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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read who gets in and why too, and while very insightful, I’m not sure it gives a magic formula.

What I took away from WGIAW it was:

Be very smart and get an A and 5 on BC Calc junior year (especially if female as this illustrates high quant IQ.)
Take the other hardest courses at your school and get As
Apply ED and EA
Be full pay
Be recruited for a sport
Most importantly, admission officers are human and make many seemingly random decisions

Anyway, this “recipe” is not possible for most kids. For my kids, we are going to do a lot of rolling and EA schools and be happy with those schools. We are not getting attached to any one perfect school. I am encouraging my kid to apply to schools they fit their areas of interest but have admission rates above 50%. Maybe they will try for one harder to get into school for ED but that will be balanced with others that are more likely. 
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My kid is a male and has done all of this except for recruited athlete (4 year varsity sport and captain senior year) and still didn't get in to any of the "T20" schools. Also scored well above 1500 on the SAT in a test optional environment.[/quote]

What do you mean "except for recruited athlete".  That is on the list and is important.  How is the kid that is not the recruited athlete going to compete with the recruited athlete?   They have to replace it with some other standout accomplishment that is "recruitable"......published work, national recognition in another discipline like science or writing or music, etc.   These T10 schools are choosing among all the dancers, and scientists and writers etc.  Kid has to be the best one of those to get in.[/quote]

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