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<p>Yep. No question about it. The problem is that there is an almost sixth-sense quality to evaluating an app. Does the app create an easily-recognized identity? Is the identity one that will be embraced by a particular college?</p>
<p>My biggest fear in the process was the situation that Andi is in because I knew that my D had not “worked” the application process at schools lower on her list as hard as the schools at the top of the list. It’s just not in the cards to work 'em all the same, I’m afraid. So, there was the potential for things to snowball. Fortuntately, most of those schools were “reverse commute” schools, driving against the flow of traffic geographically, which made me a little more comfortable. I pushed for a stone-cold safety on the list, even UMass-Amherst if necessary, just to have a bird in hand. You just don’t know if you’ve got things calibrated properly until its all over.</p>