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Anonymous wrote:2022 D: 7 (accepted 5, waitlisted 2)
2025 D: 10 (accepted 4, waitlisted 4, rejected 2)
2025 S: 8 (accepted 5, waitlisted 1, rejected 2)

The 2025 kids are twins? Applied to many of same schools?

Yes, twins. Very complementary personalities, and very close, but they approached the process independently, as in "I want to go to the best school for me. If we end up going to the same school, great; if different schools, great.", but what they wanted out of a school/community overlapped a lot (focus on undergraduate teaching with strong academics, friendly student body, strong student/professor relationships). Although their early lists had some variability, in the end they applied to the same 8 schools, with D applying to two extra, as it's harder for girls to stand out. (Turns out those two were both WLs, so that strategy didn't quite work out.) Acceptances were basically the same (S in to one extra, but could be due to major, ECs, other factors, as much as gender; hard to say). Their personal rankings of accepted school lists ended up the same as well, and they'll be at the same school in the fall. (Although we wanted them to feel free to go to different schools, as we get ready for move-in I'm grateful for the simplified logistics of them being at the same place!)

two kids.

Both applied to ONE school. In. Done.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're a high stat kid and aiming for a T20 or Ivy, you will need to apply to more. The lesson from the Class of 2025 is that there are more high stat kids than room at many of these colleges.

Mine applied to 13 including 1 ED.
Accepted to 6 (all safeties and 1 target), Waitlisted at 3 (all target), Rejected at 4 (all ivys/reach)

His stats were above the threshhold for all 13 and he had pretty good (not great) ECs, as well as a long term job, and a research internship.

The landscape of college admissions now is more like a lottery - sometimes you just can't predict the outcome.

This is my concern and why my rising high stats senior is thinking about erring on the side of applying to more versus fewer schools. Applying to a large number of schools, however, is going to take so much more time and cost more $$. Do you mind sharing your child's stats? I have been trying to manage expectations over here!

NP. My top stats kid applied to more than 20 schools for this reason last cycle. Ended up with many good reach choices after April 1.
The original list (11) would have had only 3 true reaches (RD result - 1 admission and 2 rejections).
Kid is going to a high reach that wasn't even on the original list of 11.

Starting early was really key and important. Most of Common App was finished by mid-August (small tweaks on Common App essay). Spend all fall working on supplements, and continued even after the Nov 1 deadlines (1 app a week or 2). Ended up done by Dec 24 or so, with plenty of time to review, revise and not feel rushed.

Is a "top" stats kid different than a "high" stats kid?

8. Accepted 7, withdrew 1.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're a high stat kid and aiming for a T20 or Ivy, you will need to apply to more. The lesson from the Class of 2025 is that there are more high stat kids than room at many of these colleges.

Mine applied to 13 including 1 ED.
Accepted to 6 (all safeties and 1 target), Waitlisted at 3 (all target), Rejected at 4 (all ivys/reach)

His stats were above the threshhold for all 13 and he had pretty good (not great) ECs, as well as a long term job, and a research internship.

The landscape of college admissions now is more like a lottery - sometimes you just can't predict the outcome.

This is my concern and why my rising high stats senior is thinking about erring on the side of applying to more versus fewer schools. Applying to a large number of schools, however, is going to take so much more time and cost more $$. Do you mind sharing your child's stats? I have been trying to manage expectations over here!

NP. My top stats kid applied to more than 20 schools for this reason last cycle. Ended up with many good reach choices after April 1.
The original list (11) would have had only 3 true reaches (RD result - 1 admission and 2 rejections).
Kid is going to a high reach that wasn't even on the original list of 11.

Starting early was really key and important. Most of Common App was finished by mid-August (small tweaks on Common App essay). Spend all fall working on supplements, and continued even after the Nov 1 deadlines (1 app a week or 2). Ended up done by Dec 24 or so, with plenty of time to review, revise and not feel rushed.

Class of 2020 grad — 8 (7 of them top 20 and 1 safety). Admitted to 3

Class of 2025 grad — 10 (7 top 25, 3 safety). Admitted to 7

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're a high stat kid and aiming for a T20 or Ivy, you will need to apply to more. The lesson from the Class of 2025 is that there are more high stat kids than room at many of these colleges.

Mine applied to 13 including 1 ED.
Accepted to 6 (all safeties and 1 target), Waitlisted at 3 (all target), Rejected at 4 (all ivys/reach)

His stats were above the threshhold for all 13 and he had pretty good (not great) ECs, as well as a long term job, and a research internship.

The landscape of college admissions now is more like a lottery - sometimes you just can't predict the outcome.

This is my concern and why my rising high stats senior is thinking about erring on the side of applying to more versus fewer schools. Applying to a large number of schools, however, is going to take so much more time and cost more $$. Do you mind sharing your child's stats? I have been trying to manage expectations over here!

Yes if we could do it over, I would have recommended another 3-4. 1530 SAT, 11 APs (9 5s, 2 4s) mostly rigorous science/math, GPA 4.6 (FCPS)

Thanks for sharing. Your child sounds great and I hope they are going somewhere they are excited about and will come to love.

Thanks - we're good to go and he'll do great but I think he was just expecting to be able to have more choices for his efforts. That was unexpected and I want other families to be more prepared.

Wondering how testing requirements will change things for the 2026 applications vs 2025…. More schools requiring scores.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're a high stat kid and aiming for a T20 or Ivy, you will need to apply to more. The lesson from the Class of 2025 is that there are more high stat kids than room at many of these colleges.

Mine applied to 13 including 1 ED.
Accepted to 6 (all safeties and 1 target), Waitlisted at 3 (all target), Rejected at 4 (all ivys/reach)

His stats were above the threshhold for all 13 and he had pretty good (not great) ECs, as well as a long term job, and a research internship.

The landscape of college admissions now is more like a lottery - sometimes you just can't predict the outcome.

This is my concern and why my rising high stats senior is thinking about erring on the side of applying to more versus fewer schools. Applying to a large number of schools, however, is going to take so much more time and cost more $$. Do you mind sharing your child's stats? I have been trying to manage expectations over here!

Yes if we could do it over, I would have recommended another 3-4. 1530 SAT, 11 APs (9 5s, 2 4s) mostly rigorous science/math, GPA 4.6 (FCPS)

Thanks for sharing. Your child sounds great and I hope they are going somewhere they are excited about and will come to love.

7. Got into her first choice ED.

My DC has a 35 ACT and 3.94 UNWEIGHTED. Attends a school where APs aren’t offered. DC self studied for four AP exams and got all 5s.
Counselor is suggesting schools that have a 60% acceptance rate. Extracurriculars and internships are very solid.
I cannot wrap my mind around why DC would apply to schools with such high acceptance rates.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're a high stat kid and aiming for a T20 or Ivy, you will need to apply to more. The lesson from the Class of 2025 is that there are more high stat kids than room at many of these colleges.

Mine applied to 13 including 1 ED.
Accepted to 6 (all safeties and 1 target), Waitlisted at 3 (all target), Rejected at 4 (all ivys/reach)

His stats were above the threshhold for all 13 and he had pretty good (not great) ECs, as well as a long term job, and a research internship.

The landscape of college admissions now is more like a lottery - sometimes you just can't predict the outcome.

This is my concern and why my rising high stats senior is thinking about erring on the side of applying to more versus fewer schools. Applying to a large number of schools, however, is going to take so much more time and cost more $$. Do you mind sharing your child's stats? I have been trying to manage expectations over here!

Yes if we could do it over, I would have recommended another 3-4. 1530 SAT, 11 APs (9 5s, 2 4s) mostly rigorous science/math, GPA 4.6 (FCPS)

My older son class of 2025 applied to 9, I think. My younger son, class of 2026 will probably apply to about the same number ... but that may go up if he can't decide on a major. He can't figure out if he wants engineering or not. He also likes some smaller schools so he may apply to some liberal arts colleges and some larger universities for engineering.

Anonymous wrote:If you're a high stat kid and aiming for a T20 or Ivy, you will need to apply to more. The lesson from the Class of 2025 is that there are more high stat kids than room at many of these colleges.

Mine applied to 13 including 1 ED.
Accepted to 6 (all safeties and 1 target), Waitlisted at 3 (all target), Rejected at 4 (all ivys/reach)

His stats were above the threshhold for all 13 and he had pretty good (not great) ECs, as well as a long term job, and a research internship.

The landscape of college admissions now is more like a lottery - sometimes you just can't predict the outcome.

This is my concern and why my rising high stats senior is thinking about erring on the side of applying to more versus fewer schools. Applying to a large number of schools, however, is going to take so much more time and cost more $$. Do you mind sharing your child's stats? I have been trying to manage expectations over here!

DC1 = 4
DC2 = 6

Only 1 reach each and got into all but the reaches.