Chances at Penn/ Harvard/ Yale? ED/ EA?

skieurope
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:57:00 +0000

momprof9904:

If the school counselors believe that Penn and others are a reach, what type of letter would they write for your child if he applied there?

sgopal2:

Reading through the tea leaves, it appears your son will be facing competition from within his own class at these top colleges. So thats why they told him everything is a reach.

Be careful on reading the tea leaves. At my HS, my CC office told every applicant (unless totally unqualified) that Harvard/Yale/Penn is a reach - because they are. What’s important is what colleges the CC will most support through their rec, which should not be a question they would evade.