Reach vs Match/safety

collegemom3717
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:56:12 +0000

^^exactly- the simple piece of what you actually want. One of my Collegekids knew where she wanted to go, which the GC told her was “just” a match and that she had a very good shot at ‘reachier’ schools (tippy tops). But she knew what she wanted and to the GCs frustration applied to, was accepted by and attended the match school. It was an exceptionally happy 4 years, and now she is very happily in grad school at one of those tippy tops- and even clearer that while it is a great place for her as a grad student, she is glad that she didn’t go there for undergrad.