something one should expect.  With single digit acceptance rates, and outside of ED, acceptance rates below 5%, majority of kids will get "shut out" without a hook, and being rich is not a hook.  If your list of Targets and reaches includes only T20-30 schools, of course you will have a bloodbath and be a bit scared as May 1 approaches.  Those schools are all reaches, and nobody's "target".   
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