| Owlice - I agree with you about the importance of carefully crafting the list of colleges. D has started making her list because one of her teachers asked the kids to list their 5 top choices. Naturally, D's choices included no safeties, two high matches and three reaches. That is something she will have to work on this coming year. We'll really have to wait and see how those tests all turn out before she makes her final list.
By the way, if I told my D to expect at least three rejections, she would say, "Why are you being so negative?" I will have to keep my mouth shut.......lol. Luckily, she has seen what's happened to the kids this year - while most kids got into at least one of their top choices, only a handful got into their first choice school. So many well-qualified kids got waitlisted and rejected - and especially the one girl I mentioned in my earlier post. I think D will listen when I tell her she has to apply more strategically, both to get accepted and to get good financial aid. |