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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a Yale grad who got into HYS, and married a similar combo and who mostly has friends who have some connection to those institutions and now is spending a lot of time with current students there, I would say that what you’re describing is more of an aberration. I see fewer kids who are doing a laundry list of things well as was more common in the late 90s or early 2000sx and instead see kids who are doing 1-2 interesting things, have solid GPAs and crazy test scores. But the real differentiator is that they have something about the way they interact with people, talk about themselves and their plans, and think and talk about ideas and other people. That’s what makes them stand out. This isn’t a good analogy, but you talk to these kids or some of my fellow alumni and it’s like seeing something in 3D and comparing it to the same thing in 2D.

Also stuff like book awards are typically chosen by the principal or guidance counselor or a local alum, so it’s meaningless to the institution to which you’re applying. And superintendents awards are an equally passive, meaningless thing. Colleges don’t actually care. [/quote]

Agree. It’s the way they interact with the world around them that makes them stand out. [/quote]

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