Anonymous
10/12/2025 17:42
Subject: Target school list?
Emory ED, and being a boy might help there too
Anonymous
10/12/2025 17:40
Subject: Target school list?
Honestly, if your DS applies ED to UChicago, they'll get in!
Johns Hopkins and Georgetown should be on the list (reach? high target?).
Real targets for your DS's super high stats would include: WashU and Carnegie Mellon (hidden gem, much better for social sciences than people realize).
Johns Hopkins and Georgetown should be on the list (reach? high target?).
Real targets for your DS's super high stats would include: WashU and Carnegie Mellon (hidden gem, much better for social sciences than people realize).
Anonymous
10/12/2025 17:37
Subject: Target school list?
McGill
Anonymous
10/12/2025 17:37
Subject: Target school list?
Vassar - excellent in Poli Sci and IR.
Wesleyan - excelent in Econ and Poli Sci.
Both give a BIG BUMP in admissions for males. Take advantage, OP and good luck!
Wesleyan - excelent in Econ and Poli Sci.
Both give a BIG BUMP in admissions for males. Take advantage, OP and good luck!
Anonymous
10/12/2025 17:28
Subject: Target school list?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tufts or Boston U or Georgetown
Those aren’t targets for anyone.
George Washington?
+1000
A target should be an acceptance rate between 20-50%, anything lower is a reach. Ideally you want a few targets where your kid is at/above the 75% for stats and the acceptance rates are 30-40%+ to improve acceptance chances
It has to be your high school’s acceptance rate, not general acceptance rate. GW at ours has an acceptance rate over 95%, it’s more safe than a safety.
I mean, by that definition UVA would be a target for my DD per her high school’s scatterplot. No one with her stats has been rejected. I still don’t consider it a done deal.
Anonymous
10/12/2025 17:27
Subject: Target school list?
William & Mary
Richmond
Georgetown
Richmond
Georgetown
Anonymous
10/12/2025 17:24
Subject: Target school list?
Anonymous wrote:With his stats schools ranked 26-40. So Uva, Tufts, Georgia tech if non CS.
UGA honors
Richmond
U Miami
Anonymous
10/12/2025 16:14
Subject: Target school list?
With his stats schools ranked 26-40. So Uva, Tufts, Georgia tech if non CS.
Anonymous
10/12/2025 16:11
Subject: Target school list?
We relied on Naviance data for my DS’s targets, who had a 1520, 4.0 and top rigor. There were certain schools with a sub 20% acceptance rate that per Naviance always admitted kids with his stats.
Then there were schools that seemed like solid targets but were not because they were managing yield. Lehigh and Boston College rejected lots of 1500 kids from his HS, likely because the received lots of applications and were managing yield.
BU did not seem to manage yield. Most NESCACs other than Williams, Amherst and Bowdoin seemed to be predictable targets too with good enough stats, but your Naviance data may differ.
Then there were schools that seemed like solid targets but were not because they were managing yield. Lehigh and Boston College rejected lots of 1500 kids from his HS, likely because the received lots of applications and were managing yield.
BU did not seem to manage yield. Most NESCACs other than Williams, Amherst and Bowdoin seemed to be predictable targets too with good enough stats, but your Naviance data may differ.
Anonymous
10/12/2025 16:02
Subject: Target school list?
W&M
UMD
Wesleyan
Vassar
BU
Northeastern (with openness to semester or year abroad)
GW
McGill
Toronto
UMD
Wesleyan
Vassar
BU
Northeastern (with openness to semester or year abroad)
GW
McGill
Toronto
Anonymous
10/12/2025 15:46
Subject: Target school list?
It would help if you named the reaches and safeties. What about Dickinson as a target? I think W&M is a good suggestion too.
Anonymous
10/12/2025 15:40
Subject: Target school list?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:William & Mary is the obvious answer here, OP.
+100
^W&M booster is back
Anonymous
10/12/2025 15:26
Subject: Target school list?
Anonymous wrote:William & Mary is the obvious answer here, OP.
+100
Anonymous
10/12/2025 15:07
Subject: Target school list?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tufts or Boston U or Georgetown
Those aren’t targets for anyone.
George Washington?
+1000
A target should be an acceptance rate between 20-50%, anything lower is a reach. Ideally you want a few targets where your kid is at/above the 75% for stats and the acceptance rates are 30-40%+ to improve acceptance chances
It has to be your high school’s acceptance rate, not general acceptance rate. GW at ours has an acceptance rate over 95%, it’s more safe than a safety.
Agree. It’s like Wesleyan, Lehigh and Bucknell from our private with those stats.
Anonymous
10/12/2025 15:05
Subject: Target school list?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tufts or Boston U or Georgetown
Those aren’t targets for anyone.
George Washington?
+1000
A target should be an acceptance rate between 20-50%, anything lower is a reach. Ideally you want a few targets where your kid is at/above the 75% for stats and the acceptance rates are 30-40%+ to improve acceptance chances
It has to be your high school’s acceptance rate, not general acceptance rate. GW at ours has an acceptance rate over 95%, it’s more safe than a safety.