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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my coworkers' wife, who is an AO at an Ivy, said this to me at the company last year Christmas party:

How to get rejected by Ivies:
- I have 4.0 GPA with 12 AP classes
AO response:  There are 1500 Asian kids with the same achievement

- I am the violin first chair in the orchestra,
AO response:  There are 1200 Asian kids with the same achievement

- I score 1570+ on the SAT
AO response:  There are 1500 Asian kids with the same score as you

- I am an accomplished pianist
AO response:  There are 800 Asian kids that can play piano just as good as you, if not better

- I found a nonprofit to help the homeless:
AO response:  There are 500 Asian kids that also do the same thing like you

How to get accepted by Ivies:

- I can play guitar like Slash of Guns 'n Roses. I can show you how I play "November Rain" or "sweet child o mine"
AO response:  Now that's unique.  We would love to have you at the university

- I have a TikTok influencer with over 2M followers 
AO response:  Amazing.  You know how to monetize your influence.  It means more exposure for the university.  Welcome to the university.

You get the idea...[/quote]

This sounds like a made up story based on what is largely true in admissions…what school?[/quote]

The 2 kids in a "rock band" at our private got into EVERY T20 they applied to last year. Not top of class.[/quote]

Our W high school has a few  hundred varsity athletes. So yeah, in spite of all the work your kid puts in, they look just like every other kid at the school. It really irked me because DS put huge amounts of time and effort into his sport, while other seniors did not and sat the bench. Yet everyone puts the same entry in the common app.

JV and Varsity sports are the same line too, so unless a school looks closely, they won’t know if the applicant was playing JV or Varsity. I get the distinct feeling that the AOs really don’t give a sh*t about sports, even though we all know what they can teach.

Your students should do what they want to do.  There is no longer a manic combination - like back in the day where Ivy men were always varsity athletes.[/quote]

Unless you are a recruited athlete, there really is no distinction between all the other athletes.  I don't think anyone even cares at all about a captain or not.

However, if you are a recruited athlete (a true recruited athlete) then your admissions process is a cake walk.[/quote]

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