My similar kid (with slightly lower stats and math rigor) got into Emory, Wake and William and Mary.

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Anonymous wrote:You will have the best results with slacs, if you are willing to go that route. Anything outside Williams is possible. Otherwise, probably looking at 25-50 in national universities.

There is no difference between Williams and other t10 LACs. Stop trolling.

There is in terms of admission from our private. Anything else is doable for top third of class.

That is only relevant to your private.

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Anonymous wrote:Our kid like this ended up at Cornell.
From a private. The essays are critically important ….

Cornell is pretty easy to get into if you work with the right private admissions consultant. Or if you just do your research and understand what each school is looking for — that research shows in the essays.

What do they want?

Consider an unpopular major and applying to schools less popular with others at your high school - ie I suggested Rice for my kid because it gets very few applicants from his high school. Essays can make a difference too-sometimes it is not the activities themselves but the self-reflection in the telling. Good luck!

Anonymous wrote:Our kid like this ended up at Cornell.
From a private. The essays are critically important ….

Cornell is pretty easy to get into if you work with the right private admissions consultant. Or if you just do your research and understand what each school is looking for — that research shows in the essays.

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Anonymous wrote:You will have the best results with slacs, if you are willing to go that route. Anything outside Williams is possible. Otherwise, probably looking at 25-50 in national universities.

There is no difference between Williams and other t10 LACs. Stop trolling.

There is in terms of admission from our private. Anything else is doable for top third of class.

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Anonymous wrote:I think T30 is very achievable. You still have one more summer: can’t your kid go back to the same place to do a longer intern there?

Yes, my similar child got into Michigan and USC.

Same here. My kid got into Emory RD and USC EA.

Anonymous wrote:I think T30 is very achievable. You still have one more summer: can’t your kid go back to the same place to do a longer intern there?

Yes, my similar child got into Michigan and USC.

Our kid like this ended up at Cornell.
From a private. The essays are critically important ….

Anonymous wrote:You will have the best results with slacs, if you are willing to go that route. Anything outside Williams is possible. Otherwise, probably looking at 25-50 in national universities.

There is no difference between Williams and other t10 LACs. Stop trolling.

I think T30 is very achievable. You still have one more summer: can’t your kid go back to the same place to do a longer intern there?

You will have the best results with slacs, if you are willing to go that route. Anything outside Williams is possible. Otherwise, probably looking at 25-50 in national universities.

Two kids like this-Wake and Rochester both with substantial merit.

GWU, which was not the best ranked of his acceptances, but was his top choice for major reputation in his field. International Affairs, specifically transatlantic relations. GU, Columbia, W&M-St Andrews, who all have excellent International Affairs programs, all have a slightly different angle.

DC goes to a good private in the DMV (not a "Big 5" according to DCUM , but probably one tier below). We recently started working with an independent counselor and were told his ECs are average - lesson learned too late- he's our eldest and being expats, we were not very familiar with the college application landscape in the US where it is increasingly common to hire such counselors at the beginning of freshman year.

DC is in the Top 15% of the class, max rigor in math, 4.0 unweighted GPA, 1550 SAT.

ECs: 2 somewhat competitive but pay-to-play pre college programs related to the intended major (done purely because they were interested in the subjects). School orchestra. School newspaper. Varsity sports, but not recruited athlete. Independent research (but not with a university professor). president of a school club related to their intended major. short unpaid internship in their intended major.

We initially thought these ECs were good, but the independent counselor said that ECs like that do not make DC stand out. Apparently, the research should have been done with a university professor, the internship should have been longer and had a bigger impact, the pay to pay programs scream privilege, presidents of a school club are a dime a dozen at competitive colleges, school orchestra does not carry much weight if the student wasn't part of their county or state youth orchestra, varsity sports don't carry weight if the student isn't a recruited athlete ...

Honestly, the outlook the IC gave us was depressing ... we thought DC was in a strong position. We aren't shooting for ivies but hoping for a T30. We'd be full pay.
If you had a kid with a similar profile, where did they end up?