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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wow. well my kid who got a 1380 without benefit of a tutor, just a regular middle class kid who had to prep solely on Khan Academy must be a complete idiot to you, certainly "less talented and less capable". [b]Well I wager his GPA is higher than your kid and he can write a better essay than yours too...[/b] but ok sure, he's "less than" because his family is not rich enough to spend thousands on test prep and couldn't retake it because of cancellations anyway.

There are words for people like you... and oh I wish I could share some of them here but I'm trying to be polite.[/quote]

GPA is meaningless when compared across different schools, let alone different districts or states. But my daughter is ranked in the top 3% of her class at a competitive public in a highly educated, UMC district. As for the essay part, if your son inherited his writing skills from you, I doubt it.[/quote]

What else does she have/do? This is the minimum requirement now for T20. She also needs something that makes her unique be it a talent, skill, perspective based on background history, a special interest, etc.

I knew a kid who got super into archeology at 12 ish and started emailing with archeologists and doing summer dig programs in high school. Combined with 4.0 and 1500 + SAT, that’s the kind of kid who gets into HYP now. It had to be genuine though. There were professors who could vouch for this kid.

Your DD needs something like this but her own unique slant.[/quote]

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