Strong Transcript and EC's, Asian Male from Massachusetts for CS [3.93, 34+]

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You are right…your targets are reaches.

Do you have any real targets or sure things on your application list?

Please read this thread. The student as a NMF, top student, excellent LOR, excellent ECs…and no one expected him to get acceoted no where…but that’s what happened. And this was in 2005 when admissions were far less competitive. Please read the whole thing. It’s a must read for any student who plans to apply to all reach schools

No Acceptances: One Kid's Story - A year later...

Part I of III Sorry this is long but some posters have pm’d me about our story and I thought it would be of help to re-tell it. One year ago I posted a question here on CC – “We’re Picking up the Pieces …but what went wrong?” My son had applied to eight schools, been rejected at five and waitlisted at three. I expected to get a few responses and see the thread disappear deep into the archives of CC. Little did I imagine that one year later, not only would I still be posting about the progress, but an entire cyber family on College Confidential would still be going through it with me. For the benefit of those of you starting out on college applications, or – hopefully not-- for those of you who may find yourselves in our position, this is the story of one kid’s worst case scenario and how he made the best of it. I’m re-telling it here by way of my own original posts and those of other CC posters whose advice was so vital to the journey. Thanks to all of you! My original post o…