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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is our example with our 2 white privileged kids, one at IVY, the other at a t25:

2 yrs ago - T25 kid: 1520 SAT 3.9 UW GPA. Violin, volunteering at non profit, sports, denied at all IVYs applied.

Last yr - IVY Kid: 1380 SAT, 3.7 UW GPA. Started business selling his product to 10 different countries and sold it for $40k beginning of Sr year. donated it all to a charity for kids prior to application, was in the local news. Pre-College summer program in Europe before Sr yr. Sport in HS. Accepted at 3 IVYs and 2 t20.[/quote]

Well my Ivy kid, 2 yrs ago—the hardest year—got in unhooked at multiple T15/ivy RD and picked an ivy in the top 10 for best fit. They had top scores, all 5s and hardest AP, top of class, and a couple of the ECs this thread lists as boring plus a couple of higher selective/difficult to get EC. No founded nonprofits or pay to play activities or research. Guess what all their unhooked ivy friends are very similar. The hooked ones struggle big time if they pick any type of competitive coursework (multivariable, Econ, premed courses, physics/engineering). 
Second kid just got in ED to nonivy T10 also had what this thread thinks are boring EC, but top scores and coursework. 
To stand out and have good results at an ivy/T10 you have to be in the top half. Just not likely for those who get in with lesser stats due to some unusual background. Total BS that self corrects when they all get there and start competing[/quote]

Well…..My bottom half stat kid is an Econ major….3 semesters in and he is still averaging a 95 on all his classes….a little higher than the avg “top half” stat kids in his class….  :-)[/quote]

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