Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 21:26     Subject: Re:What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why? Why are you curious? Why does it matter to you? what information will this provide?


So people can show off.


+1
Or just make things up. So predictable.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 21:16     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
reach: Yale (rejected REA), Princeton
target: Tufts, Lehigh
safety: Vermont
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 20:57     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Last year

Reach: Rice, MIT
Target: USC, Michigan
Safety: Maryland

Attends Rice
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 20:39     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
This round…

Reach: WashU ED1 (accepted, recruited athlete)
Was going to apply to: tons of SLACS, a few top state schools
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 20:34     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Reach: Northwestern, Harvard
Target: Georgetown, Tufts, St Andrews
Safety: Macalester
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 20:05     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Last year:

Reaches: UT Austin (rejected) Michigan (WL) UNC (rejected)

Target: UGA UF Wisconsin UMD

Safety: Ohio State, Penn State, Indiana, Pitt, SC

Got in all safeties and targets except UF
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 20:03     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Reach: UVA, UNC, Michigan (all denied or deferred and withdrawn)
Target: UGA (enrolled), UF (accepted)
Safety: Auburn, Clemson, UT-Austin (in state) (all accepted)


Unusual to get into UF and especially UT-Austin and chose UGA over those schools. Was merit money involved?



My kids was rejected at UF but would have chosen UGA over it (and attends). Was deciding between there and Wisconsin
A friend's son accepted at UT Austin and chose UGA.

Not to say it's better than either or not (UT Austin obv the "best") but you just never know.

My kids LOVES UGA!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:57     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Reach: Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Harvey Mudd
Different kind of reach: Michigan, Georgia Tech, UIUC
Target: UMD computer science
Safety: UMD general admission
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:32     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Reach: Northwestern
Target: WashU, University of Michigan, and Haverford
Safeties: Miami University, Hobart and William Smith and Pitt

Accepted ED to WashU.


Stars?


I meant, stats?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:30     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Anonymous wrote:Reach: Northwestern
Target: WashU, University of Michigan, and Haverford
Safeties: Miami University, Hobart and William Smith and Pitt

Accepted ED to WashU.


Stars?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:27     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Anonymous wrote:Reaches: Middlebury, Bowdoin
Targets: Colgate, Hamilton, Bates
Safeties: UVM, UNH, Union, Skidmore


I thought Colgate was on par with Midd and Bowdoin (but am not an expert on LACs)
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:24     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Reach: UVA, UNC, Michigan (all denied or deferred and withdrawn)
Target: UGA (enrolled), UF (accepted)
Safety: Auburn, Clemson, UT-Austin (in state) (all accepted)


Unusual to get into UF and especially UT-Austin and chose UGA over those schools. Was merit money involved?


Ut Austin in state is not unusual at all- it’s auto if you are top 6 %. The same grades and rigor (all as except one b) that got her in Ut Austin worked at UF which I think is the most predictable college admission out there.
As far as UGA, yes merit. For her program, UT is not any better plus she wanted a slightly smaller school.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:22     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

This is from an older kid a few years ago
Reach: none I guess
Target: UGA (accepted) with merit), Clemson (accepted with merit)
Safety: TCU, SMU, Alabama, Univ SCarolina (all accepted with lots of merit at each)


Irrelevant. Talking this admissions cycle.

Thank you for clarifying the rules Alex.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:04     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
Reaches: Middlebury, Bowdoin
Targets: Colgate, Hamilton, Bates
Safeties: UVM, UNH, Union, Skidmore
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 18:51     Subject: What school(s) were the reach? What was the safety? Curious
DCUM may say it wasn't even a reach for weighted GPA 3.92 more like not happening, but anyway:
Reach: UVA
Target: Penn State
Safeties: GMU, Shenandoah, JMU