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Anonymous wrote:1 safety. 19 reaches. Why not? It is a lottery and u should go for it as long as you have the safety.

but what 19 schools are "reaches" for someone with perfect grades and SAT scores? Nevermind answering that, but there shouldn't be

Any school with less than a 20% admittance rate is classified as a reach, no matter the stats. This comes straight from our private college counselor.

Besides, the top schools generally expect spectacular ECs in addition to top scores.

My kid has perfect GPA, prefect SAT, very impressive ECs (but not spectacular). Asian-American male. Even the safety is a very highly rated school (and he is in). He has applied to other schools just to see if he gets in or not. I guess he was bored and wanted to waste some of my money for kicks. My kid does not have a single reach according to Naviance. Every single college is a match or safety What a load of BS.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 safety. 19 reaches. Why not? It is a lottery and u should go for it as long as you have the safety.

but what 19 schools are "reaches" for someone with perfect grades and SAT scores? Nevermind answering that, but there shouldn't be

Any school with less than a 20% admittance rate is classified as a reach, no matter the stats. This comes straight from our private college counselor.

Besides, the top schools generally expect spectacular ECs in addition to top scores.

Anonymous wrote:1 safety. 19 reaches. Why not? It is a lottery and u should go for it as long as you have the safety.

but what 19 schools are "reaches" for someone with perfect grades and SAT scores? Nevermind answering that, but there shouldn't be

Something tells me his academic resume looked just as
all over the place as applying for 20 schools.

If you do this right, you don’t need that many schools.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to 1 and received 1 admission.

OK but what school and when?

I'll bite, Hopkins and 2 years ago. Next question?

Technically the same for my 2 DCs, but they had lists if ED didn't work out.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to 1 and received 1 admission.

OK but what school and when?

I'll bite, Hopkins and 2 years ago. Next question?

Know one kid in last year's HS senior class @ DC's school who was rejected everywhere but 2 safeties (a Big 10 and an East coast public uni). Kid had a 4.0 u/w GPA, 1580 SAT, a couple 800 SAT subject tests, published research, good ECs, NMSF, Presidential Scholar nominee, blah blah. Kid was devastated at time but now happy at school. DC in ED1, but some classmates who are not in periodically invoke this example.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to 1 and received 1 admission.

ED? Or was their top choice rolling admission?

early action.

If you pick well to start, you don't have to apply to 20 schools and waste a ton of $$.

Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to 1 and received 1 admission.

ED? Or was their top choice rolling admission?

I know someone who didn't get into any colleges, the (private) high school pulled some strings and got her into a small private low-tier college, she transferred after a year and is now an MD. Worst case you can go to community college and transfer to a state school and a few years later no one knows how you started.

There was a kid like that, with impressive credentials, he chronicled his admission journey on College Confidential a few years ago. The twist in his case was that he was DACA when he applied that year, but was in line to get a green card somehow (I don't remember the details) in a year or so. The first year he applied was a disaster, he did not get in anywhere. A year later, he got his green card and it made a huge difference. He had several offers, one of which was a direct admit to a BS/MD program; I think he went with that one.

Aside from those who did ED? That sucks. Sorry for that kid and hope that something good comes through for yours.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to 1 and received 1 admission.

OK but what school and when?

OP, why do you want to know what school? I'm curious and want to help, not being snarky.

Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to 1 and received 1 admission.

OK but what school and when?

If you apply (BET) 20 times and the odds of winning are 5% each time, you still have poor odds. Find 1-3 schools to add to your mix that your kid would be happy to attend. Not the end of the world if your kid goes to non-selective school, like 80% of students!