Where to apply to? Do I have any chances for a fairly prestigious school?

[thumper1]

Please read this thread I’m going to link. The student in this thread was a NMF, top HS student, excellent grades, multiple AP courses, excellent LOR, etc. He was not accepted anywhere he applied as a high school senior, and his profile was much stronger than yours is. This thread is older…from 2005-2006…and admissions at these elite schools has only gotten more competitive.

You need to find some sure things for admission that you like…outside of the top 50 colleges.

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…