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[quote=Anonymous]I feel for that kid and I hope things go well for him, I’m sure they will and he’ll probably go to a bomb grad school. But over and over again people are shocked when the perfect stats kids don’t get into the top schools. Perfect stats don’t get you into those schools, excellent stats get you in to the pool for consideration then they need to stand out in other ways. Does it feel like a bait and switch for those kids who grind away for four years for perfect grades and test scores so they can go to a top college? Maybe. But we see the same thing happening year after year it’s not just a Covid thing. Somebody associated with MIT admissions office said something about when choosing between a kid with a perfect set of numbers or somebody who had shown innovation and creativity in their research but a few points lower in their SAT they would always choose the latter. I don’t think anyone can accuse MIT of not being a meritocracy it’s just not measured simply by numbers on the test.[/quote]

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