Chance/Match me: Smart but Nerdy Athlete (small LACs)

[tsbna44]

OP - I know you are going for the top of the top …at least you come off that way. As I noted safeties matter more than reaches.

Here’s an example why - and this student has a top score (vs. an assumed).

Your profile is great - but is not uncommon.

Take heed please. There’s no reason, especially as a full pay family, that you won’t end up in a FANTASTIC school.

Transfer or Gap Year

So a few weeks away before decision needs to be made and here is where we are at: Waitlisted at 9 school (Skidmore, Bowdoin, Amherst, Pomona, Smith, BU, Wesleyan, etc) Accepted at University of Rochester, Rutgers Honors, UVM Honors Stats: 1560 SAT, IB, lots of AP classes, 4.0, top 8% class, great EC including theater, writing and music, year-long writing internship, p/t job for 2 years, great recommendations, blah blah blah DD has decided that they really want a small liberal arts undergrad education but did not get into any school offering that. Future goal is to be an English professor or work in publishing. She is thinking it would be best to accept to Rochester and take a gap year at which time she would like to intern at a publishing company and then reapply to schools for next cycle. We do need financial aide (I think this could be part of the reason we were waitlisted at most schools - we are in NJ in a wealthy area, high performing high school, majority kids full pay). Vis…