Unhooked normal smart kids at YPS

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know any normal smart kids who got into Yale, Princeton or Stanford?

I'm talking about no hooks, not legacy/donor/athlete/URM. No extraordinary ECs, no obscure under-subscribed majors. Just a normal very good student with top grades and scores who got in from a top private or public school full pay or with aids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know any normal smart kids who got into Yale, Princeton or Stanford?

I'm talking about no hooks, not legacy/donor/athlete/URM. No extraordinary ECs, no obscure under-subscribed majors. Just a normal very good student with top grades and scores who got in from a top private or public school full pay or with aids.

Usually a top private means a hook.

[Anonymous]

With AIDS????

[Anonymous]

I know one at least. Wasian kid, would have been a faculty brat at one of the HYP but chose another instead. So no legacy or hook at the matriculating institution. I am not sure about extraordinary ECs but wasn't an internationally renowned anyone in anything. Just solid ECs.

But OP, what were you hoping to achieve with this post?

[Anonymous]

Not from our school.

Yale: legacy, wealthy.

Princeton: minority (black or LatinX) or athletes

Stanford: (LatinX), legacy or Olympic-level talent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know any normal smart kids who got into Yale, Princeton or Stanford?

I'm talking about no hooks, not legacy/donor/athlete/URM. No extraordinary ECs, no obscure under-subscribed majors. Just a normal very good student with top grades and scores who got in from a top private or public school full pay or with aids.

Usually a top private means a hook.

A top private isn't a hook to HYPSM

[Anonymous]

Nope. The one Yale kid I know had all the stats and grades at a stem magnet, recognized math, science and music awards and research for the last two years of HS. Sorry, OP.

[Anonymous]

I know one though I don't know the kid well enough to guarantee that there wasn't a hook. An aunt/uncle is an alum but not prominent enough to move the needle much. Good private but not a feeder. I haven't seen the kid in a while but they were never knock your socks off smart.

[Anonymous]

DS in at two of HYPSM.

No hook. Sort of a reverse hook in every which way possible - Over-represented minority, in over-represented major, over-represented gender, a stereotype for the race in many ways in a popular major.

Public STEM magnet school.

Top stats in an extremely demanding curriculum in a school known for extreme rigor. No major awards. Simple research at a local university without any publications or even submitting to a competition.

[Anonymous]

DD is at S. No hook, regular kid, 1560

[Anonymous]

Yes, a kid at my kid's school got into Princeton. Asian male, CS major, drum major in band, student council president, first place team in a STEM team competition, took an additional math class outside of school. Affluent suburban public high school. The funny thing is that now his mom is going to hang a shingle and become a college counselor touting her kid at Princeton as evidence that she knows something about getting kids into elite schools.

[Anonymous]

private HS - know two into Yale last year. One is legacy, one unhooked (beyond private). Very strong student with awards in area of interest, nice kid, best-in-class LOR I'm sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, a kid at my kid's school got into Princeton. Asian male, CS major, drum major in band, student council president, first place team in a STEM team competition, took an additional math class outside of school. Affluent suburban public high school. The funny thing is that now his mom is going to hang a shingle and become a college counselor touting her kid at Princeton as evidence that she knows something about getting kids into elite schools.

good for her

[Anonymous]

I know a bunch of Yale and Princetons this past year--about 3 each. Unhooked. DC privates.

[Anonymous]

Isn't top private school (as written in OP) a hook?