Most competitive year for college admission???

[3togo]

MQD ... I agree about fit and frankly I can imagine OKing my kids taking a gap year to get another chance to go to a school they feel would be a much better fit. That said I'm having trouble tying your current comments to the posting #1 ... are you saying youmight OK a gap year to increase the chance of a better fit because there will be less applicants next year? If so, for my family that would be a poor reason for a gap year ... the delta in the # of applicants will be in significant ... while there are tons of other bigger magnitude issues to consider.

[MQD]

Good point ...

[dbwes]

Mombot says it very well.
Depending on the level of competitiveness, your daughter's "preferred" schools may always be tough. Better, in my very humble and certainly not infallible opinion, for her to research less competitive schools that she may actually end up loving than to plan gap years.

[dbwes]

Whoops! Didn't realize this was a three page, not a one page, thread. I try to NEVER post without reading the whole thing. I see where you are not necessarily targeting Ivies. My apologies.