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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colleges admission pay attention to gpa, scores, and maybe a little to essays. Everyone is acting like they dissect the application. This is 100% not true. [/quote]

This is 100% NOT TRUE! If it is true how can you reason the admissions that happen so subjectively? i.e. a kid with higher gpa and test scores is denied admission but a kid with lesser stats is admitted?[/quote]

DP: the latter could be true because--1) the kids are at different high schools and so are considered in relation to a different population, 2) the course rigor of one was different than the course rigor of another,  3) the school yield protects so is more likely to accept students that fall in their middle band rather than high end students who they think will not attend.

Nonetheless, I do think they consider more things beyond GPA/scores and I think your references matter just as much if not more than essays. I know UVA says they spend 7 minutes per application.  It's enough time when you're experienced to look at everything, but it's not enough time to dissect fully.  I think SLACs spend more time and care more about the intangibles than larger universities.[/quote]

My not so exception son got in to his very reach school option.  Why?  I have no idea.  Maybe the reader was an Eagle Scout too.  Maybe the essay caught his eye.  It was not his GPA and SAT scores.  [/quote]

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