thread: Rejections!
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Old 03-31-2012, 08:19 PM   #4
floridadad55
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jmom:

the same with my son

2300 SATs

top 3% of his class.

But weight listed at four schools, and accepted into only one school that I would deem truly top notch.

And similar results for my friend's son in New York, with a 2200.

I think that parents are unaware how tough it is to get into top schools even with perfect records.

If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't even have my son apply to the top 12 or so schools on the US News rankings, and instead apply to #12 through #30.

The good news is that in the end, you only need to get into one highly selective school, and your kid did that.
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