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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With all but MIT, the colleges cited are either test optional or test blind.

Any of those colleges could have picked anyone with a better overall application under TO that they wanted. The colleges pick who they want.

He didn't get in MIT ( SAT mandated) OR Berkeley (test blind).

T20s are REALLY competitive.

Stop whining!
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+1000

Schools have never stated "we want the kids with the highest SAT and the most APs".  They want well rounded kids.  So that means, anyone with over ~1450-1500 (if not test blind) has made the "first cut"   Then they want to see what the kid has done---academically, socially, volunteering, ECs, etc.  Write a compelling essay and you can get it, if the right person reads it.  Fact is 90-95% of kids will be REJECTED at T25 schools, so it's not discriminatory---they are just picking "anyone they like better/think is a better fit for their freshman class". And yes, my 1490, 3.9UW, only 7 APs can be a "better fit" than your 1600/4.0/14 APs because of the rest of the application.

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What we're hearing actually is that top schools don't want well-rounded either.  They want top stats across the board, yes, but you also have to be a superstar in some area, not "well rounded".  They want well-rounded classes comprised of superstars in their respective fields
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