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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree these arguments are weird.

OP and their DC are sad that kid didn't get into first choice school via ED.  It's reasonable to be sad. It's reasonable to have wished to get ED and be done with it.

The kid has great stats, and AS A RESULT, has GREAT options.  This is how it should be.

But there should never be any expectation that the kid "should have gotten into Duke"?  That's just how it goes at very competitive schools, lots of very high stats kids get turned aside.  That's life.

[b]Good luck to OP's kid for RD.[/b][/quote]

Yes. Many are also missing that this kid can still get into Duke.

Duke accepts 3K kids a year. They get applications from 13K schools.
That's at least 10K high schools where they accept [b]no one[/b].

It's holistic. The don't have a cut-off for scores and anyone above that gets in. Many of you claim to understand this, but then seem baffled when it happens in practice.

He's also Asian. See this video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uIO2nwEO7KU 
Talking about Harvard in this case, but it is not that different.
You have a 12.7% chance of getting into Harvard if you are Asian and perform in top decile.[/quote]

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