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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]white male 1580 SAT (800 math) 4.7W GPA (4.0UW) Eagle, national CS awards, patent for a product he designed, leadership roles and volunteer roles. APs in all core subjects with 5s on exams. Math through multivariable calc. Teachers proofed essays and loved them. CS major
No: CMU, Stanford, Wisconsin, Washington, Boulder (offered exploratory studies not CS)
Deferred then WL: Ga Tech, Rice, UT Austin

Yes to all "safeties" but I don't believe in safeties for CS

Attending and happy at Purdue. [/quote]

Wow!!  Your boy looks amazing!!  Don't know what else can the "no" schools asked for?  Purdue is great!  Congratulations!![/quote]
Not the PP but parent of a similarly accomplished kid with similar results.   There are just way too many kids for too few spots.   [b]Kids with bad scores just go TO[/b] so high scores are just one other data point.  Unique interests seem to help as well as obviously being having a hook or from an under-represented group.  No one really knows.  Have you kid apply and see what happens.  Trying to guess what your kids results will be is not helpful.  [/quote]

I wish there is a TO equivalence for GPA.  My kid has really high SAT/ACT, but not stellar GPA from TJ due to the tough Math department ...  No hooks and no place to hide ...[/quote]
NP. I understand. In theory, the context of the high school is considered. But, in practice, I don't think this happens at many colleges across the country.[/quote]
I agree, and even within one high school the grading can vary a lot due to different approaches by different teachers. Frustrated that the one test that is graded the same for every applicant is now the thing that is optional. ?[/quote]

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