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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Aren't HPYS-type schools highly unlikely for this kid regardless? If the kid has no hooks and good, but not amazing ECs (as seems to be the case if club leadership positions are the primary ones) it is not clear to me why any top 10 school would be realistic even for a kid with good grades at a top HS. There are thousands of kids across the country with almost perfect SATs or ACTs."

Maybe, maybe not.  One of the huge advantages of the Big 3 is that they have sent Dozens of students to HYPS.

That is an advantage because if the student has totally impressed two or three teachers of those dozens then their recs can really matter.

At a HS that has never sent a student to HYPS, teacher recs don't mean much because they have never seen future HYPS students.[/quote]

Any guess as to how many of those dozens had no legacy status or other hooks and non-remarkable ECs?  There is probably no way to figure this out, but it sure would make the picture clearer.  Certainly agree that a rave recommendation from a star teacher at a school like that gives an applicant a major boost. [/quote]

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