Harvard acceptance this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.

+1 Not whims though. FGLI or connected kids. In the DMV, mostly the latter. Just look at magnet school admits vs. private. The latter has tiny numbers of National Merit Finalists and US Presidential Scholar Candidates, yet far more of those kids get into Ivies.

The one magnet kid I know who got in definitedly used a private college counselor. Impressive kid, packaged just so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.

+1 Not whims though. FGLI or connected kids. In the DMV, mostly the latter. Just look at magnet school admits vs. private. The latter has tiny numbers of National Merit Finalists and US Presidential Scholar Candidates, yet far more of those kids get into Ivies.

The one magnet kid I know who got in definitedly used a private college counselor. Impressive kid, packaged just so.

It is all about packaging, to an annoying degree. Or connections. Sometimes both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.

+1 Not whims though. FGLI or connected kids. In the DMV, mostly the latter. Just look at magnet school admits vs. private. The latter has tiny numbers of National Merit Finalists and US Presidential Scholar Candidates, yet far more of those kids get into Ivies.

The one magnet kid I know who got in definitedly used a private college counselor. Impressive kid, packaged just so.

It is all about packaging, to an annoying degree. Or connections. Sometimes both.

Or FGLI, or athletic recruits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.

+1 Not whims though. FGLI or connected kids. In the DMV, mostly the latter. Just look at magnet school admits vs. private. The latter has tiny numbers of National Merit Finalists and US Presidential Scholar Candidates, yet far more of those kids get into Ivies.

The one magnet kid I know who got in definitedly used a private college counselor. Impressive kid, packaged just so.

When I certain national awards listed, that's a tell the student's parents hired a counselor. Now AOs must know this too, they just don't care.

[Anonymous]

About 7 kids from TJ going to Harvard this year! One got into Harvard not Stanford. Another into Harvard but not MIT. One got into all HYPSM brown duke Columbia etc!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About 7 kids from TJ going to Harvard this year! One got into Harvard not Stanford. Another into Harvard but not MIT. One got into all HYPSM brown duke Columbia etc!

Caltech too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.

+1 Not whims though. FGLI or connected kids. In the DMV, mostly the latter. Just look at magnet school admits vs. private. The latter has tiny numbers of National Merit Finalists and US Presidential Scholar Candidates, yet far more of those kids get into Ivies.

The one magnet kid I know who got in definitedly used a private college counselor. Impressive kid, packaged just so.

When I certain national awards listed, that's a tell the student's parents hired a counselor. Now AOs must know this too, they just don't care.

Yes, the writing contests. And obscure STEM competitions no regular person has ever heard of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.

+1 Not whims though. FGLI or connected kids. In the DMV, mostly the latter. Just look at magnet school admits vs. private. The latter has tiny numbers of National Merit Finalists and US Presidential Scholar Candidates, yet far more of those kids get into Ivies.

The one magnet kid I know who got in definitedly used a private college counselor. Impressive kid, packaged just so.

When I certain national awards listed, that's a tell the student's parents hired a counselor. Now AOs must know this too, they just don't care.

Yes, the writing contests. And obscure STEM competitions no regular person has ever heard of.

Hate the game not the player. Playing the game well at a young age does reflect a certain ambitious temperament, which is probably part of what these schools are looking for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of lower tier kids get in every year. It's based on the whims of the AOs that year and not based on merit.

+1 Not whims though. FGLI or connected kids. In the DMV, mostly the latter. Just look at magnet school admits vs. private. The latter has tiny numbers of National Merit Finalists and US Presidential Scholar Candidates, yet far more of those kids get into Ivies.

The one magnet kid I know who got in definitedly used a private college counselor. Impressive kid, packaged just so.

When I certain national awards listed, that's a tell the student's parents hired a counselor. Now AOs must know this too, they just don't care.

Yes, the writing contests. And obscure STEM competitions no regular person has ever heard of.

Hate the game not the player. Playing the game well at a young age does reflect a certain ambitious temperament, which is probably part of what these schools are looking for.

+1. Winners tend to win.

[Anonymous]

What is MBB

[Anonymous]

Is it the temperament of the kid or the parent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is MBB

McKinsey, Bain, BCG. Top management consulting shops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it the temperament of the kid or the parent?

Answer is context dependent. Sour grape parents say it’s Mommy and predict an ultimate trajectory of mediocrity for the kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it the temperament of the kid or the parent?

Both. Even if these kids start out as a dutiful pawns, they're still doing the work and learning how to play a hyper-competitive game. Which they'll need to continue playing well into adulthood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is MBB

McKinsey, Bain, BCG. Top management consulting shops.

Oh gawd this is depressing!!