This year's applicants - please listen

atlantamom
Sat, 04 Feb 2006 06:30:37 +0000

The last few posts on this thread demonstrate why this thread is important. Lots of kids with outstanding statistics assume that schools like Oberlin or Colby are safeties. The point is that throwing in a couple of schools like them does not constitute a well-balanced approach to college applications. Andison fell victim to inadequate college counseling and a change in the process that has caught many a parent off guard. Would have caught me too except for this thread. At my son’s school I am seeing some kids repeating the risky strategy AND THEY DON’T KNOW ITS RISKY! That’s why this thread is so invaluable. This year there will be similar stories, but the more the word is out, the less of them there will be.