Anonymous wrote:Let her apply wherever her heart desires. Stop making these kids afraid of failures or rejections when these are life lessons. Doesn’t matter how many times you fall, what matters is how many times you stand up again! No wonder kids these days are emotionally very soft and have myriad mental issues. Eventually your DC will end up at a college she is supposed to be

This is just ridiculously stupid advice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams [REACH]
Amherst [REACH]
Northwestern [REACH]
U Chicago [REACH]
Vanderbilt [REACH]
Wash. U [REACH]
NYU [REACH]
Bates
Haverford [REACH]
UVA
Rice [REACH]
Emory [REACH]
University Texas Austin [REACH]
Colgate [REACH]
Union
Hamilton [REACH]

Sorry PP, fixed it for you. The ones I didn't mark, I wouldn't know.

I agree with the above, except that from our school, Colgate and Hamilton would be matches. My senior this year with almost exactly the same stats and profile (but a better test score) has been waitlisted at UChicago, Northwestern, WashU and Emory so far, and we're fully expecting a waitlist from Vanderbilt tonight and a waitlist or rejection from Rice and Tufts tomorrow. (Interestingly, I noticed today that no one from our school -- a top private -- with a 3.75 or higher has gotten into Tufts in the last five years.) Our neighbor with a 4.0 and a perfect ACT from an area magnet was waitlisted at Case a couple years ago, but got into Brown (legacy), Duke and Vanderbilt.

Every school that is a "match" for her stats is a reach school for everyone. So go ahead and apply to a bunch of the dreams and cross your fingers.

Then the real question is which of the schools for which her stats are above the 75th percentile, is good for what she wants to study, does not yield protect, and meets all her other nice to haves.

Pitt.

Let her apply wherever her heart desires. Stop making these kids afraid of failures or rejections when these are life lessons. Doesn’t matter how many times you fall, what matters is how many times you stand up again! No wonder kids these days are emotionally very soft and have myriad mental issues. Eventually your DC will end up at a college she is supposed to be

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory
Northwestern
Rice
McGill

THESE SCHOOLS ARE NOT MATCHES FOR ANYONE!

Why are you yelling?

Case is not a reach with those stats. It's a match, at least.

Anonymous wrote:How is Case a reach with those stats? I would think it’s a safety.

Case's acceptance rate, at 27% is somewhere on the line between reach and match. The rate is far too low to be a safety.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would help to know the following:

Does she need financial aid or merit aid to attend?

What schools does she have in mind for her reaches?

She needs some merit aid, but not a lot.

For her reaches she is in love with brown and Amherst, but we know that's huge lottery. Also on her list are Carnegie Mellon and case western reserve, both as reaches. The only school she is thinking of as a match is northeastern. Thank you!

How is Case a reach with those stats? I would think it’s a safety.

Anonymous wrote:Williams [REACH]
Amherst [REACH]
Northwestern [REACH]
U Chicago [REACH]
Vanderbilt [REACH]
Wash. U [REACH]
NYU [REACH]
Bates
Haverford [REACH]
UVA
Rice [REACH]
Emory [REACH]
University Texas Austin [REACH]
Colgate [REACH]
Union
Hamilton [REACH]

Sorry PP, fixed it for you. The ones I didn't mark, I wouldn't know.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would help to know the following:

Does she need financial aid or merit aid to attend?

What schools does she have in mind for her reaches?

She needs some merit aid, but not a lot.

For her reaches she is in love with brown and Amherst, but we know that's huge lottery. Also on her list are Carnegie Mellon and case western reserve, both as reaches. The only school she is thinking of as a match is northeastern. Thank you!

What is she looking for? Northeastern and Amherst are really very different places. Brown and CWR are also very different.

Neither Brown nor Amherst offer merit aid. Have you run their net price calculators to see if she is likely to qualify for financial aid?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would help to know the following:

Does she need financial aid or merit aid to attend?

What schools does she have in mind for her reaches?

She needs some merit aid, but not a lot.

For her reaches she is in love with brown and Amherst, but we know that's huge lottery. Also on her list are Carnegie Mellon and case western reserve, both as reaches. The only school she is thinking of as a match is northeastern. Thank you!

My DC with similar stats was admitted to Case with $32K/year merit aid.

With those stats, matches are reaches and most of the schools people have suggested are definitely reaches. I'd look for schools with 45-65% admit rates as kind of a match/likely.

Anonymous wrote:Emory
Northwestern
Rice
McGill

THESE SCHOOLS ARE NOT MATCHES FOR ANYONE!

Williams
Amherst
Northwestern
U Chicago
Vanderbilt
Wash. U
NYU
Bates
Haverford
UVA
Rice
Emory
University Texas Austin
Colgate
Union
Hamilton