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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Rice is a Reach, Why wouldn't Emory, Vandy, WashU be a target? [/quote]
They all have an admit rate below 12%; Vanderbilt has an admit rate even lower than Rice.[/quote]

But they are all TO. So, if kid has a lower ACT or SAT can apply TO and may not be a reach  if everything looks good. This is not a thing with test required schools. So, the test required  schools with already lower admit percentages would be more of a reach  [/quote]
[b]Highly selective TO schools are even reach-ier applying TO than applying with test scores in range.[/b] Depends on the percent of students submitting scores. If most are submitting, not submitting scores hurts your chances.

Vandy may have a lower percent submitting compared to other schools of similar selectivity, so TO may be somewhat more viable at Vandy than at similarly-ranked schools that have a higher percent submitting.[/quote]

Nah..most are like around 30 percent admitted plus TO. That means at least 30 percent low test scores are being admitted. So, the point again, a student with lower test scores perhaps these schools will be less of a reach if the the rest of the application looks great.  On the other hand, these same students would have a less chance if they say applied OOS to say a top public with single digit OOS acceptance rates that require test scores.     [/quote]
Vanderbilt is 50%[/quote]

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