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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Does anyone who isn't at Princeton use HYP this way?  It seems like a way to pretend to not disclose a school while actually doing the exact opposite?  Because who gets into Harvard and doesn't just say Harvard? [/quote]

I'm the PP - so I thought it was totally weird too when I used to see parents do this, but have come to realize on anonymous boards it feels a little better than being specific about the school because I don't want my kid identified or recognized. I have no idea if other parents use this for same reason. In any case, the schools have nearly identical admission rates so for discussions like these reasonable to group them.  And the message I was trying to convey, more than a specific thing about where my kid is going to school, is that the highly selective schools that use holistic admissions really do seem to care about more than just stats. Trying to figure out how to get your kid in based on someone else's application is probably not particularly fruitful because I really do believe that the kid who has been self directed and pursued things they really care about stands a better chance than the kid who has been pushed by a parent to achieve certain stats or pursue high visibility ECs.[/quote]

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