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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions.  Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?[/quote]

That is exactly what Harvard does. Go do some research on their admissions rubric. Intellect, extracurriculars, athletics, personality are all graded on a scale with one being the highest and most candidates needing at least 3 scores of 2 or higher to have a decent admissions shot. An academic 1 by itself (Supra level USAMO medalist, etc.) is only good for a 66% chance. The best chance for a single 1 is recruited athlete at 85%. The material is out there.[/quote]

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