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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son got in spring 2023.  He had 4.0 unweighted, 1580 SAT, all 5s on APs, good ECs, but not anything award winning.  He plans to major in Political Science or History so not anything STEM.  I have no idea what got him in, but he did get a note from the woman who read his application about his essays, so maybe that was it.

He ended up choosing not to go.  Too far and too expensive.  He's at UVA and is very happy.  [/quote]

It's a shame that people apply to schools they have no intention on attending....

Honestly, what about far and too expensive did you not know in advance?[/quote]

Seriously. People like this are taking away opportunities from their peers at their high school. Absolutely awful behavior by this family. If you don't want to go to Stanford or other highly selective schools, don't apply. Just go to UVA. Why take these possibilities away from other students at your high school? Nothing about Stanford's location or cost is mysterious. But highly selective universities will only take x amount of students from a particular high school, and this one took one away from someone that probably really wanted to attend. For no reason at all except the bragging rights. Pathetic.     [/quote]

"But highly selective universities will only take x amount of students from a particular high school"

There are no quotas.  it's why Stanford takes an absurd amount from high schools around California.[/quote]
No firm quotas. But loose ones. These numbers are higher for certain California schools. Duh.[/quote]

another dunce.  Keep acting like you know what you're talking about[/quote]

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