Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:46     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest, Pomona (the Claremont colleges), Santa Clara, Boston College, Connecticut College


BC is not a likely with a 13% acceptance rate
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:34     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
I'm telling you, if he has the stats and application for Brown, William and Mary will be a safety. It's not a hard admit for a strong kid.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:32     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:My kid applied to Brown as a reach this year. We thought W&M was a target but counselor said it was a safety. W&M ended up being her choice. It was definitely her vibe. But it was also the best place she got in. Don’t have a lot of suggestions that are less competitive than W&M for you. She applied to UMass and GA as “safeties” and got into both. But they aren’t like W&M.

That’s why I mentioned Mary Wash. Should be basically a guaranteed admit, but it has a W&M-esque feel.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:31     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Maybe Rochester or Sarah Lawrence if the idea of an open curriculum is appealing (which I assume it is given the interest in Brown).
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:31     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest, Pomona (the Claremont colleges), Santa Clara, Boston College, Connecticut College

W&M ranked quite a bit lower than several of these. But a girl can dream.

? W&M is ranked higher than Santa Clara, Boston College, Connecticut College, and Wake Forest. It has higher test scores and % submitting than Santa Clara, Boston College, Connecticut College, and Wake Forest, too. Pomona is more highly ranked and has higher test scores, though.

https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:30     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
My kid applied to Brown as a reach this year. We thought W&M was a target but counselor said it was a safety. W&M ended up being her choice. It was definitely her vibe. But it was also the best place she got in. Don’t have a lot of suggestions that are less competitive than W&M for you. She applied to UMass and GA as “safeties” and got into both. But they aren’t like W&M.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:26     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mary Washington

Safety

Doesn’t likely and safety mean the same thing?
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:25     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:if your kid is at all a reasonable candidate for Brown then William and Mary should be a likely.

“Reach” doesn’t give any indication of how “reasonable” Brown might be.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:24     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:if your kid is at all a reasonable candidate for Brown then William and Mary should be a likely.

Not true


Definitely true at our school.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:23     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest, Pomona (the Claremont colleges), Santa Clara, Boston College, Connecticut College

W&M ranked quite a bit lower than several of these. But a girl can dream.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:07     Subject: Re:Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Duke
UVA
Vt
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:06     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:if your kid is at all a reasonable candidate for Brown then William and Mary should be a likely.

Not true
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:06     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Schools with Early / rolling decisions.

Kids I know who applied to Brown had Pitt, Macalester and WI on their lists.

Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:06     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
American
U Mass
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 19:05     Subject: Reach = Brown, Target = W&M, Likely = ??
Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest, Pomona (the Claremont colleges), Santa Clara, Boston College, Connecticut College


Savage!!!