Is 1510 SAT good enough to get into the door of the reaches for North NJ Junior? [top 2% rank; Columbia, Chicago, etc.]

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Your son does have Rutgers which I think is a sure thing for admission. BUT…I would still suggest you read the thread I’m about to link. The student in this thread was a tippy top student, NMF, class val, great ECs, great LOR…no one expected him to be denied admission everywhere he applied, but that is what happened. This thread is from 2005…and admissions have become more competitive…

Your son does have Rutgers as a safety, but I would suggest that the rest of his list NOT be comprised of reaches.

This student did land well on his feet after a well thought out gap year and a different list of colleges. BUT it was no fun getting rejection after rejection his senior year.

No Acceptances: One Kid's Story - A year later...

Part I of III Sorry this is long but some posters have pm’d me about our story and I thought it would be of help to re-tell it. One year ago I posted a question here on CC – “We’re Picking up the Pieces …but what went wrong?” My son had applied to eight schools, been rejected at five and waitlisted at three. I expected to get a few responses and see the thread disappear deep into the archives of CC. Little did I imagine that one year later, not only would I still be posting about the progress, but an entire cyber family on College Confidential would still be going through it with me. For the benefit of those of you starting out on college applications, or – hopefully not-- for those of you who may find yourselves in our position, this is the story of one kid’s worst case scenario and how he made the best of it. I’m re-telling it here by way of my own original posts and those of other CC posters whose advice was so vital to the journey. Thanks to all of you! My original post o…