menloparkmom

I doubt anyone, even someone with a supercomputer capable of complex algorithms, can figure out a way to out think or improve the current system, because it is based on too many factors and the decisions of too many people. In many ways it is a crap shoot, especially for those aiming for the most selective colleges. It needs to be though of that way, if the only schools a student decides to apply to are those with the smallest acceptance rates. If students or parents do not want to base college choices on what amounts to a "roll of the dice", then they need to apply to safeties where they will, with a genuine show of interest, be accepted.