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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAT score really matters. [/quote]

To a certain extent yes.  But once you hit at certain level, nope getting higher does not matter.

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The touchy-feely admissions officer thinking “I really like this kid” based on their essays, activities and background matters more than everyone thinks. It is a rational decision to a point but more emotion involved than there should be.[/quote]

Yes but it must feel authentic and not made up.
Like you want to root for this kid. The kid makes you laugh. Has uncommon experiences or take on something. You see something familiar in him/her? Something you haven’t seen in a bunch of other applications.

Good essays, LOR and activities can absolutely do this.[/quote]

I agree with this. At the end of the day AOs are human.

My DC is a fantastic writer and his essays were both charming and subtlety funny (and AI is NOT capable of this, no matter how much you want to think so). The topics were nothing special; I think they showed him as a nice person who had a genuine interest in the school. His stats were average for the T20 he applied for ED; I believe it was the essays that got him the acceptance.[/quote]

There’s a lot of good advice both on this site and elsewhere on how to create an authentic application narrative.

How to focus on your character and personality and how to convey that in a way that resonates with admissions officers. Rather than focusing on the weird stuff that this site tends to over rotate on, I would absolutely recommend all of you with juniors or younger spend time focusing on this. Research. Make notes. Start brainstorming essays; brag sheets; activities.

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