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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outside of the holisitic admissions spiel, I've realized that each T20 that my kids have applied to have a different "focus". Outside of rigor, grades and stats, what are they looking for (if you can summarize in a sentence or 2?) Here's what I've found. Yale: community-minded; interdisciplinary academic foundation and focus (not singular); arts + traditional academic is a big winner here. Stanford: national level recognition and singular extra-curricular passion; humanitarian focus or impact; evidence of entrepreneurial mindset. Lower grades might be ok here, as long as that singular passion is fully developed and evidenced. Northwestern: likes multifaceted students with defined interests in 2 or 3 distinct and unrelated areas; likes entrepreneurial but community-focused efforts. Duke: loves loves the extraordinary EC - unusual ECs (with a WOW factor); if not, top of the class academically Penn: likes community service and defined (quantitative) community impact. Cornell: evidence for major; localized community impact; work experience or similar (leadership isn't as important here) Vanderbilt: likes clear leadership accolades and evidence of execution of leadership in HS Others? Agree? [/quote] Disagree, but fine if this works for you. What we don't understand, we rationalize.[/quote]
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