Girl with 1370 SAT gets in to 5 Ivies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did they know she was black? Was it in the essay?

How to tell me you didn’t read the article without saying that specifically.

[Anonymous]

While the high school she attended was a high resource high school, and her parents are well-educated and wealthy, her SAT score among her cohort is very good. So based on outperforming her peers her results are not surprising.

Obviously having left, or even far-left, ideological extracurriculars is a plus for ANYONE's application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Wow, the student in question can’t even perform well on a primary school level test. She must not be too sharp.”

She likely didn’t waste her time, money, prepping with multiple testing thru high school with adhd pharmacological enhancement and test taking accommodation. Bravo. Great decision on her part. More important matters to focus on.

A student who has mastered Algebra I and tenth grade English will score a 1450+ every time. Asians and whites receive a 1450 and have to take the extreme measures you describe because they do not have access to admissions slots given to applicants with 1370s. Unless their parents are donating seven figures they cannot swing a 1370. Even recruited athletes with likely letters almost never have scores that low. She was only admitted because she is black and so few get 1370s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While the high school she attended was a high resource high school, and her parents are well-educated and wealthy, her SAT score among her cohort is very good. So based on outperforming her peers her results are not surprising.

Obviously having left, or even far-left, ideological extracurriculars is a plus for ANYONE's application.

Obviously being URM is a plus for ANYONE’s application

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ambitious, academically smart and a diversity candidate.

People with sub 1400 scores aren’t academically smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Wow, the student in question can’t even perform well on a primary school level test. She must not be too sharp.”

She likely didn’t waste her time, money, prepping with multiple testing thru high school with adhd pharmacological enhancement and test taking accommodation. Bravo. Great decision on her part. More important matters to focus on.

Bravo on not getting properly diagnosed and treated so she can test at the median level of the school she will attend? So her “story” will lower such cohort expectations ever after in her career?

Yay?

[Anonymous]

Now tell me the demographics for students taking ADHD meds and testing SAT accommodations? I bet not Asian or Black. Check out the rolling US suburbs and health insurance prescription data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Wow, the student in question can’t even perform well on a primary school level test. She must not be too sharp.”

She likely didn’t waste her time, money, prepping with multiple testing thru high school with adhd pharmacological enhancement and test taking accommodation. Bravo. Great decision on her part. More important matters to focus on.

Bravo on not getting properly diagnosed and treated so she can test at the median level of the school she will attend? So her “story” will lower such cohort expectations ever after in her career?

Yay?

Never mind median level. She’s, what, 150 points below their 25th percentile?

[Anonymous]

“Bravo on not getting properly diagnosed and treated so she can test at the median level of the school she will attend? So her “story” will lower such cohort expectations ever after in her career?

Yay?”

Sorry to hear of this epidemic in your community. Biopharma doing well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now tell me the demographics for students taking ADHD meds and testing SAT accommodations? I bet not Asian or Black. Check out the rolling US suburbs and health insurance prescription data.

So she didn’t get treated cause she didn’t have the means?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now tell me the demographics for students taking ADHD meds and testing SAT accommodations? I bet not Asian or Black. Check out the rolling US suburbs and health insurance prescription data.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db358-h.pdf

Cheers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Wow, the student in question can’t even perform well on a primary school level test. She must not be too sharp.”

She likely didn’t waste her time, money, prepping with multiple testing thru high school with adhd pharmacological enhancement and test taking accommodation. Bravo. Great decision on her part. More important matters to focus on.

Bravo on not getting properly diagnosed and treated so she can test at the median level of the school she will attend? So her “story” will lower such cohort expectations ever after in her career?

Yay?

Never mind median level. She’s, what, 150 points below their 25th percentile?

But other posters said she’s ambitious with great ECs (lol)!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now tell me the demographics for students taking ADHD meds and testing SAT accommodations? I bet not Asian or Black. Check out the rolling US suburbs and health insurance prescription data.

So she didn’t get treated cause she didn’t have the means?

Her parents are well off and educated per the article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now tell me the demographics for students taking ADHD meds and testing SAT accommodations? I bet not Asian or Black. Check out the rolling US suburbs and health insurance prescription data.

So she didn’t get treated cause she didn’t have the means?

Or she didn’t get treated cause she already knew expectations were much lower, and expects that benefit for the rest of her life?

[Anonymous]

Students' job is studying and preparing for exams, tests, finals, and SAT. Not being pretentious.