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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1300/1600 is very low for a white kid to be admitted to an ivy without a major hook. It sounds like this was many years ago, when it wasn't so difficult.[/quote]

Ok maybe I am venturing into too much identifying info but my curiosity is getting the best of me

1) white male

2) college years 1996-2000 (seems like a long time ago and much harder now right?)

3) not athlete at all

4) trumpet in school band

5) only hook i can think of is Eagle Scout?

6) or the rural southern diversity element -- which apparently used to be very potent??

Not to humblebrag, but besides the ivy I attended, I was also accepted to MIT, Harvey Midd, Duke -- so there was some pervasive affirmative type action at that time. I was rejected from Harvard, my only rejection.

Does coming from rural schools still hold weight? Maybe I should move home to improve my kids chances ;). Nah, I was woefully unprepared for college; going from a far too easy high school to elite university was a shock, and honesty my confidence never recovered which was a factor in my very modest career (I would have ended up in same place  am now if I had gone to  State U).  [/quote]

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