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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is in an MCPS magnet school. He has many AP's (4,5), highest weighted GPA and 4.0UW, taking the most rigorous math courses ( he was done with core math requirements by 9th grade) and now taking rigorous electives from 10th grade. He has math school leadership roles as well as teaches in the community and his church. For ECA's, playing piano and won awards and performed at major events. He is very interested in the top schools such as MIT and Princeton for math. He understands and we understand that these are reach schools, but coming from a magnet school where so many kids are strong and have excellent stats, what can he do to improve his chances? As parents, we want to make sure we are doing whatever possible for him.[/quote]

When he is that strong, the only thing he is lacking is legacy or a national title in STEM. That’s it, simple as that![/quote]

Awww...don't listen to this trickster who is pretending to be your friend.  Probably a private college counselor. So if your kid does not get that National Title in STEM, he cannot get into MIT? Nope. Nope. This is misdirecting the middle class - especially the MC White and Asian-Americans.   We are told merit will win and the chance of anyone  winning the national title in STEM is very low. So you think only that 1 student who won the national title in STEM will get into MIT? No.  MIT takes more than 1 person.

You see, if you are an ORM (over represented minority) you are shown the dream and then you are told "sorry, you are not a national title holder".  But they are taking mediocre and less than mediocre students left right and center.   If you are really smart (your kid got the genes from you, right?) then figure out what they want.  All the international students who are coming to US know how to play this game.

I have a friend who pretends that she is a survivor of domestic oppression because she is a religious minority woman from a conservative religious community. Every application has references to  "honor killing", "child marriages" genital mutilation. Sure, these thing are common in her community as shown on TV but not in her family. It gets her into elite colleges.  Similarly, tales of sexual identity (he/she/it/their/them) is incorporated in the narrative because most people have not escaped from Syria and Afghanistan in horrific manner.  But, if you don't have a tale of sorrow (and are unhooked) then you are screwed.  So create that tale of sorrow or if you are wealthy, hire the stellar companies mentioned everywhere. [/quote]

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