How do you figure out what a Match and a “reach”school is when your stats are all at the top?

Regardless of admission outcomes, a student with a 4.0 and 8 APs is certainly a top student. If you mean top candidate for a super elite college, that may be a different story. That doesn’t take away from the fact that she is a top student, and is an excellent athlete as well.

There are many schools that seem like “matches” for her stats. Yes, a few may practice “enrollment management” but with the Ivy etc. admission rates below 10% not sure if that is as much a factor these days. Demonstrated interest through visits, contact with the coach, etc. would certainly help.

She has to decide how important swimming is to her vs other factors. The schools others have suggested seem like a great starting point. I find it hard to believe that she won’t have some good choices next year at this time.