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[quote=Anonymous]      Good example above of the Princeton student.  A kid doesn't have to be the best in his/her school at everything -- probably especially if coming from a very selective private -- but if he/she isn't close to that level then he/she needs to either be amazing at something (Intel science awards, etc.) or really shine brightly in at least several different ways (which it sounds like the girl above at Princeton did between AP Chinese and music.  While she may not have had the most accelerated math program, my guess is that she was probably a very strong students in the most rigorous humanities courses and a 2300 certainly doesn't hurt!).  Schools also build classes -- they want a certain mix of athletes, musicians, artists, STEM kids, Humanities kids, etc. so the more blocks one kid can check the better.   I would note, however, that at the most selective universities they tend to fill much of their entering class with a high number of kids who graduate No. 1 or 2 in their HS classes, so being one of those kids certainly makes it easier than being number 15 or 20 in the class (or appearing to be in that position based on the transcript in schools that don't rank) [/quote]

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