Tell me about the kids you know getting into the Ivy League . . .

[Anonymous]

Both my son and daughter got into Ivies (one went to Stanford and one went to Berkeley though).

What stands out about them is that they can talk to anyone. They will look adults in the eye and not mumble when talking. They both do come across as somewhat intelligent. DD is a vegetarian who hates PETA and when people find out about her veg status and reply "Oh, you must be a fan of PETA" she can give a succinct and polite reply as to why she's not.

They both went to private school. They both spent summers traveling to different parts of the world. DS is now in med school. He always had very strong grades in science. He was very into debating. He was very active in student govt and I remember he wrote college essays on how it brought him out of his shell and gave him confidence to be more outgoing. DD has been a swimmer since she was young and into rescuing/treating animals.

They can both play piano. DS also plays drums. They both had very high grades, high test scores. But to me, their personalities are what are most interesting. Honestly, they just seem well-rounded to me.

[Anonymous]

Straight A student. West coast. APs, but not all the hardest APs. Mediocre SATs. #1 in class, class /school president. Go getter charity fundraiser & international trip for said charity. Legacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have to be exceptional in some way. Mine was a brilliant writer (had won national contests) and had the requisite grades/SAT scores/ECs/athletic prowess

Not if they're a lax player from a prep school. As an aside I have worked with many non-exceptional ivy grads through the years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have to be exceptional in some way. Mine was a brilliant writer (had won national contests) and had the requisite grades/SAT scores/ECs/athletic prowess

Not if they're a lax player from a prep school. As an aside I have worked with many non-exceptional ivy grads through the years.

Having lacrosse on a résumé is a major advantage to grads entering the world of finance.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-22/wall-streets-lacrosse-mafia

[Anonymous]

Enough with the lacrosse stuff. There are c. 40 players on a lacrosse team. So 10 are recruited each year at an Ivy. At Harvard that's 10 of 1650 entering freshmen. And across the whole Ivy league that's 80 boys. Hardly dominating the admits.

[Anonymous]

Here's my nephew's stats: admitted to two Ivies

Graduates #2 in a class of 550
GPA is 4.7 out of 5
2350 on his SATs
Rows varsity crew
vice-president of Model UN
leadership positions in several other extracurriculars
wrote excellent essays (I read them. They were well written, creative and insightful)
National Merit Scholar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's my nephew's stats: admitted to two Ivies

Graduates #2 in a class of 550
GPA is 4.7 out of 5
2350 on his SATs
Rows varsity crew
vice-president of Model UN
leadership positions in several other extracurriculars
wrote excellent essays (I read them. They were well written, creative and insightful)
National Merit Scholar

no other hooks - not an underrepresented minority, recruited athlete, legacy or first generation college student

I should add that even with these impressive stats, nephew got rejected from two Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my son and daughter got into Ivies (one went to Stanford and one went to Berkeley though).

What stands out about them is that they can talk to anyone. They will look adults in the eye and not mumble when talking. They both do come across as somewhat intelligent. DD is a vegetarian who hates PETA and when people find out about her veg status and reply "Oh, you must be a fan of PETA" she can give a succinct and polite reply as to why she's not.

They both went to private school. They both spent summers traveling to different parts of the world. DS is now in med school. He always had very strong grades in science. He was very into debating. He was very active in student govt and I remember he wrote college essays on how it brought him out of his shell and gave him confidence to be more outgoing. DD has been a swimmer since she was young and into rescuing/treating animals.

They can both play piano. DS also plays drums. They both had very high grades, high test scores. But to me, their personalities are what are most interesting. Honestly, they just seem well-rounded to me.

WHOOPS! I don't know how I made that mistake. They both went to public school, NOT private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's my nephew's stats: admitted to two Ivies

Graduates #2 in a class of 550
GPA is 4.7 out of 5
2350 on his SATs
Rows varsity crew
vice-president of Model UN
leadership positions in several other extracurriculars
wrote excellent essays (I read them. They were well written, creative and insightful)
National Merit Scholar

If all these stats are accurate, it would be simple to identify the student - obviously from a public high school (class of 550) that has a crew team - how many are there? Class size would narrow the school down and then VP of model UN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's my nephew's stats: admitted to two Ivies

Graduates #2 in a class of 550
GPA is 4.7 out of 5
2350 on his SATs
Rows varsity crew
vice-president of Model UN
leadership positions in several other extracurriculars
wrote excellent essays (I read them. They were well written, creative and insightful)
National Merit Scholar

If all these stats are accurate, it would be simple to identify the student - obviously from a public high school (class of 550) that has a crew team - how many are there? Class size would narrow the school down and then VP of model UN.

Churchill fits this profile. there may be others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's my nephew's stats: admitted to two Ivies

Graduates #2 in a class of 550
GPA is 4.7 out of 5
2350 on his SATs
Rows varsity crew
vice-president of Model UN
leadership positions in several other extracurriculars
wrote excellent essays (I read them. They were well written, creative and insightful)
National Merit Scholar

If all these stats are accurate, it would be simple to identify the student - obviously from a public high school (class of 550) that has a crew team - how many are there? Class size would narrow the school down and then VP of model UN.

Churchill fits this profile. there may be others.

There are several crew teams in MoCo. Blair (a bit larger but PP may be ill- informed) and Walter Johnson also come to mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's my nephew's stats: admitted to two Ivies

Graduates #2 in a class of 550
GPA is 4.7 out of 5
2350 on his SATs
Rows varsity crew
vice-president of Model UN
leadership positions in several other extracurriculars
wrote excellent essays (I read them. They were well written, creative and insightful)
National Merit Scholar

If all these stats are accurate, it would be simple to identify the student - obviously from a public high school (class of 550) that has a crew team - how many are there? Class size would narrow the school down and then VP of model UN.

Churchill fits this profile. there may be others.

There are several crew teams in MoCo. Blair (a bit larger but PP may be ill- informed) and Walter Johnson also come to mind.

But they didn't have graduating classes of 550

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's my nephew's stats: admitted to two Ivies

Graduates #2 in a class of 550
GPA is 4.7 out of 5
2350 on his SATs
Rows varsity crew
vice-president of Model UN
leadership positions in several other extracurriculars
wrote excellent essays (I read them. They were well written, creative and insightful)
National Merit Scholar

If all these stats are accurate, it would be simple to identify the student - obviously from a public high school (class of 550) that has a crew team - how many are there? Class size would narrow the school down and then VP of model UN.

Could be anywhere in the country, she didn't say her nephew goes to school locally. And MCPS doesn't do GPA out of 5 -it's impossible to get a 5 because of required classes like PE, art that aren't weighted.

[Anonymous]

Churchill doesn't rank though.

[Anonymous]

I just think we should be careful about posting too much detail about ANOTHER person