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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s checking the box, for sure, but so is “impact” and “passion”. None of these are real, and when they are (very rarely), they almost never go with 1600 SATs and 20 APs[/quote]

I think impact and passion can be real, though I agree that there is much that appears 'manufactured' when reading forums such as this one. There are college consultants that have turned cultivating the 'perfect application' into business grooming kids from 7th, 8th, or 9th grade.  Which personally feels icky to me, but that just my opinion.

But in this context, to the question of "Is it worth checking the box?"  I cant answer that, but I do think by itself, with nothing else, it will show itself as just that.  Will that then help?  I wouldn't think so, but wouldn't the first time I was wrong about something if proven otherwise :-)

For you and anyone else that happens upon this thread, I will leave the link to the "Applying Sideways" blog entry on MIT's admission site 10 years ago.  For me, this post helped me frame how to think about helping my child through the admissions process.

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways/[/quote]

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