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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holistic is an excuse for arbitrary and subjective masking of hidden intentions and initiatives

By claiming to use a Holistic approach, a school insulates itself from any objective evaluation of admission policies.

There are three main hooks that will get you in with less than perfect credentials: Athlete; Underrepresented Minority; Legacy.  For specific example, look at the scatter grams on Naviance or similar system and you'll see plenty of less than perfect credentials that resulted in admission.[/quote]

Sigh. No, these hooks are not the only reasons you will see admits on Naviance who have less than perfect scores.

DC recently got into a USNWR top 5 school without any of these hooks, and SATs of only 2100 (but GPA of 3.9 unweighted and lots of AP scores of 5). DC got in due to stellar accomplishments in a certain field, which I'm not going to describe here to protect DC's privacy. Also killed the essays. In other words, it's tough for all kids, but if you hit all the notes, and you're also really, really good at something (state or national competition or award), you don't necessarily need one of the hooks mentioned above.[/quote]

Columbia mom's "reluctant" response minutes after starting this thread. [/quote]

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