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[quote=Anonymous]This is a generalization but the following is what we could figure out based on experience with our E kid:

- high or highest math at your student's school - Calc BC helpful and table stakes at most competitive schools, others may take AB but you need to show rigor elsewhere - bonus points if your student got to Multi or Linear and has all A's

- physics - again table stakes is physics 1/A but a lot of kids have 3/C

- APs - nice to have 5's on the AP tests for the above subjects - a couple top 10 E schools even told us a 4 was a "question mark" - especially in math or science

- ECs - are they doing things related to engineering, math, physics, robotics, engineering on the side? Being in an engineering society does not count - I mean a real activity, such as a legit performer in math olympiad - math is fundamental to engineering

And yes, I do think schools are trying to have a diverse program with an attempt at M/F parity, even if it is harder to achieve, so certain groups benefit more.

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