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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid had her hopes up for a top school and didn't get it.  It was very traumatic for a week or so (and now she's happy where she is).

What shocked me from the experience is that I thought ivies were always hit or miss and so she had several mid level schools on the list-- Northeastern, Boston University, etc.  and she was also rejected from most of those.  I learned later that those schools care so much about yield and have a ton of applications so bring in a lot in the early rounds and also engage in yield protection.  So a kid with 1550 SAT, tons of APs, and all As were rejected from those, also.

I'm not sure what I can say about doing differently except managing expectations![/quote]

Can you say what colleges she was rejected by and which ones she got in?  Statistically your daughter should have been admitted to a T20.[/quote]

not PP but I would bet $ it is poor rigor. All As is so common schools have to look at rigor more than ever. They compare you to what you take versus what is offered. Plus the student was rejected not WL at the midlevels(NEU, BU) which is not yield protection. PP way over-shot and likely parent did not understand the high school course tracking and what the rigorous APs really are. 
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