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[quote=Anonymous]DD entering freshman at HYP. No hooks - white UMC girl from northeast who is not an athlete or legacy and needs financial aid.  Top 10% of her class - one of the top 3 publics in our state.  Grades not perfect but strong throughout and she took the full "challenging" courseload.  SAT strong but also not perfect, just at the average for her school. In general I think for most selective schools the stats piece is the first hoop to jump through, not what gets people in.  What really distinguished her was all the "holistic admissions" stuff - she dedicated herself to an interesting range of ECs and was able to tie them together in her app via the essays in interesting and thoughtful ways.  She was a bit of a unicorn in her school and that worked to her advantage. Her LORs were strong I believe, although I didn't read them I believe at least one of them was along the lines of "one of top students in my career" stuff. I don't know why she got in, but I would say that she demonstrated deep commitment to a few activities and interests in a way that came though as pretty authentic in her application.[/quote]

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