Chance me for Brown ED?

fireandrain
Sat, 16 May 2015 22:31:33 +0000

Oh dear. Cagedbird – you need to rethink this.

Vassar, Haverford, USC (the one in California I assume) and Tufts ARE NOT matches. They are reaches. Brandeis IS NOT a safety. It is a match.

Vassar has a 22.5% admit rate; Haverford 25%; Tufts 16%; Scripps is 27%; USC (Cal) 17.5%. These schools are not matches when they have such low admit rates.

Brandeis, Bryn Mawr and Emory/Oxford have acceptance rates in the mid to high 30s, so it might be fair to say they are matches, but if you are not a risk taker, rethink this position. UMiami is 40%. UCSD is 33%.

What I’m not seeing is any slam dunk. You need to apply to at least one school where you are guaranteed admission – which means an acceptance rate north of 80 percent, possibly even higher than that, or where the acceptance is not done holistically so you really know that your grades and scores will guarantee you admission. Your other option is to apply to one or two schools early action – so that if you get in, then you can relax and know you are going to college. University of Miami has early action – apply there EA.

There are kids on CC every year who lament that they got in nowhere, or they were only accepted to their safety school. Some of these kids have great stats. Some of them were shocked they didn’t get into their matches – remember that a match school is NOT a safety, so there is a 50% chance you might not get in. I’m urging you to rethink this list, because I don’t want you to be one of those students come April.