<p>My daughter is aiming high and I am worried that she needs more safeties.
Please give me your thoughts
We live in Maine
Applying to Bowdoin, Brown, Cornell, Colgate, Dartmouth, Middlebury, Northwestern, Northeastern, Tufts, Wake Forest, Washington University, Vanderbilt</p>
<p>needs financial aid to attend
Sat Scores
math-780
reading-700
writing 660
grade point 4.0 out of possible 4.2</p>
<p>all honors classes
3 AP classes
top 10%</p>
<p>activities
math team
cross-country- state champion team 2 years 4th and 8th place as team in New Englands
indoor track- 10th in state in 800
outdoor track- 4x800 state champions 12th in state in 800
national honor society- secretary
key club
boston college book award</p>
<p>Yeah, I would agree. She looks like a great applicant, but the SAT Scores are a little low for many of the schools she’s applying to.
Will she run track in college? Because if so, many times that will help her get through the admissions process, with a small push from the coach or a letter written to the admissions team.
Northeastern is really the only safety. And in my mind, for her I wouldn’t call it a 100%. I would greatly recommend applying to other LACs: possibly Bates, Colby, Colgate, etc. schools of that caliber.
She seems very intelligent, but I wouldn’t put her high in the admissions pool at many of those schools.</p>
<p>Chances are high that she will get in to at least one or two of those top-notch schools, however I would add a few more nearly-guaranteed schools to that list for safekeepings.</p>