How do you think about acceptance rate?

NiceUnparticularMan
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:58:27 +0000

circuitrider:

Thought experiment: “Carleton College is my dream school, but in case I don’t get in there, I’ll also apply to…”

I think different people will answer that differently. For some it might be Grinnell and Macalester. For others it might actually be Swarthmore and Haverford. Or Amherst and Wesleyan. Or indeed various universities. My S24 actually ended up deciding between offers at Carleton, Vassar, and WashU (those were the three we visited post-offer, plus St Andrews but that was before he knew about the other offers).