Chance a VERY DESPERATE BOY for Top Colleges [3.98 GPA, 3/660 rank, 1480 SAT, industrial engineering or math, music minor]

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Schools(Just shotgunning): I didn’t apply to any safeties

NONE? You need to read this thread I’m going to link. It’s not too late to find a sure thing…unless you are OK with a gap year if needed.

The student in this thread was a tippy top student. He did land on his feet after a gap year. But he got accepted no place as a HS senior. His senior year was…awful.

Read this whole thread…the whole thing. This was a tippy top student, and admissions have only become more competitive since.

No Acceptances: One Kid's Story - A year later...

Part I of III Sorry this is long but some posters have pm’d me about our story and I thought it would be of help to re-tell it. One year ago I posted a question here on CC – “We’re Picking up the Pieces …but what went wrong?” My son had applied to eight schools, been rejected at five and waitlisted at three. I expected to get a few responses and see the thread disappear deep into the archives of CC. Little did I imagine that one year later, not only would I still be posting about the progress, but an entire cyber family on College Confidential would still be going through it with me. For the benefit of those of you starting out on college applications, or – hopefully not-- for those of you who may find yourselves in our position, this is the story of one kid’s worst case scenario and how he made the best of it. I’m re-telling it here by way of my own original posts and those of other CC posters whose advice was so vital to the journey. Thanks to all of you! My original post o…