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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe he literally had nothing better to write about and as such, the "everywhere" schools he applied to saw through it?[/quote]

Or maybe he applied to only Reach schools and no real targets and only the one safety
I've heard way too many say "I got into only 1 school" and then look at their list of 15 schools, all with less than 20% acceptance rates.  And you have to wonder how smart they really are. [/quote]

Sorry, I wonder how smart you really are.  They were applying to 15 schools and were presumably satisfied with either of those 15.  They got into one from their list.  How is this not a good outcome?

The only ways your logic would work are if you believe that a) being admitted to more than one school is somehow a better outcome even if those additional schools are less attractive to you or b) adding more lower ranked schools to your list somehow increases your chances of being admitted to a higher ranked school.  [/quote]

It's an issue because a student with the resume for T20 schools should easily get into many in the 30-60 range.  If they design their college list properly, they should get into more than 1 safety.  Yes, they are going to college, but let's face it most kids would much prefer to get into some of their "targets" and have a choice to make in April.    It's all about the balance.  
We read/hear about too many who only apply to Highly selective schools and then get denied at all of them, and are left scrambling in the spring, or left convincing their kid that they actually like their safety school.  So those schools should not be "less attractive than their safety".  But a kid with those stats should get into [b]50%+ of their targets if they do it correctly[/b].  The fact they did not indicates they likely did not have any targets.

You can do you, but most high stats kids would be severely disappointed if they only get into their bottom safety.  And it didn't have to be that way.  [/quote]

This is simply not correct. Look, even kids who balance the list perfectly end up in the same boat. You truly cannot guess which school is going to take you. Look at all the posts kids rejected from true safeties, let alone targets. Targets just means you are just like most of the kids they will accept, but they will also reject a lot of similar kids. [/quote]

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