<p>From post #16: “740 Reading (she was quite disappointed)”</p>
<p>Oh come on… </p>
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<p>I know, I caught that too. Can you imagine if she is “quite disappointed” in her test scores like that what kind of enormous pressure these parents are putting their kid through? A normal child is not going to react to an outstanding test score like that. Only one that has unrealistic and unhealthy expectations being placed on her by very zealous and overbearing parents. I feel for her.</p>
<p>^Some students have very high expectations for themselves even without any parental pressure.</p>
<p>Thank you, Slithey; you describe my D. We parents were ecstatic with all the scores… </p>
<p>Shank - I refuse to get in a forum fight with you. Life is good! I wish you a pleasant evening.</p>
<p>Yep, I am sure that these 2 Yale grad parents have NEVER placed any pressure or expectations on their child ever. The model parents…must be nice to be so good…</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the “she’s disappointed in a 740” comment. Mnmom is trying to get ideas for her D, and that comment tells us what kind of student she is. She challenges herself and expects a lot of herself. My D is similarly driven in spite of her parents constantly begging her to chill. Whatever.</p>
<p>As for the original question, I agree with a lot of the “safety school” suggestions here.</p>
<p>Has anyone mentioned Tufts?</p>
<p>Does your D prefer colleges in urban/suburban areas?</p>
<p>Since you have Naviance, you should use it to assess her probability of getting into each school. I found it to be a great tool. I suspect that some of the Ivy league schools on her list, like Cornell, are actually matches (between 40% and 90%). You can also assess the probability of getting into WUSTL. Use the 36 as a 2400 SAT. Most schools will look at the better of the two.</p>
<p>Frankly, I’ll bet the number of schools with a probability of getting in less than 40% is very small, though the list you have is probably chock full of them. The real trick is to find safeties because some private schools will reject top students because they are unlikely to attend. She should apply to Yale SCEA. If she gets in she has a safety. </p>
<p>University of Wisconsin is a great safety with a short application that she can apply to in September and be admitted by October. Other safeties if she gets doesn’t get into Yale SCEA might be Rochester, McGill, Toronto, Oberlin, and NYU.</p>
<p>Thanks all. Anyone else have any concerns about current construction and planned expansion construction at NYU? NYU is on her radar, but it was pretty dug up when we visited in March. I can only imagine it will get worse with the enrollment increases planned.</p>
<p>Notre Dame may be perfect for her as an athlete, topflight undergrad education (ranked higher than half the Ivies), mid size liberal arts emphasis like an LAC with fantastic big university resources, but it sounds like she has already drank the Ivy Koolaid…</p>
<p>Holy Cross, Bucknell.</p>
<p>Thanks - no Ivy Koolaid, just wants somewhere bigger than most of the LACs, but she also would love to swim. She may have to relax one of these constraints! I appreciate all the advice on matches and safeties. Very helpful.<br>
Son (just 12) has tasted the ND Kool Aid; he has been to a few football games there :)</p>
<p>Wow, impressive test scores. Has she done any other EC’s or had any other leadership positions? At Bowdoin and Wesleyan having few EC’s may make them more of reaches than matches. Duke, Rice and Emory may be closer to actual matches.</p>