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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC waitlisted. 4.2, 7 APs, 1400 SAT, Political Science major - I’m really bummed. I was hoping they’d go to Tech. [/quote]well this is disappointing [/quote]

I feel sorry for so many hard-working, capable, and deserving students. It sounds like it’s basically a lottery drawing from thousands of qualified candidates.[/quote]

It very much is a lottery now. No explanation for anything.[/quote]

It is frustrating that it is so hard to predict.[b] It seems like their short-answer questions are really make a difference in the decision since that's the only thing they look at beyond transcript and test scores if submitted. They don't even look at teacher recs or the common app essay[/b].[/quote]

How do you know this? [/quote]

When DS applied a couple years ago they were very explicit about this. And, in the common data set, these are the only "very important" things:

Rigor
GPA
Essays - meaning only their short answer Qs
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First gen
Race/ethnicity
Residency

Nothing else is "important". But they "consider":
Test scores
ECs
Talents
Personal qualities
Alumni
Work/volunteer

Most of the "considered" are likely considered mainly via the short answer Qs since that is the main place to express those qualities. Otherwise, it would only be in the brief activities list in the application.[/quote]

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