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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: Your DD sounds somewhat like my DD, who just finished her first year at Pomona. She was in the top 5% of her public HS, 1550, 12 APs. I find it extremely difficult to compare ECs, but my DD had several ECs in which she had meaningful, demonstrable contributions. Many sports, volunteering, part-time job, art, etc. These ECs weren't individually spectacular or pointy/focused. DD was just interested in a lot of different things. She had awards but I'm not sure if any of them were national level. But, and this is only speculation, I think what made her particularly appealing was the intangible stuff. She was very friendly and popular with faculty and students alike and her participation in ECs was authentic and not for application credit. I think her application conveyed sense of authenticity. (We didn't use a consultant.)

Anyhow, she did well in RD: Pomona, another WASP, a couple Ivies, a couple Ivy+'s, and other top LACs. Having read the pessimistic takes here and on CC, we had no idea how she would do beforehand though. Also, and I mean this, there are so many good colleges out there. DD also really liked a lot of great colleges that people on this forum often turn their nose up at. I'm pretty sure DD would have gotten a great education and had a great experience somewhere like Macalester, Scripps, or W&M. So getting into prestigious colleges was wonderful for DD, but it never felt make or break.[/quote]

NP: Sounds like you have a great kid - congrats. This restores some of my faith in the system that good, truly nice, well-rounded kids get into good schools and not just manufactured robots whose lives are totally curated by their tiger parents.[/quote]

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