I’m not settling for anything less than an ivy league school
Please read the thread I’m going to link here. The student in that thread was a tippy top student all four years of high school, class val, national merit finalist, excellent ECs with strong commitment, excellent essays, excellent LOR. No one expected him to be rejected from all the colleges he applied to his senior year, but that is what happened. He didn’t have a sure thing for admission that he liked a lot, that was affordable on his application list.
He landed well on his feet after a well crafted gap year. But his senior year in high school was not a happy time. This was 20 years ago…but college admissions have only become more competitive since then…and the info in the thread still relevant.
read the whole thread: