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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UCs don't count toward 20, and you can always apply (or have to) outside the common app (e.g. Georgetown).  With the CCO saying basically nothing is a safety even for a 36 ACT 3.8 Big 3 kid but whose parents are nothing special, but then saying don't apply to more than 12, it's a stupid year overall.   [/quote]

This kind of kid would be screwed if they can only apply to 12. That GPA is problematic.

My kid is in the same boat GPA wise but at a non-DMV private that is permitting unlimited apps this year bc of the “unprecedented chaos” (their words….)[/quote]

DP. No. That GPA at a Big3 is not comparable to your kid's public school GPA.  The admissions officers know this and school rigor.  Since they don't have APs and have grade deflation- not inflation. 3.8 is high.[/quote]

My kid’s at a rigorous private but ok. 
It’s the private school kids under 3.9 but above 3.75 that are squeezed when the 3.9+ get dinged or deferred Ed and apply RD widely to 20+ schools…[/quote]

That’s my kid and her friends.  All over 3.9, 1550+/36 .  Most dinged, now applying RD.  She added 12 apps over the break.  [/quote]They're all over a 3.9/36 at a Big3 private? [/quote] Yeah no[/quote]

Why not? Because it’s not your child?  There are quite a few.  Depends on which group you socialize with.  There is variability in rigor but the kids who take the hardest classes also have some of the highest GPAs.  The kids who take the easier classes to protect their GPAs also do well.  They are being strategic.  My advice to younger kids is that it’s more important to protect your GPA.  You don’t want to show the school that you couldn’t get an A.  It’s like going test optional.  What they don’t see they can’t judge.
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