Colleges for Non-Competitive Achievers

citymom
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:42:55 +0000

It is possible that you overestimate the role of “competitiveness” in college admission. My DD is not particularly competitive and not a leader (at least by CC standards). Just did what interested her. Still, she had no problem getting into pretty strong schools including one Ivy. Rejected only from HYPs (although Harvard waitlisted her, she was at least close). And we think it was her GPA (couple B+) and a common major that lead to HYPs rejections, not “competitiveness/leaderhip”.