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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just for kicks, please list the basic stats (or whatever else you want) of schools that your kid should have statistically gotten into but didn't.

I'll start:

School: Syracuse
GPA: 3.81 unweighted (DC private)
SAT:  1510[/quote]

I’d reject this kid too. Why would they be applying to Syracuse??
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They spent the time and money to apply. Assume they want to go there.[/quote]

The money for many is trivial. The time, also.  A few tweaks of an essay.  For a school like Syracuse, when you get to the 18th college on your common app and you have a couple of free ones to go, why not just apply?  Silly, but AO's know this game.

The strong but not T15 private colleges have to play this game, too.  You don't think the AO's at BC, Wake, USC, Northeastern, BU, Tufts, Emory, etc. can't sniff out who is really interested in the school from someone like the OP? They track pixels on your email, time spent on their portal, engagement with webinairs, history of your high school, visits, SAT bands who have been accepted before, etc.. They have an entire software system set up to analyze demonstrated interest and likelihood of attending- and it is only getting more sophisticated.

When you get to the next tier below- GWU, Miami, Syracuse, TCU, SMU, Santa Clara they usually can't be (and aren't) that picky.  In OPs case, the AO in charge of the file sounds like they should get a bonus.[/quote]
OP would likely not get into Emory or even Tufts with those stats. [/quote]

For Emory, of course they would get in, or be very, very competitive. 3.8 from a private and 1510 SAT? They certainly would have a very good shot.

Only 43% submitted an SAT. And of those who did submit an SAT, the 50% SAT score is 1510 and its 25% is only 1480.  Roughly 80% or more scored below OP's SAT score!!!

That's exactly the type of applicant that gets in.[/quote]
20% submitted ACT[/quote]

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