Chance Threads - A Tale of Caution

happy1
Sun, 26 May 2019 20:49:56 +0000

A few comments:

-First congratulations on your accomplishments and wishing you continued success going forward.

–Second, I do not like the chance threads myself (and yes, anyone can chance anyone else) but I think most seasoned posters do not discourage people from applying to a reach school or two, but rather stress the need to also find match and safety schools that appear affordable and that they would be excited to attend. Way too many people on CC focus only on the top tier/reach schools and neglect to do the research/work needed to find great and affordable match/safety schools.

– Third, your original chance thread http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1648733-chance-dd-at-amherst-wellesley-barnard-georgetown-and-emory-p1.html had you with an ACT of 24 and a SAT of 1670 (presumably out of 2400) which makes the top schools a major stretch. You said you were going to study for and retake the standardized tests. If your did as you said (did you?) and your scores came up a great deal (did they?) then the major issue seen by the posters in your chance thread would have been nullified and hopefully you would have recognized that as being the case.