@lookingforward “The thing about chancing on CC is that kids almost never present the whole picture adcoms will look at.”
I agree with that. I am contemplating what a parent or student might do to obtain a better assessment, if they can be objective. The facts are that a knowledgeable person can often do this, but it take more effort than just posting on a chances thread.
@happymomof1 “no student like you who applied from your own high school in the past five years was every rejected? That one would be pretty safe. But please don’t count on it being absolutely safe. The year you apply could be the year that admissions gets tougher”
Yes. You can always be the first. It was useful to identify the schools that had never rejected a student with DD’s grades and test scores from her school, and had a significant sample size. Then she applied to three of those, just to be safe.