<p>My D is a freshman at U of R. I remember how disappointed she was last year, applying to 10 schools and getting accepted at 3 and waitlisted at 1. When she interviewed at 8 of the colleges, all the interviewers told her she would have no problem getting accepted into at least 7 of them. We all thought U of R was a safety school too, but we were very wrong. D was 3rd in her class and took all AP classes. When my D talks about her college peers and the high school classes they took that weren’t even offered at hers and their high school accomplishments, we realized just how competitive getting into a top university like U of R is and how many smart kids are out there. Be proud of your accomplishments. When a university gets thousands of applications, and most of the applicants have the same range of AP test scores, class ranks and accomplishments, it can’t be easy to choose 10% of them as future students, and what we found as parents was that it wasn’t always fair who was chosen over who, but that’s how life goes. Good luck with with your college search.</p>