Is it just me?

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Anonymous wrote:I have really hd a bit of a shock at how many EC's and how accomplished some of these kids are. I'm hoping it's resume padding or my DC will be totally over-run

It's mostly resume padding.

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Anonymous wrote:College admission at most large publics are number-based. Intercept of sat/gpa = admit or deny.

I like that approach but parents who seek a private education usually don't. You reap what you sow.

This is true. Large publics have many, many normal smart students.

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My daughter's sat scores mimic her school's sat range perfectly. She's at the upper end but the school has a very focused range with a blatant lopsidedness. It's not surprising that she got in AND chose to go there. It is a numbers game. Sometimes the numbers involved are monetary sometimes they're ability based. But it's still all about the numbers. At her school, which is well regarded for CS, there was not a single acceptance to the major that did not have an app making money. Sometimes you don't know the number they are looking for.

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Anonymous wrote:Publics are required to fill quotas from the state and often they include racial quotas.

Where did you get this idea? It would be patently illegal for states to impose racial quotas on admissions. Now there is no question they still take race into account in a mysterious "holistic" review process, but even that is hangng on by a thread in the Supreme Court. The only state mandated quotas are those for in state students, which is completely reasonable.

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Anonymous wrote:I have really hd a bit of a shock at how many EC's and how accomplished some of these kids are. I'm hoping it's resume padding or my DC will be totally over-run

At the very top schools, its really the stats that matter (GPA and test scores). Regardless of what you read on these boards, Unless you have the tope number 2300 plus etc. you are wasting your time...DESPITE A PAGE OR TWO OF ECs!

+1
Been through the college admission process once already and the zillions of ECs some kids have are a total waste of time. One or two, MAX.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have really hd a bit of a shock at how many EC's and how accomplished some of these kids are. I'm hoping it's resume padding or my DC will be totally over-run

At the very top schools, its really the stats that matter (GPA and test scores). Regardless of what you read on these boards, Unless you have the tope number 2300 plus etc. you are wasting your time...DESPITE A PAGE OR TWO OF ECs!

+1
Been through the college admission process once already and the zillions of ECs some kids have are a total waste of time. One or two, MAX.

that is a relief, cos I don't see how these kids play 3 varsity sports and compete in international debate and run the food banks for the city while taking 12 APs

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College admission at most large publics are number-based. Intercept of sat/gpa = admit or deny.

I like that approach but parents who seek a private education usually don't. You reap what you sow.

Not true. Publics are required to fill quotas from the state and often they include racial quotas.

The sat/GPA intercept is at the HS level, not the state level, that is how they get regional distribution around the state.

Public schools to public in-state colleges, you mean? If that's the case, then there's no reason my friend's daughter was denied from Va Tech.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Publics are required to fill quotas from the state and often they include racial quotas.

Where did you get this idea? It would be patently illegal for states to impose racial quotas on admissions. Now there is no question they still take race into account in a mysterious "holistic" review process, but even that is hangng on by a thread in the Supreme Court. The only state mandated quotas are those for in state students, which is completely reasonable.

Illegal but done. A quota by any other name...